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Bad Day at Black Rock
Bad Day at Black Rock (1955)
, 1h21
Directed by John Sturges
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime, Western
Themes Films about racism
Actors Spencer Tracy, Robert Ryan, Anne Francis, Dean Jagger, Walter Brennan, Ernest Borgnine

In late 1945, one-armed John J. Macreedy (Spencer Tracy) gets off a passenger train at the isolated desert hamlet of Black Rock. It is the first time in 4 years that the train has stopped there. Macreedy is looking for a man named Komoko, but the few residents are inexplicably hostile. The young hotel desk clerk, Pete Wirth (John Ericson), claims he has no vacant rooms. Macreedy is threatened by Hector David (Lee Marvin). Later, Reno Smith (Robert Ryan) informs Macreedy that Komoko, a Japanese-American, was interned during World War II.
A World Apart
A World Apart (1988)
, 1h52
Directed by Chris Menges
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about racism
Actors Jodhi May, Barbara Hershey, Jeroen Krabbé, Tim Roth, David Suchet, Kate Fitzpatrick

Set in Johannesburg in 1963, the film examines the abrupt ending of 13-year-old Molly's blithe childhood when her father, a member of the South African Communist Party, is sent into exile. Ostracised by her peers, Molly draws closer to her mother as she attempts to further the campaign against apartheid. Their relationship is challenged by hardship, political intimidation, and the older woman's eventual arrest.
Prisoner of Honor
Prisoner of Honor (1991)
, 1h28
Directed by Ken Russell
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Historical
Themes Spy films, Seafaring films, Prison films, Films about racism, Films about religion, Transport films, Films about capital punishment, Films about Jews and Judaism
Actors Richard Dreyfuss, Oliver Reed, Peter Firth, Jeremy Kemp, Brian Blessed, Peter Vaughan

The film documents the events that saw a French Captain, Alfred Dreyfus, sent to Devil's Island for espionage near the end of the nineteenth century. Colonel Georges Picquart (Richard Dreyfuss) is given the job of justifying Dreyfus' sentence. Instead, he discovers that Dreyfus (Kenneth Colley), a Jew, was merely a convenient scapegoat for the actions of the true culprit, a member of the French General staff. His attempt to right the wrong sees his military career ended and the famous French author, Émile Zola (Martin Friend), found guilty of libel.
A Dry White Season
A Dry White Season (1989)
, 1h37
Directed by Euzhan Palcy
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Politic
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about racism
Actors Donald Sutherland, Janet Suzman, Jürgen Prochnow, Zakes Mokae, Susannah Harker, Susan Sarandon

In 1976, in South Africa during Apartheid, Ben Du Toit (Donald Sutherland) is a South African school teacher.
Visiblement je vous aime
Visiblement je vous aime (1996)
, 1h40
Directed by Jean-Michel Carré
Origin France
Genres Drama
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about racism, Documentary films about racism, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities, Films about autism
Actors Denis Lavant, Dominique Frot, Vanessa Guedj, Jean François Gallotte, Lionel Melet, Maxime Lefrançois

Denis, un délinquant multi-récidiviste, doit choisir entre être ré-incarcéré ou être accueilli au Coral, à Aimargues (Gard), au milieu des autistes et malades psychiques. Au début, il ne pense qu'à s'enfuir, mais peu à peu, il se laisse toucher par ses nouveaux compagnons.
Watchers of the Sky
Watchers of the Sky (2014)
, 2h
Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about racism, Documentary films about racism, Documentary films about law, Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events

The film depicts the journey of lawyer Raphael Lemkin and his efforts in lobbying the United Nations to establish the Genocide Convention. The movie also focuses on four people inspired by Lemkin: Samantha Power, United States Ambassador to the United Nations; Benjamin B. Ferencz, Chief Prosecutor in the Einsatzgruppen trial at Nuremberg; Luis Moreno Ocampo, first Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court; and Emmanuel Uwurukundo, head of operations for refugee camps in Chad set up by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in the War in Darfur. The film is based on Power's Pulitzer Prize-winning book, A Problem from Hell.
Watermelon Man
Watermelon Man (1970)
, 1h40
Directed by Melvin Van Peebles
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about racism
Actors Godfrey Cambridge, Estelle Parsons, Melvin Van Peebles, Howard Caine, Mae Clarke, D'Urville Martin

Jeff Gerber (Godfrey Cambridge) lives in an average suburban neighborhood with his seemingly liberal housewife Althea (Estelle Parsons), who tolerates her husband's character flaws out of love. Every morning when Jeff wakes up, he spends some time under a tanning machine, hits the speedbag, drinks a health drink, and races the bus to work on foot.