Mississippi, años 60. Skeeter es una joven sureña que regresa de la universidad decidida a convertirse en escritora. Su llegada altera la vida de la ciudad e incluso la de sus amigos porque se ha propuesto entrevistar a las mujeres negras que se han pasado la vida al servicio de las grandes familias sufriendo todas las formas de discriminación racial.
Los habitantes de un remoto pueblo del interior de California, entre los que se encuentran los propietarios de un rancho, James y Jill Haywood, realizan un descubrimiento tan insólito como estremecedor.
En una tranquila localidad sureña de Mississippi dos jóvenes borrachos violan salvajemente a una niña negra de diez años. La mayoría blanca de la ciudad se muestra horrorizada ante tan atroz crimen. Carl Lee, el padre de la niña, armado con un rifle de asalto, decide tomarse la justicia por su mano y mata a los violadores de su hija. Mientras la tensión va creciendo y reaparecen en las calles las cruces ardiendo del Ku Klux Klan, Jake Brigance, un joven abogado blanco, hará todo lo posible por salvar la vida de Carl Lee y proteger la suya.
Amantha Starr es una bella y rica joven que vive en la lujosa plantación sureña de su padre. Pero, cuando éste muere, es acusada de ser hija de una sirvienta negra, por lo que es despojada de sus tierras y convertida en esclava. Trasladada a Nueva Orleáns para ser vendida, un apuesto caballero la compra en una subasta de esclavos.
An emotive anthology by seven of Singapore's most illustrious filmmakers, celebrating SG50 through the lives and stories of Singaporeans. Directed by Eric Khoo, Jack Neo, K. Rajagopal, Royston Tan, Tan Pin Pin, Boo Junfeng, Kelvin Tong.
A YouTube adaption of David Henry Hwang's play about race, identity, politics, and casting.
From elementary school to adulthood, Ernest has struggled all his life to fit in but finds solace in his best friend and the woman of his dreams.
In Great Britain a reversal of African apartheid comes into place, and the country is governed by black people with whites as the subservients.
The story of a nation coming together around Indigenous athlete Cathy Freeman who delivered when it mattered on the greatest stage on earth. 20 years on, Freeman sheds light on one of Australia's proudest moments. In 49.11 seconds, Cathy Freeman's win at the 2000 Sydney Olympics brought Australia together as a nation.
Diversity trainer Lee Mun Wah assembles a diverse group of eight American men to talk about their experience of race relations in the United States. The exchange is sometimes dramatic as they lay bare the pain that racism in the US has caused them.
A teenage boy leaves a moment of boredom while his father works on his old car, and the mother wishes to go out for a stroll around the block. One more relocated family post Hurricane Katrina.
Preschool to Prison is a compelling examination of how the United States public school system is built and operated like prisons. Zero-tolerance policies are used to justify suspension and arrests that set up a pathway to send children of color and children with special needs from school to prison. Children are being suspended, restrained, dragged, physically manhandled, and subsequently arrested for minor offenses such as throwing candy on a school bus. These personal accounts from people affected by the school-to-prison pipeline give riveting tales about the generational impact on society.
In a universe where Clowns are an ethnic minority, recently divorced father-of-one Richard Plews battles against inequality and alcoholism.
Ebony Goddess: Queen of Ilê Aiyê follows three women competing to be the carnival queen of Ilê Aiyê, a prominent and controversial Afro-Brazilian group with an all-black membership. The selection is based on Afro-centric notions of beauty, in counterpoint to prevailing standards of beauty in Brazil, a country famous for slim supermodels and plastic surgery. Contestants for the title of Ebony Goddess dress in flowing African-style garments, gracefully performing traditional Afro-Brazilian dances to songs praising the beauty of black women.
Festive Land examines one of the largest and most extraordinary popular celebrations in the world, the week-long Carnival that brings more than two million people to the streets of Salvador, the capital of Bahia, in northeastern Brazil. Carnival is the most expressive showcase of the unique cultural richness of Bahia, where African culture has survived, prospered, and evolved, mixing with other Brazilian influences to create forms found nowhere else in the world. The film captures this unique cultural energy through extraordinary footage of musical performances, dances, religious manifestations, and street celebrations. At the same time, Carnival reflects the racial and social tensions of Brazil's heterogeneous society. At first glance there appear to be two million people chaotically mixed on the streets, but a more detailed look reveals how patterns of segregation driven by racial, social and economic differences continue in Carnival.