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Hairspray (2007)
In 1960s Baltimore a plump teen (Nikki Blonsky) becomes an overnight celebrity after she wins a spot...
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The Express (2008)
Under the guidance of Syracuse University football coach Ben Schwartzwalder, Ernie Davis overcomes...
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Ray (2004)
Blind since childhood, Ray Charles (Jamie Foxx) overcomes poverty, hardship and addiction and...
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A Dry White Season (1989)
A white South African challenges government policies when he accuses a police captain of the murder...
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The Secret Life of Bees (2008)
Haunted by memories of her late mother, a teen (Dakota Fanning) finds comfort with three sisters who...
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Amarcord (1974)
Federico Fellini's episodic homage to life in a 1930s Italian seaside village as seen through the...
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Crazy in Alabama (1999)
An eccentric (Melanie Griffith) kills her abusive husband and heads to Hollywood to pursue her...
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Home of the Brave (2004)
Documentary on the civil rights activist, Viola Liuzzo, who was murdered in 1965 as she campaigned...
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Heart of Dixie (1989)
A sorority member (Ally Sheedy) uses the college newspaper to crusade for civil rights in 1957...
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Chicago 10 (2008)
Following the riots at the 1968 Democratic Convention, Abbie Hoffman (Hank Azaria), David Dellinger...
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Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
An Atlanta widow (Jessica Tandy) and her chauffeur (Morgan Freeman) reflect the changing times, from...
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Abraham Lincoln (1930)
The 16th U.S. president (Walter Huston) is portrayed as a lawyer, orator, husband and Civil War...
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Beah: A Black Woman Speaks (2004)
After arriving in Hollywood, young Beulah Richardson became Beah Richards and began a life of...
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Mississippi Burning (1988)
Two FBI agents face racism while investigating the disappearance of three civil rights activists in...
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King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
Compilation documentary on Martin Luther King and his movement.
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Berkeley in the Sixties (1990)
Filmmaker Mark Kitchell recalls the campus protest movement, with interviews from now and clips from...
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4 Little Girls (1997)
Filmmaker Spike Lee examines racism and segregation as he documents a fatal 1963 Alabama...
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Out of the Past (1998)
Exploring the complicated influence of American history on the gay and lesbian community today....
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Hidden Agenda (1990)
A U.S. activist (Frances McDormand) and a British inspector (Brian Cox) link Belfast slayings to a...
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Cry Freedom (1987)
Editor Donald Woods (Kevin Kline) fights apartheid with activist Steve Biko (Denzel Washington).
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Citizen Verdict (2005)
A television producer creates a court show where viewers act as the jury.
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Gone Are the Days (1963)
A preacher and his wife return to their Georgia town with a plan to purchase an old barn and convert...
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Prince Jack (1984)
This pseudo-documentary on the life of President John F. Kennedy stars Robert Hogan as the...
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Radio (2003)
A high-school football coach (Ed Harris) becomes a mentor to a mentally impaired young man (Cuba...
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The Second Chance (2006)
Two pastors (Michael W. Smith, Jeff Obafemi Carr) from vastly different parishes must learn to...
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The Two of Us (1968)
The story of a Jewish boy and his growing friendship with a crusty old anti-Semite.
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A Soldier's Story (1984)
An Army lawyer (Howard E. Rollins Jr.) probes the slaying of a sergeant (Adolph Caesar) from an...
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With All Deliberate Speed (2004)
While the Supreme Court's historic ruling in the Brown v. Board of Education case struck down the...
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Ghosts of Mississippi (1996)
A Mississippi prosecutor (Alec Baldwin) and the widow (Whoopi Goldberg) of Medgar Evers crusade to...
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