Rana's Wedding (2002), The Landlord (1970), Sugar (2008), How to Eat Your Watermelon in White Company (And Enjoy It) (2005), No Way Out (1950), The Exiles (1961), The Tuskegee Airmen (1995), Accidental Courtesy: Daryl Davis, Race & America (2016) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Race Relations movies.
Storyline: One morning, spirited Rana (Clara Khoury), a Palestinian teenager living in Jerusalem, receives a startling note from her father, Abu Siad (Zuher Fahoum) : She can either get married or emigrate with him to Egypt later that afternoon. Rana dashes off to find her boyfriend, Khalil (Khalifa Natour), but must negotiate menacing Israeli checkpoints and strict Islamic law as she races across the West Bank. She begins to wonder if she really wants to stay after all.
Plot Keywords: palestinian, young girl, boyfriend, father, grandmother, israeli, frenetic ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: As his 30th birthday nears, the aristocratic Elger Winthrop Enders (Beau Bridges) finally decides to leave his parents' home, and he purchases an apartment complex in the slums of New York. The coldhearted Elger plans to boot out the current residents and refashion the crumbling dwelling into a luxurious bachelor pad. But after the spoiled young man befriends locals Francine (Diana Sands) and Margie (Pearl Bailey), he abandons his plans and instead focuses on charming his lovely neighbors.
Plot Keywords: wealthy man, mother, girlfriend, tenant, wife, neighbor, amusing ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Like many young men in the Dominican Republic, 19-year-old Miguel "Sugar" Santos (Algenis Perez Soto) dreams of winning a slot on an American baseball team. Indeed, his talents as a pitcher eventually land him a slot on a single-A team in Iowa, but culture shock, racism and other curveballs threaten to turn Sugar's dream sour.
Plot Keywords: coach, baseball player, baseball pitcher, farmer, mother, friend, engaging ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Melvin Van Peebles was one of the first black directors to challenge the white establishment in his films, which include "Watermelon Man" and "Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song." In this documentary, the life of Van Peebles is discussed, including his work not only in film, but also as a novelist, actor, musician, stock trader and even Air Force pilot. Interview subjects include Gil Scott-Heron, Spike lee and Melvin's son and fellow filmmaker, Mario Van Peebles.
Plot Keywords: director, son, poet, intense, inspiring, positive, united states ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Robbers Ray Biddle (Richard Widmark) and his brother are shot and taken to the local hospital. There, the two are treated by Dr. Brooks (Sidney Poitier), the hospital's only black doctor. The brothers assault Brooks with racist slurs. And, when his brother ends up dying on the operating table, Ray accuses the doctor of murdering him. Blind with rage, Ray works to turn the white community of the city against Brooks, who finds an unlikely ally in the dead man's widow, Edie (Linda Darnell).
Plot Keywords: doctor, robber, racist, widow, surgeon, brother, tense ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: In a Native American neighborhood in Los Angeles, Homer (Homer Nish) lives with his pregnant wife, Yvonne (Yvonne Williams), in a crowded apartment. While Homer goes drinking with his friend Tommy (Tom Reynolds), Yvonne is left at a movie by herself. As the men get progressively drunker, Yvonne realizes her husband is not coming home. Meanwhile, Homer and Tommy wander through the nighttime city, looking for fights, playing poker and discussing their problems as Native Americans.
Plot Keywords: native american, wife, friend, husband, tense, fascinating, los angeles ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Grueling training and racist officers challenge black recruits in the Army Air Corps during World War II.
Plot Keywords: pilot, lieutenant, senator, major, eleanor roosevelt, confident, engaging ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Musician Daryl Davis has an unusual hobby. He's played all over the world with legends like Chuck Berry and Little Richard, but it's what Daryl does in his free time that sets him apart. Daryl likes to meet and befriend members of the Ku Klux Klan -- something few black men can say. In his travels, he's collected robes and other artifacts from friends who have left the Klan, building a collection piece by piece, story by story, in hopes of eventually opening a "Museum of the Klan."
Plot Keywords: musician, klansman, confident, engaging, inspiring, washington, d.c., house ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: A safari guide (Cornel Wilde) cautions the hunting party he is leading to respect the African natives they encounter. Instead of heeding this advice, one of the party actively insults the tribe, which captures and kills the entire group. Only the guide is spared. But he is stripped of his clothing, and given a head start before the warriors give chase. Using his knowledge of the land and resourcefulness, the guide must make his way back to the closest British fort.
Plot Keywords: guide, hunter, native, girl, brutal, gripping, africa ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: This Canadian documentary portrays the 1990 showdown between the Mohawk Nation and the predominantly white Quebec town of Oka, which is intent on developing land deemed sacred by the native people. When members of the Mohawk tribe protest plans to expand a golf course into their territory, they form a barricade, leading to an armed standoff with provincial police that becomes increasingly tense, with the possibility of violence looming over the heads of everyone involved.
Plot Keywords: native, police officer, soldier, politician, tense, emotional, spirited ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Derek Vineyard is paroled after serving 3 years in prison for brutally killing two black men who tried to break into/steal his truck. Through his brother's, Danny Vineyard, narration, we learn that before going to prison, Derek was a skinhead and the leader of a violent white supremacist gang that committed acts of racial crime throughout L.A. and his actions greatly influenced Danny. Reformed and fresh out of prison, Derek severs contact with the gang and becomes determined to keep Danny from going down the same violent path as he did.
Plot Keywords: neo-nazi, gang member, single father, police officer, brother, dark, gritty ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: A young, black hockey star (Stephan James), bound for the NHL, is surronded by racial tension in a divided Nova Scotian community.
Plot Keywords: young man, black man, athlete, moving, emotional, engaging, nova scotia ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Willie (Doug E. Doug), Tom (Mario Joyner), Johnny (John Alberto Leguizamo) and Vinny are fast-talkers from the South Bronx looking for a party.
Plot Keywords: actor, clerk, militant, ladies' man, police officer, amusing, bronx, n.y. ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: This is a documentary of 'drag nights' among New York's underclass. Queens are interviewed and observed preparing for and competing in many 'balls'. The people, the clothes, and the whole environment are outlandish.—Robbie Smith <robsmith@u.washington.edu>
Plot Keywords: drag queen, gay man, performer, friend, spirited, emotional, new york city ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: A caring teacher (Don Cheadle) tries to inspire strength and dignity in an innocent black man (Mekhi Phifer) condemned to death in 1940s Louisiana.
Plot Keywords: schoolteacher, young man, lawyer, woman, reverend, sheriff, bleak ...
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