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1) Powder
Publisher
Hollywood Pictures Home Video
Pub. Date
c1996.
Language
English
Description
A teenager with strange electromagnetic powers rises above prejudice from those frightened by his unusual appearance and abilities, touching the lives of those around him.
3) Sayonara
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2001.
Language
English
Description
An American Air Force major on leave in Japan after the Korean War falls in love with a Japanese actress. When they declare their love openly, they find themselves scorned equally by both the Japanese and the Americans.
4) Songcatcher
Publisher
Lions Gate Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2000.
Language
English
Description
When musicologist Doctor Lily Penleric is passed over, again, for a prominent teaching position, she decides to leave the city to visit her sister in the rugged mountains of Appalachia. While there, Lily, discovers a wellspring of emotional "love songs" (ballads) that have been passed down through generations from the original Irish and Scottish immigrants who have settled in the area. Determined to document the history of the songs, and the recording...
5) No way out
Series
Fox film noir volume 13
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2005.
Language
English
Description
When a young African-American doctor operates on two white brothers brought in for gunshot wounds, it sets off a chain of violent confrontations between a vicious psychopath, his gang and the black community.
8) Them And Us
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Nice, reasonable people like us are “we,” and strangers with weird beliefs are “they.” This is how many of us see the world. But every “us” is somebody else’s “them.” Those who hold hidden assumptions or stereotypes consider them a recognition of reality, not a prejudice. A common reaction is “you might be prejudiced”, but “I’m a realist”. What is prejudice for “them” is merely a recognition of “the way things are”...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Over the past 20 years, Jane Elliot, a former teacher in the midwest USA, has committed herself to leading a fight against prejudice, ignorance and racism in society. She continues to practise the same philosophy which she begun with her school class after Martin Luther King jun.'s death in 1968. Today her audience is much broader including teachers, students, firemen and even the complete staff of a bank. In her workshops, she divides people on the...
Publisher
Universal Home Video
Pub. Date
c1998.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
When a Southern white woman accuses a black man of rape, the outcome of the trial is a foregone conclusion and no lawyer except Peck will defend him. Peck's defense costs him friendships but earns him the respect of his two children.
12) The good witch
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Cassie is a bewitching woman who moves into a mysterious mansion in a small town. Soon, she opens Bell, Book & Candle, a curiosity shop full of candles, lotions, and such. The children of the local police chief believe that she is a witch, and are enthralled. But not everyone in town is appreciative of their quirky new neighbor, and it may take a little bit of magic for her to truly become part of the community.
Series
Publisher
Universal
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
When a Southern white woman accuses a black man of rape, the outcome of the trial is a foregone conclusion and no lawyer except Peck will defend him. Peck's defense costs him friendships but earns him the respect of his two children.
15) La vie de Jésus
Series
Criterion collection volume 980
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
Français
Description
"With his stunning debut feature, the risk-taking auteur Bruno Dumont immediately established his reputation as an uncompromising iconoclast on the cutting edge of French cinema. Blending unflinching realism with moments of startling, light-filled beauty, La vie de Jésus finds unexpected philosophical richness in the quotidian, small-town existence of Freddy (nonprofessional David Douche in a revelatory, one-off performance), an aimless young man...
Series
Criterion collection volume 198
Publisher
Criteria Collection
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
Deutsch
Description
Lonely widow Emmi Kurowski meets Arab worker Ali in a bar during a rainstorm. They fall in love--to their own surprise, and to the shock of family, colleagues, and drinking buddies. An emotional power that reflects the ethnic tensions within German society.
18) The well
Series
Publisher
Distributed by Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
After 5-year-old Carolyn disappears near her small racially-divided hometown, the rumors of her wondering off with a white stranger cause the population to erupt into violence. When it is finally discovered that she has fallen into an abandoned well, the town unites to rescue her.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Young children ages 5 to 12 describe how they feel when they hear put-downs of themselves or their families in this video for kids, their educators and parents. Children learn from subtle clues what society thinks about gender roles, same-sex parents and family differences. The children in Sticks & Stones vividly describe how it feels to be teased when their families don't follow traditional gender roles. They talk about why bullies indulge in name-calling,...
Publisher
Twilight Time
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Set in the 1930's in Waxahachie, Texas. Against this Depression-torn background, unforgettable characters meet and collide. Its emotionally gripping story centers around Edna Spalding (Sally Fields) and her unending struggle against extraordinary hardships.
A nostalgic but thoroughly unsentimental piece about growing up in a small Texas town during the Great Depression. Focusing on a young widow who suddenly has to support her two young children,...
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