Civil Rights Movement

And the Band Played On

And the Band Played On

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And the Band Played On
PGIMDb 7.81993 141 min

The story of the discovery of the AIDS epidemic, and the political infighting of the scientific community hampering the early fight with it.

Drama, History
Fire on the Amazon

Fire on the Amazon

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Fire on the Amazon
12IMDb 3.51993 78 min

Deforestation of the Amazon is forcing indigenous Indians away, so few men can profit from cattle. Opposition gets killed. A US photojournalist tries to investigate. Activist Alyssa helps him.

Gettysburg

Gettysburg

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Gettysburg
16IMDb 7.61993 271 min

In 1863, the Northern and Southern forces fight at Gettysburg in the decisive battle of the American Civil War.

Drama, History, War
Of Love and Shadows

Of Love and Shadows

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Of Love and Shadows
12IMDb 5.01994 105 min

Chile 1973 is ruled by the dictator Pinochet. The wealthy don't see the violence, terror, executions etc. including Irene. She's engaged to an officer in the fascist military. She meets Francisco who opens her eyes to truth and love.

Enemy Gold

Enemy Gold

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Enemy Gold
16IMDb 4.11993 92 min

While on a mission to stop a drug operation, three Federal agents accidentally discover gold from the Civil War. With the aid of a corrupt agent, a ruthless criminal kingpin will hunt them down, one by one.

Action, Crime
The Butler

The Butler

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The Butler
12IMDb 7.22013 132 min

As Cecil Gaines serves eight presidents during his tenure as a butler at the White House, the civil rights movement, Vietnam, and other major events affect this man's life, family, and American society.

Land and Freedom

Land and Freedom

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Land and Freedom
12IMDb 7.51995 109 min

David is an unemployed communist that comes to Spain in 1937 during the civil war to enroll the republicans and defend the democracy against the fascists. He makes friends between the soldiers.

Drama, War
Half of a Yellow Sun

Half of a Yellow Sun

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Half of a Yellow Sun
Not RatedIMDb 6.02013 111 min

Sisters Olanna and Kainene return home to 1960s Nigeria, where they soon diverge on different paths. As civil war breaks out, political events loom larger than their differences as they join the fight to establish an independent r...

Drama, Romance
Tales from the Hood

Tales from the Hood

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Tales from the Hood
RIMDb 6.41995 98 min

A funeral director tells four strange tales of horror with an African American focus to three drug dealers he traps in his place of business.

Mark's Secret to Eternal Life

Mark's Secret to Eternal Life

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Mark's Secret to Eternal Life
IMDb 5.52013 76 min

A young man wakes up in a parallel world where no one knows who he is. The people he once loved will die a horrible death unless he is willing to take the life of another and find a way for all of them to live forever.

Drama, Sci-Fi
4 Little Girls

4 Little Girls

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4 Little Girls
TV-14IMDb 7.81997 102 min

This film recounts the people and events leading up to the one of the most despicable hate-crimes during the height of the civil-rights movement, the bombing of the 16th Street Church in Birmingham, Alabama. In that attack, four little African-American girls lost their lives and a nation was simultaneously revolted, angered and galvanized to push the fight for equality and justice on.

Boycott

Boycott

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Boycott
PGIMDb 7.12001 118 min

Black Americans boycott the public buses during the 1950s civil rights movement.civil rightscivil rights movementracistrace relationsracial discrimination8 morePlot summaryAdd synopsisTaglines

Drama, History
The Devil's Backbone

The Devil's Backbone

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The Devil's Backbone
16IMDb 7.42001 106 min

It is 1939, the end of three years of bloody civil war in Spain, and General Franco's right-wing Nationalists are poised to defeat the left-wing Republican forces. A ten-year-old boy named Carlos, the son of a fallen Republican war hero, is left by his tutor in an orphanage in the middle of nowhere. The orphanage is run by a curt but considerate headmistress named Carmen and a kindly Professor Casares, both of whom are sympathetic to the doomed Republican cause. Despite their concern for him, and his gradual triumph over the usual schoolhouse bully, Carlos never feels completely comfortable in his new environment. First of all, there was that initial encounter with the orphanage's nasty caretaker, Jacinto, who reacts even more violently when anyone is caught looking around a particular storage room the one with the deep well. Second, and more inexplicable, is the presence of a ghost, one of the former occupants of the orphanage named Santi. Not long after Carlos' arrival, Santi latches onto Carlos, badgering him incessantly at night and gloomily intoning, "Many of you will die." As if that wasn't enough to keep the orphanage's occupants in an unrelenting state of terror, there's the un-exploded bomb that dominates the orphanage's courtyard, still ticking away; With the orphanage left defenseless by its isolation, and the swift progression of Franco's troops, the ghost's prediction seems depressingly accurate. Nevertheless, with every step of the plot, it becomes apparent that the ghost's predictions as to who (or what) will die, the real source of danger and even the definition of death itself may be more ambiguous than first thought.

