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1) Powder
Publisher
Hollywood Pictures Home Video
Pub. Date
[2003?]
Language
English
Description
An albino teenager with strange electromagnetic powers rises above prejudice from those frightened by his unusual appearance and abilities to touch the lives of those around him.
2) The wave
Publisher
BN Publishing
Pub. Date
[2008] c1981
Language
English
Description
"[B]ased on a true incident that occured in a high school history class in Palo Alto, California, 1969. The powerful forces of group pressure that pervaded many historic movements such as Nazism are recreated in the classroom when history teacher Burt Ross introduces a "new" system to his students. Before long "The Wave," with its rules of "strength through discipline, community and action," sweeps from the classroom throughout the entire school....
Publisher
Screen Media Films
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
A vicious hate crime at an elite New England college thrusts the new dean of students into the investigation. When charged with maintaining order on campus, she is forced to examine her own feelings about race. Based on the critically acclaimed play, a compelling movie that examines the emotional fallout of prejudice within the cloistered walls of academia.
Series
Publisher
A&E Television Networks
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Pretty, popular, athletic 17-year-old Aly is on the fast track to college when an accident blows out her knee and any chance for an athletic scholarship. A documentary contest, and her mother's constant struggle with weight, gives her the idea to go undercover at high school wearing a 'fat suit' and hidden camera to prove that personality can outshine physical difference. Aly has always been slim and confident, so she is totally unprepared for the...
Publisher
Distributed by New Video Group
Pub. Date
[2010], c2009
Language
English
Description
In 1997, actor Morgan Freeman, a resident of the small town of Charleston, Miss., offered to pay for the senior prom at Charleston High School under one condition: the prom must be racially integrated. His offer was ignored. In 2008 he offered again, and the offer was accepted, changing the tradition of two separate proms for blacks and whites that had endured since the high school was integrated in 1970. Shows the problems and lessons learned as...
Publisher
Starz Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Holocaust survivor Simon Wiesenthal lost 89 family members and helped track down over 1,100 Nazi war criminals. He spent six decades fighting anti-semitism and prejudice against all people. Watching the early efforts of the U.S. government to prosecute Nazi war criminals he realized that without justice, there is no freedom, and initially decided to dedicate a few years to that quest. A few years turned into the rest of his life.
7) London river
Publisher
Cinema Libre Studio
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Follows Elizabeth as she travels to London in the immediate aftermath of the bombings on July 7, 2005, after failing to hear from her daughter. Elizabeth is disturbed by the confusion of the metropolis and above all, by the predominantly Muslim neighborhood where her daughter lived. Her fear and prejudice escalate when she discovers her daughter was converting to Islam as she keeps crossing paths with Ousmane, a West African who has come from France...
8) No way out
Series
Fox film noir volume 13
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
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Description
When a young African-American doctor operates on two white brothers brought in for gunshot wounds, it sets off a chain of violent confrontations between a vicious psychopath, his gang and the black community. Includes original theatrical trailer.
9) Borat
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
When Kazakh journalist Borat Sagdiyev travels to America to make a documentary, he not only generates strong reactions regarding his extreme prejudices, he also tries to meet and marry Pamela Anderson.
10) Sayonara
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2001-]
Language
English
Description
An American Air Force major on leave in Japan after the Korean War falls in love with a Japanese actress. When they declare their love openly, they find themselves scorned equally by both the Japanese and Americans.
11) A class divided
Publisher
Yale University Films
Pub. Date
2003, c1986
Language
English
Description
Documents a reunion of Iowa teacher Jane Elliott and her third-grade class of 1970, subjects that year of an ABC News television documentary entitled "The eye of the storm". Shows how her experimental curriculum on the evils of discrimination had a lasting effect on the lives of the students. Includes scenes of her lesson being used in a prison setting.
12) Dark girls
Publisher
Distributed by RLJ Entertainment
Pub. Date
©2013
Language
English
Description
Examines the cultural phenomenom of "colorism", the prejudice or discrimination based on the relative darkness or lightness of skin generally within one's own ethnic or racial group, specifically as it pertains to women and girls of color in America and other parts of the world.
14) Her majesty
Publisher
Giant Ape Media
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
A young girl's unusual friendship with an old woman outcast from society changes an entire community. As a rural town excitedly prepares for a visit from Queen Elizabeth II, the townspeople pressure Hira, to sell her shack that has long been an embarrassment.
A tale of friendship, bravery, the magic of dreams. Elizabeth is a popular thirteen year old girl who is awaiting the arrival of the Queen of England. She is thrilled when she learns she might...
Publisher
Participant Media
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"On Black Friday 2012, four African-American teenagers stopped at a gas station to buy gum and cigarettes. One of them, Jordan Davis, argued with Michael Dunn, a white man parked beside them, over the volume of music playing in their car. The altercation turned to tragedy when Dunn fired 10 bullets at the unarmed boys, killing Davis almost instantly. 3 1/2 minutes, ten bullets explores the danger and subjectivity of Florida's Stand Your Ground self-defense...
Publisher
ITV Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
For the love of Grace: Despite the loss of her mother, Cyd is marrying her high school sweetheart, Zach. When she looks to sell her dance studio, she finds out her long-lost father is a co-owner, and re-establishes a connection with him. Finding each other helps Cyd and her father uncover what's really important in life, and together they have a reason to celebrate the joyful wedding.
Bridal fever: Gwen, a book publisher's assistant, has all but...
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c1984
Language
English
Description
It's the 1930's in Waxahachie, Texas. Against this Depression-torn background unforgettable characters meet and collide. Its emotionally gripping story centers around Edna Spalding (Sally Fields) and her unending struggle against extraordinary hardships.
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