Posts Tagged ‘racism’

Once Upon a Time in China II (1992)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Action | Romance
Countries: Hong Kong
Actors: Jet Li | David Chiang | Paul Fonoroff | Ka-Kui Ho | Siu Chung Mok | Xin Xin Xiong | Donnie Yen | Shi-Kwan Yen | Rosamund Kwan
Directors: Hark Tsui
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In this sequel, martial arts expert Wong Fei-Hung faces Kung, a mercenary rival with skills to equal his own. In addition, Canton is convulsed by a struggle between the local representatives of the Chinese government and Europeans who want to control China, and Wong ends up in the middle of this fight. He is again assisted by young Chung, and again must protect Aunt Yee, his young, Westernized aunt-by-adoption with whom Wong has fallen in love. He also ends up with school-full of small children to protect!

This Is England (2006)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Drama
Countries: UK
Actors: Thomas Turgoose | Stephen Graham | Jo Hartley | Andrew Shim | Vicky McClure | Joseph Gilgun | Rosamund Hanson | Andrew Ellis | Perry Benson | George Newton | Frank Harper | Jack O'Connell | Kriss Dosanjh | Kieran Hardcastle | Chanel Cresswell
Directors: Shane Meadows
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Roland Rat, Margaret Thatcher; Rubik’s Cubes, the Royal Wedding; aerobics, skinheads… It’s 1983, and the schools are breaking up for summer. Shaun is 12 and a bit of a loner, growing up with his mum in a grim coastal town, his dad killed fighting in the Falklands War. On his way home from school where he’s been tormented all day for wearing flares, he runs into a group of skinheads, who against expectations turn out to be friendly and take him under their wing. Soon Shaun discovers parties, girls and snappy dressing, and finds some role models in Woody, Milky and the rest of the gang. But when an older, overtly racist skinhead returns home from prison, the easy camaraderie of the group is broken, and Shaun is drawn into much more uncomfortable territory. Based largely on his own experience as a youngster, this is Shane Meadows’ most mature and fully realised film. Handling the complexities of masculinity, violence and race with sensitivity and a lightness of touch, it’s hard to imagine a film that would better capture the mood of the time, or that could have any greater an understanding of the allure of being part of a gang.

Bad Day at Black Rock (1955)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Drama | Thriller | Western
Countries: USA
Actors: Spencer Tracy | Robert Ryan | Anne Francis | Dean Jagger | Walter Brennan | John Ericson | Ernest Borgnine | Lee Marvin | Russell Collins | Walter Sande | Harry Harvey | Francis McDonald
Directors: John Sturges
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John J. Macreedy doesn’t know it, but when he steps off the train at the jerkwater town of Black Rock, he will soon find himself the object of fear, hatred, and even a murder plot! The altruistic Macreedy came to Black Rock to hand over a posthumous military award to a local man whose son had died gallantly in the Second World War. What Macreedy couldn’t know when he stepped off of that train was that the town had a shameful secret, one that must be kept at all costs.

Remember the Titans (2000)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Drama | Sport
Countries: USA
Actors: Denzel Washington | Will Patton | Wood Harris | Ryan Hurst | Donald Faison | Craig Kirkwood | Ethan Suplee | Kip Pardue | Hayden Panettiere | Nicole Ari Parker | Kate Bosworth | Earl Poitier | Ryan Gosling | Burgess Jenkins | Neal Ghant
Directors: Boaz Yakin
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Denzel Washington is hired as the T.C. Williams High football coach over a white coach in Alexandria, Virginia in the early 1970’s during a time when the school has just been integrated to allow blacks into the school.

The Football Factory (2004)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Crime | Drama
Countries: UK
Actors: Danny Dyer | Frank Harper | Tamer Hassan | Roland Manookian | Neil Maskell | Dudley Sutton | Jamie Foreman | Tony Denham | Calum McNab | John Junkin | Sophie Linfield | Kara Tointon | Michele Hallak | Daniel Naylor | Alison Egan
Directors: Nick Love
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The Football Factory is more than just a study of the English obsession with football violence, its about men looking for armies to join, wars to fight and places to belong. A forgotten culture of Anglo Saxon males fed up with being told they’re not good enough and using thier fists as a drug they describe as being more potent than sex and drugs put together. Shot in documentery style with the energy and vibrancy of handheld, The Football Factory is frightingly real yet full of painful humour as the four characters extreme thoughts and actions unfold before us.