Mexico, Spain
Atlas Shrugged: Part III

Atlas Shrugged: Part III

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Atlas Shrugged: Part III
PG-13IMDb 4.32014 99 min

Approaching collapse, the nation's economy is quickly eroding. As crime and fear take over the countryside, the government continues to exert its brutal force against the nation's most productive who are mysteriously vanishing - leaving behind a wake of despair. One man has the answer. One woman stands in his way. Some will stop at nothing to control him. Others will stop at nothing to save him. He swore by his life. They swore to find him. Who is John Galt?

The Keeping Room

The Keeping Room

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The Keeping Room
16IMDb 6.02014 95 min

Left without men in the dying days of the American Civil War, three Southern women - two sisters and one African-American slave - must fight to defend their home and themselves from two rogue soldiers who have broken off from the fast-approaching Union Army.

Drama, Western
Deacons for Defense

Deacons for Defense

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Deacons for Defense
RIMDb 6.92003 78 min

The words "Black Power" bring back memories of names like Stokely Carmichael, H. Rap Brown, and Eldridge Cleaver, but in Bogalusa, LA a group of harassed Afro-Americans had decided they'd had enough and took up arms to defend themselves and force the white power structure to listen to them. This took place during "Freedom Summer", 1964, right after the Civil Rights Act had become law. Fact based movie stars Forest Whitaker and Ossie Davis, the former as the founder of the Deacons of Defense and Justice (DDJ) and the latter as a peaceful minister trying to prevent the unavoidable violence that will follow. The story revolves around the white-controlled factory which provides 70% of the town's income and employees 40% of its people. Segregation is still clinging on within the factory, with blacks denied the supervisory positions and forced into separate lunchrooms, bathrooms, and drinking fountains. The Ku Klux Klan (KKK) has its strongest power in this area and, as the DDJ gets armed the KKK brings in more members from throughout the U.S. There will be a war!

Drama
Tears of the Sun

Tears of the Sun

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Tears of the Sun
16IMDb 6.62003 121 min

Navy SEAL Lieutenant A.K. Waters and his elite squadron of tactical specialists are forced to choose between their duty and their humanity, between following orders by ignoring the conflict that surrounds them, or finding the courage to follow their conscience and protect a group of innocent refugees. When the democratic government of Nigeria collapses and the country is taken over by a ruthless military dictator, Waters, a fiercely loyal and hardened veteran is dispatched on a routine mission to retrieve a Doctors Without Borders physician, Dr. Lena Kendricks. Dr. Kendricks, an American citizen by marriage, is tending to the victims of the ongoing civil war at a Catholic mission in a remote village. When Waters arrives, however, Dr. Kendricks refuses to leave unless he promises to help deliver the villagers to political asylum at the nearby border. If they are left behind, they will be at the mercy of the enormous rebel army. Waters is under strict orders from his commanding officer Captain Bill Rhodes to remain disengaged from the conflict. But as he and his men witness the brutality of the rebels first-hand, they are won over to Dr. Kendricks' cause and place their lives at risk by agreeing to escort the villagers on a perilous trek through the dense jungle. As they move through the countryside on foot, Waters' team, experts at evasion and concealment, are inexplicably and ferociously pursued by an army of rebels. They are confounded until they discover that, among the refugees, is the sole survivor of the country's previous ruling family, whom the rebels have been ordered to eliminate at all costs. Waters and his small band of soldiers must weigh the life of one man against their own and the refugees they feel obliged to protect.

To Kill a King

To Kill a King

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To Kill a King
Not RatedIMDb 6.22003 102 min

A recounting of the relationship between General Fairfax and Oliver Cromwell, as they try to cope with the consequences of deposing King Charles I.oliver cromwellenglish civil wartrialpolitical intriguedeath warrant37 morePlot summaryAdd synopsisTaglines

The World Made Straight

The World Made Straight

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The World Made Straight
16IMDb 5.52015 119 min

In a rural Appalachian community haunted by the legacy of a Civil War massacre, a rebellious young man struggles to escape the violence that would bind him to the past.

Drama
Bedlam

Bedlam

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Bedlam
RIMDb 4.02015 102 min

George is haunted by the demons of his family's past and tortured by the voices inside his head. He makes one last attempt at recovery by contacting his dead mother's doctor. The doctor's orders; that he attend Bedlam Hospital for a guaranteed recovery. As George checks in he's confronted by a world of society's unwanted, unloved and unstable. Soon, he will discover that all is not as it seems. The hospital hides a dark secret. Welcome to Bedlam...

