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Directed by Norman JewisonOrigin USAGenres Drama,
War,
CrimeThemes Films about racism,
Political filmsActors Howard Rollins,
Adolph Caesar,
David Alan Grier,
Larry Riley,
Denzel Washington,
David HarrisRating71%
The time is 1944 during World War II. Vernon Waters (Adolph Caesar), the Army sergeant in charge of Company B, a platoon of black soldiers, is very drunk and staggering along a road along Fort Neal, a segregated Army base in Louisiana. Waters' last words amidst his raucous laughter were "They still hate you! They still hate you!" before he is shot to death with a .45 caliber pistol. , 2h25
Directed by Norman JewisonOrigin USAGenres Drama,
BiographyThemes Prison films,
Films about racism,
Sports films,
Martial arts films,
Boxing films,
Films about capital punishment,
Le boxe anglaiseActors Denzel Washington,
Vicellous Reon Shannon,
Deborah Kara Unger,
Liev Schreiber,
John Hannah,
Dan HedayaRating75%
The film tells the story of middleweight boxer Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, whose conviction for a Paterson, New Jersey triple murder was set aside after he had spent nearly 20 years in prison. Narrating Carter's life, the film concentrates on the period between 1966 and 1985. It describes his fight against the conviction for triple murder and how he copes with nearly twenty years in prison., 1h46
Directed by Joseph L. MankiewiczOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Noir,
CrimeThemes Medical-themed films,
Films about racism,
Children's filmsActors Richard Widmark,
Linda Darnell,
Ruby Dee,
Stephen McNally,
Amanda Randolph,
Sidney PoitierRating73%
Dr. Luther Brooks (Sidney Poitier), an intern who has just passed the state board examination to qualify for his license to practice, is the first African-American doctor at the urban county hospital at which he trained. Because he lacks self-confidence, Luther requests to work as a junior resident at the hospital for another year. Johnny (Dick Paxton) and Ray Biddle (Richard Widmark), brothers who were both shot in the leg by a policeman as they attempted a robbery, are brought to the hospital's prison ward. As Luther tends to the disoriented Johnny, he is bombarded with racist slurs by Ray, who grew up in Beaver Canal, the white working class section of the city. Believing that Johnny has a brain tumor, Luther administers a spinal tap, but Johnny dies during the procedure. Wondering if Ray's antagonism may have caused him to be careless, Luther consults his mentor, chief medical resident Dr. Daniel Wharton (Stephen McNally), and Wharton concedes that a brain tumor was only one possibility. Feeling that he must prove the accuracy of his diagnosis, Luther requests an autopsy, but Wharton informs him that according to state law, they cannot proceed without the permission of the deceased's family. When Ray refuses, as he does not want his brother's body to be cut up, Wharton confers with the head of the hospital, Dr. Sam Moreland (Stanley Ridges), about requisitioning an autopsy., 1h45
Directed by Ralph NelsonOrigin United-kingdomGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Action,
AdventureThemes Films set in Africa,
Films about racism,
Political filmsActors Michael Caine,
Sidney Poitier,
Nicol Williamson,
Prunella Gee,
Rutger Hauer,
Saeed JaffreyRating63%
In apartheid-era South Africa, Shack Twala (played by Sidney Poitier), a black revolutionary who had served time on Robben Island, is freed by Rina van Niekerk (Prunella Gee), his Afrikaner defence attorney, because he would be a victim of retroactive legislation. Rina, estranged from her husband Blane (Rutger Hauer), is having a relationship with an English mining engineer, Jim Keogh (Michael Caine), who has attended Shack's trial. Surprised by the verdict, Rina, Jim and Shack go off to celebrate at her house. They are stopped by the South African Police who are conducting identity document checks and arresting everyone who does not have their papers on them. As Shack has only just been released from prison he will not receive his papers until the next day. The police Constable and Shack antagonise each other leading to Shack being handcuffed and arrested. When Rina attempts to pull the Constable off Shack, the policeman hits her, knocking her to the ground. Jim assaults and knocks out the Constable making all three fugitives., 1h50
Directed by Burt Kennedy,
Steve CarverOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Action,
HistoricalThemes Films about slavery,
Films about racismActors Warren Oates,
