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    Movies

    North Country (2005)

    A constant barrage of abuse from her co-workers spurs a miner (Charlize Theron) to file a sexual...

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    Traffic (2000)

    While a judge's (Michael Douglas) anti-drug campaign leads him to his own daughter, a DEA agent (Don...

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    Sugar (2009)

    Miguel Santos, a.k.a Azucar, a Dominican pitcher from San Pedro de Macoris, struggles to make it to...

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    Crash (2005)

    Racial tensions collide in a collection of intertwined stories involving residents (Sandra Bullock,...

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    L' Enfant (2006)

    A directionless couple (Jérémie Renier, Déborah François) must deal with life-changing...

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    Trade (2007)

    When 13-year-old Adriana is kidnapped by sex traffickers in Mexico City, her 17-year-old brother,...

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    Maria Full of Grace (2004)

    Unemployed and pregnant, a Colombian teenager (Catalina Sandino Moreno) takes a job smuggling drugs...

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    3 Needles (2006)

    Three stories about AIDS revolve around missionary nuns, black-market blood and a Canadian porn star...

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    It's a Free World... (2008)

    After being fired from her job, Angie teams with her friend to find employment for immigrants.

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    Vera Drake (2004)

    A middle-aged mother (Imelda Staunton) secretly works as an abortionist in low-rent London...

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    Norma Rae (1979)

    A union organizer (Ron Leibman) from up North recruits a divorced cotton-mill worker (Sally Field)...

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    City of Hope (1991)

    A third-generation Italian-American struggles to break free from his father's grasp. Meanwhile, the...

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    Still Life (2008)

    Citizens return to a flooded town to salvage what they can and say good-bye to things they lost.

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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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    Half Nelson (2006)

    A Brooklyn teacher (Ryan Gosling) struggles with drug addiction while trying to serve as a father...

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    Paradise Now (2005)

    Two Palestinian men (Kais Nashef, Ali Suliman) are chosen to commit a suicide bombing in Tel Aviv,...

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    The Grapes of Wrath (1940)

    Poor sharecroppers the Joads (Henry Fonda, Jane Darwell) leave dust bowl Oklahoma in hope of better...

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    Elite Squad (2008)

    The captain (Wagner Moura) of a special Brazilian police force considers which of two new recruits...

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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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    Yesterday

    A courageous South African woman (Leleti Khumalo) who has AIDS tries to secure a better future for...

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    Where God Left His Shoes (2008)

    A failed boxer (Leguizamo) struggles to find a job and an apartment for his family on Christmas Eve.

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    Black Legion (1937)

    An autoworker (Humphrey Bogart) loses a promotion to an immigrant and joins a black-robed hate...

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    Movies

    Love With the Proper Stranger (1963)

    Pregnancy surprises a working girl (Natalie Wood) and a trumpet player (Steve McQueen) from Italian...

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    Serpico (1974)

    Based on the true story of Frank Serpico, who sacrificed his career to expose widespread corruption...

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    Ghosts

    A Chinese woman (Ai Qin Lin) faces more exploitation after paying $25,000 to sneak into England.

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    Beautiful Country (2005)

    A Vietnamese youth (Damien Nguyen) of mixed race undertakes an arduous journey to the United States...

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    Bordertown

    A journalist (Jennifer Lopez) probes the murders of hundreds of Mexican women near a Juarez factory...

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    The Lost Weekend (1945)

    Billy Wilder's Academy Award-winning portrait of an alcoholic writer facing a losing battle against...

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    Movies

    Crossing Over (2009)

    An immigration official (Harrison Ford) and his associates become personally involved in the lives...

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    People

    Khwaja Ahmad Abbas

    Influential Bombay-based Leftist journalist turned screenwriter and later writer-producer-director....