Thriller
Australia
The True Cost

The True Cost

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The True Cost
6IMDb 7.72015 92 min

This is a story about clothing. It's about the clothes we wear, the people who make them, and the impact the industry is having on our world. The price of clothing has been decreasing for decades, while the human and environmental costs have grown dramatically. The True Cost is a groundbreaking documentary film that pulls back the curtain on the untold story and asks us to consider, who really pays the price for our clothing?clothing industrywomen's rightsanti capitalismcapitalismhuman rights1 morePlot summaryAdd synopsisTaglines

The Colt

The Colt

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The Colt
TV-PGIMDb 6.52005 80 min

During the heat of battle in the midst of the Civil War, a beguilingly innocent colt is born to Union Jim Rabb's beloved mare. Refusing the orders to shoot it, lest it prove a hindrance, Rabb keeps the colt as a consolation in the...

Holding the Man

Holding the Man

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Holding the Man
12IMDb 7.42015 127 min

Tim and John fell in love while teenagers at their all-boys high school. John was captain of the rugby team, Tim an aspiring actor playing a minor part in Romeo and Juliet. Their romance endured for 15 years to laugh in the face of everything life threw at it - the separations, the discrimination, the temptations, the jealousies and the losses - until the only problem that love can't solve tried to destroy them.

Australia
Beasts of No Nation

Beasts of No Nation

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Beasts of No Nation
12IMDb 7.72015 137 min

Follows the journey of a young boy, Agu, who is forced to join a group of soldiers in a fictional West African country. While Agu fears his commander and many of the men around him, his fledgling childhood has been brutally shattered by the war raging through his country, and he is at first torn between conflicting revulsion and fascination Depicts the mechanics of war and does not shy away from explicit, visceral detail, and paints a complex, difficult picture of Agu as a child soldier.

Drama, War
Blood Diamond

Blood Diamond

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Blood Diamond
16IMDb 8.02006 143 min

A story following Archer, a man tortured by his roots. With a strong survival instinct, he has made himself a key player in the business of conflict diamonds. Political unrest is rampant in Sierra Leone as people fight tooth for tooth. Upon meeting Solomon, and the beautiful Maddy, Archer's life changes forever as he is given a chance to make peace with the war around him.

The Kovak Box

The Kovak Box

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The Kovak Box
16IMDb 5.82006 102 min

A sci-fi writer (Hutton) is invited to an island for a conference, only to discover that he's been lured into a trap.

The U.S. vs. John Lennon

The U.S. vs. John Lennon

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The U.S. vs. John Lennon
12IMDb 7.32006 99 min

After background about the childhood and youth of John Lennon (1940-1980) and the birth of Vietnam-War protests, the film plunges into Lennon's quest for world peace: compositions such as "Give Peace a Chance", the lie-in following his marriage to Yoko Ono, appearances at concerts, "War Is Over" posters, and plans for a series of concerts in 1972 in U.S. presidential primary states reach newly-enfranchised young voters. This plan for concerts, in particular, led a prominent Senator, the FBI's J. Edgar Hoover, and Nixon's White House to initiate a concerted and illegal effort to deport Lennon. Thirty talking heads, led by Yoko, comment on Lennon and these events.

Longford

Longford

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Longford
TV-MAIMDb 7.52006 93 min

Biopic of Lord Longford, known for many years for his work with prisoners and prisoners rights in general. The film focuses on Longford's work on behalf of Myra Hindley convicted, along with her boyfriend Ian Brady, of several child murders. Hindley is nothing short of notorious and even Longord's wife is shocked when he announces that he will visit her in prison. When Prime Minister Harold Wilson removes him as the Government Leader in the House of Lords soon after his visits to Hindley are made public, Longford continues to work for her release. A devout convert to Roman Catholicism, Longford sees hope for Hindley when he learns that she too once converted to Catholicism. In the end, his campaign to get her released on parole is for naught when she reveals that other murders took place. Longford stood by his convictions however and never regretted the good work he had done over a great many years.

Guernica

Guernica

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Guernica
12IMDb 5.82016 110 min

The fates of Henry - a cynical American correspondent who has lost his soul - and Teresa, one of the Republic's censors and in charge of overseeing the news that journalists can send abroad, cross in Gernika.

King Lear

King Lear

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King Lear
12IMDb 6.12018 115 min

An aging King invites disaster when he abdicates to his corrupt, toadying daughters, and rejects his loving and honest one.

Drama