Pam Grier,
Isela Vega,
Yaphet Kotto,
John Colicos,
Fiona LewisRating54%
This film picks up the story 15 years after the events of the first film. Drum (Norton) has been born to a white prostitute (Vega), who raises him with her black lesbian lover (Kelly). Drum grows up to be a fighter and is often forced to bare-knuckle-box other slaves for the entertainment of the owners, one of whom is a gay Frenchman named Bernard DeMarigny (Colicos). DeMarigny wants to sleep with Drum, but his advances are rejected by the slave and DeMarigny vows revenge against Drum. Drum and his friend Blaise (Kotto) are eventually sold to plantation owner Hammond Maxwell (Oates) and are both taken to his plantation to work. Drum's girlfriend Regine (Grier) is purchased by Maxwell as well and is taken to the plantation for his own personal desires., 1h51
Directed by Antonio BanderasOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Comedy,
Comedy-dramaThemes Films about racismActors Melanie Griffith,
David Morse,
Lucas Black,
Cathy Moriarty,
Meat Loaf,
Rod SteigerRating61%
In 1965, Peter Joseph "Peejoe" Bullis lives in a small town in Alabama during the height of the Civil Rights Movement. He becomes involved with a group of black students protesting the town's racially segregated municipal swimming pool, leading to a protest that explodes into deadly violence. A young black boy, Taylor Jackson, is killed by the town sheriff. Peejoe, the only witness, is pressured by the sheriff to keep it quiet. However, Peejoe has learned from the example of his free-spirited Aunt Lucille Vinson, who has killed her abusive husband and is headed for Hollywood, where she is convinced that television stardom awaits her. Origin USAGenres Drama,
HistoricalThemes Films about racismActors Sidney Poitier,
Eartha Kitt,
John McIntire,
Juano Hernández,
Marne Maitland,
Patrick AllenRating52%
Obam (Sidney Poitier), brother of an indigenous resistance leader (Clifton Macklin) in British colonial Africa, returns to his troubled homeland after some years abroad, seeking a political post. However, domestic tensions have divided the country into two hostile camps, with many natives demanding the return of their ancestral lands - now farmed by European settlers. Britain and the local white administration are determined not to release their stranglehold; rather than adopting violence Obam seeks racial equality through peaceful means. His motives are frequently questioned by his own people, but with the assistance of an insightful spouse (Eartha Kitt) and sympathetic missionary Bruce Craig (John McIntire), this unlikely newcomer to African nationalism fights to make a meaningful difference before the situation deteriorates further. , 1h48
Directed by Stanley KramerOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Comedy,
Comedy-drama,
Romantic comedy,
RomanceThemes Films about racismActors Spencer Tracy,
Sidney Poitier,
Katharine Hepburn,
Katharine Houghton,
Cecil Kellaway,
Beah RichardsRating77%
Joanna Drayton's unannounced early return from a Hawaii holiday causes a stir when she brings to her childhood upper-class home her new fiancé, John: a widowed, black physician. Joanna's parents - newspaper publisher Matt Drayton (Spencer Tracy) and his wife, art gallery owner Christina Drayton (Katharine Hepburn) – are liberals who have instilled in her the idea of racial equality. But to her surprise, Joanna's parents are deeply upset that she is planning to marry a black man. The Draytons' black maid, Tille (Isabel Sanford), is just as horrified, suspecting that John is trying to "get above himself" by marrying a white woman. What was intended to be a sit-down steak dinner for two turns into a meet-the-in-laws dinner party, and during the pre-dinner period, John, Joanna and her parents have to work through their differences., 1h43
Directed by Zoltan KordaOrigin United-kingdomGenres DramaThemes Films set in Africa,
Films about racismActors Canada Lee,
Sidney Poitier,
Charles Carson,
Geoffrey Keen,
Joyce Carey,
Michael GoodliffeRating68%
In the back country of South Africa, black minister Stephen Kumalo (Canada Lee) journeys to the city to search for his missing son Absolom, only to find his people living in squalor and Absolom a criminal after committing murder. Kumalo's friend and fellow minister, Reverend Misimangu (Sidney Poitier) is a young South African clergyman who helps find Kumalo's sons and sister-turned-prostitute in the slums of Johannesburg. Both work together to confront the harsh reality of apartheid and what it is doing to both white and black South Africans.