A Raisin in the Sun (2008), For Us, the Living: The Medgar Evers Story (1983), Madame Satã (2002), Hairspray (1988), Mockingbird Don't Sing (2001), Gone Are the Days (1963), Buffalo Soldiers (1997), The Order of Myths (2008) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Integration movies.
Storyline: A widow (Phylicia Rashad), her son (Sean Combs) and other members of a black family have differing ideas on how to spend a $10,000 life-insurance check.
Plot Keywords: mother, maid, chauffeur, widow, daughter, son, engaging ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: During the civil rights movement of the '50s and '60s in Mississippi, Medgar Evers (Howard E. Rollins Jr.) rose from being an insurance agent to become one of the most integral activists of the era. From boycotting white merchants in the mid '50s to being a key figure in desegregating the University of Mississippi in 1962, Evers met success, and with it many enemies. When racists swarm his house, his life and the lives of his wife (Irene Cara) and children are threatened.
Plot Keywords: activist, wife, racist, assassin, cop, dark, emotional ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: A story inspired by the life of one of the most remarkable figures in Brazilian popular culture, João Francisco dos Santos (1900-1976). In turn, bandit, transvestite, street fighter, brothel cook, convict and father to seven adopted children, dos Santos--better known as Madame Satã--was also a notorious gay performer who pushed social boundaries in a volatile time. The story begins in 1932, in Rio de Janeiro's bohemian Lapa district, when João Francisco is about to achieve his dream: becoming a stage star. In the sordid yet lively world of Lapa--populated by pimps, prostitutes and other denizens of Rio's underworld--João battles the streets and presides over a surrogate family that includes the charming prostitute Laurita, and her baby daughter whom everyone dotes on; the flamboyant hustler Taboo; João's teenage lover, Renatinho; and Amador, the owner of the Blue Danube club which is their second home. It is at the Blue Danube that street tough João begins to sing, and the mythic drag artiste Madam Satã is born.—Sujit R. Varma
Plot Keywords: transvestite, prostitute, performer, hustler, club owner, unrestrained, inspiring ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: 'Pleasantly Plump' teenager Tracy Turnblad achieves her dream of becoming a regular on the Corny Collins Dance Show. Now a teen hero, she starts using her fame to speak out for the causes she believes in, most of all integration. In doing so, she earns the wrath of the show's former star, Amber Von Tussle, as well as Amber's manipulative, pro-segregation parents. The rivalry comes to a head as Amber and Tracy vie for the title of Miss Auto Show 1963.
Plot Keywords: teen girl, rival, boyfriend, mother, father, campy, spirited ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: On November 4, 1970 on The CBS Evening News, Walter Cronkite reported on a true, horrific story that was about to rock the country. A 13-year-old girl was discovered in the small Los Angeles suburb of Arcadia who was still in diapers, barely able to walk and unable to speak. Kept in severe isolation by her parents with virtually no human contact for more than 10 years, she was confined to her bedroom, tied to her potty-chair and left to fend for herself. As Cronkite noted, it was one of the most horrendous cases of child abuse ever to surface. Much like an animal, the girl spat, sniffed and clawed. She had none of the traits or characteristics of conventional human behavior, nor could she comprehend such modern societal conveniences as silverware or bathroom etiquette. Her emotional development was practically non-existent, and she could not speak. With this heartbreaking story, the world was being introduced to a fragile, beautiful teenager who seemed and behaved like an infant, or Wild Child.—Steven Zeller
Plot Keywords: teen girl, linguist, teacher, graduate student, mother, brother, emotional ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: An idealistic young man returns to the plantation where he grew up in servitude. He brings his fiancée Lutiebelle, but hopes to convince the plantation owner that she is really his cousin to secure the family inheritance. Aiding the comic complications are his family members Missy and Gitlow and the plantation owner's endearing but ineffectual son Charlie.—Jonathan Ruskin <JonRuskin@aol.com>
Plot Keywords: reverend, fiancée, son, plantation owner, old man, engaging, spirited ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: At the end of the Civil War, Washington Wyatt (Danny Glover) is liberated from slavery and signs up as a sergeant in the first all African-American U.S. Army unit. Once assigned to the unit, Wyatt realizes that both his commanding officer (Tom Bower) and his colonel (Bob Gunton) are racists. Tensions rise when Wyatt arrests Capt. Draper (Robert Knott) and several other Texas Rangers, all of whom are white. Later, Wyatt and his fellow soldiers set out to capture a hostile Indian chief.
Plot Keywords: army commander, sergeant, captain, indian chief, prophet, african-american, gripping ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Although "Mardi Gras" immediately brings to mind New Orleans for most people, the first Mardi Gras in America was actually held in Mobile, Ala., over 300 years ago. Remarkably, even in 2007, the festivities remain racially segregated, with two pairs of kings and queens -- one black, one white. Filmmaker Margaret Brown takes us through the divided zones of Mobile's current Mardi Gras celebrations as numerous participants attempt to initiate an integration between black and white revelers.
Plot Keywords: townsperson, partygoer, event coordinator, king, queen, documentarian, intense ...
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