Bound by Honor (aka “Blood in, blood out”) (1993)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Damian Chapa | Jesse Borrego | Benjamin Bratt | Enrique Castillo | Victor Rivers | Delroy Lindo | Tom Towles | Carlos Carrasco | Teddy Wilson | Raymond Cruz | Valente Rodriguez | Lanny Flaherty | Billy Bob Thornton | Geoffrey Rivas | Karmin Murcelo
Directors: Taylor Hackford
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Based on the true life experiences of poet Jimmy Santiago Baca, the film focuses on half-brothers Paco and Cruz, and their bi-racial cousin Miklo. It opens in 1972, as the three are members of an East L.A. gang known as the “Vatos Locos”, and the story focuses on how a violent crime and the influence of narcotics alter their lives. Miklo is incarcerated and sent to San Quentin, where he makes a “home” for himself. Cruz becomes an exceptional artist, but a heroin addiction overcomes him with tragic results. Paco becomes a cop and an enemy to his “carnal”, Miklo.

Crazy in Alabama (1999)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Melanie Griffith | David Morse | Lucas Black | Cathy Moriarty | Meat Loaf | Rod Steiger | Richard Schiff | John Beasley | Robert Wagner | Noah Emmerich | Sandra Seacat | Paul Ben-Victor | Brad Beyer | Fannie Flagg | Elizabeth Perkins
Directors: Antonio Banderas
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A backwoods Alabama boy named Peejoe -short for Peter Joseph- gets a quick education in grown-up matters like freedom in 1965. The catalyst is an unlikely source - his glamorous, eccentric Aunt Lucille (Melanie Griffith), who escapes from her abusive husband and takes off for Hollywood to pursue her dreams of TV stardom.

Legionnaire (1998)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure | Drama | War
Countries: USA
Actors: Jean-Claude Van Damme | Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje | Steven Berkoff | Nicholas Farrell | Jim Carter | Ana Sofrenovic | Daniel Caltagirone | Joseph Long | Mario Kalli | Joe Montana | Kim Romer | Anders Peter Bro | Paul Kynman | Vincent Pickering | Takis Triggelis
Directors: Peter MacDonald
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At the height of its glory, the French Foreign Legion was made up of men widely regarded as the scum of the earth. It was a mercenary army posted to colonies in Northern Africa and Southern Asia…but its soldiers swore no allegiance to France, only to the legion and to each other. The legion asked no questions about a man’s past…nor did it offer much hope for his future. It was a hard way to get a second chance in life…

West Side Story (1961)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Drama | Musical | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Natalie Wood | Richard Beymer | Russ Tamblyn | Rita Moreno | George Chakiris | Simon Oakland | Ned Glass | William Bramley | Tucker Smith | Tony Mordente | David Winters | Eliot Feld | Bert Michaels | David Bean | Robert Banas
Directors: Jerome Robbins
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This movie transplants the classic tale of “Romeo and Juliet” to New York City in the 1950s. The two feuding families are replaced by brawling street gangs. The Montagues become the Anglo Jets, led by Riff (Russ Tamblyn), and the Capulets become the Puerto Rican Sharks, led by Bernardo (George Chakiris). At a dance, Tony (Richard Beymer), former leader of the Jets and Riff’s best friend, and Maria (Natalie Wood), Bernardo’s little sister, see each other across the room and it’s love at first sight. With opposition from both sides, they meet secretly and their love grows deeper. However, the gangs are plotting one last rumble, a fight that will finally end the battle for control of the streets. Will Tony and Maria’s love carry through a battle that threatens to destroy the people they love around them? With a young, talented cast, a gorgeous score and dance sequences that need to be seen to believe, West Side Story is a must-see!

Catch a Fire (2006)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Drama | History | Thriller
Countries: France | South Africa | UK | USA
Actors: Tim Robbins | Derek Luke | Bonnie Mbuli | Mncedisi Shabangu | Tumisho Masha | Sithembiso Khumalo | Terry Pheto | Michele Burgers | Mpho Lovinga | Mxo | Jessica Anstey | Charlotte Savage | Nomhlé Nkyonyeni | Michael Mabizela | Eduan van Jaarsveldt
Directors: Phillip Noyce
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A political thriller: the real-life story of a South African hero’s journey to freedom. In the country’s turbulent and divided times in the 1980s, Patrick Chamusso is an oil refinery foreman and soccer coach who is apolitical - until he and his wife Precious are jailed. Patrick is stunned into action against the country’s oppressive reigning system, even as police Colonel Nic Vos further insinuates himself into the Chamussos’ lives.