What Is Democracy? (2018), The Tuskegee Airmen (1995), Trois Couleurs: Blanc (1993), The Vernon Johns Story (1994), Emmanuel's Gift (2005), Love Under the Rainbow (2019), Ballot Measure 9 (1994), Marshall (2017) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Equality movies.
Storyline: This reflection on democracy spans millennia and continents, from ancient Athens' groundbreaking experiment in self-government to capitalism's roots in medieval Italy.
Plot Keywords: democracy, politics, society, philosophy, history, government, freedom ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Grueling training and racist officers challenge black recruits in the Army Air Corps during World War II.
Plot Keywords: war, history, race, discrimination, america, african american, world war ii ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Divorced and ruined in Paris, a Polish hairdresser (Zbigniew Zamachowski) gets even with his French ex-wife (Julie Delpy).
Plot Keywords: drama, romance, french film, polish film, european film, black comedy, marriage ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: This biopic follows the life of Vernon Johns (James Earl Jones) -- now known as the father of the civil rights movement -- during the years he preceded Martin Luther King Jr. as minister of the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. Johns champions the cause of desegregation, clashing with local white authorities; the more cautious members of his own church; his wife (Mary Alice), who fears he'll lose his pulpit; and his children, who fear he will lose his life.
Plot Keywords: biography, history, drama, race, civil rights, religion, pastor ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: This documentary tells the story of 27-year-old Ghanaian Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah, born with a deformed leg. The disabled are often disdained or even murdered at birth in Africa, but Emmanuel is determined to be a part of society. After receiving a bicycle, thanks to a grant for handicapped athletes, Emmanuel rides across Ghana, challenging stereotypes in the process. Emmanuel travels to America to receive a prosthetic leg and spreads awareness of human rights for the disabled everywhere he goes.
Plot Keywords: inspirational, documentary, biography, disability, africa, true story, social issues ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A woman who has been dumped eleven times in a row, discovers (to her dismay) that she has a loser in love gene.
Plot Keywords: romance, lgbtq+, homosexual, romantic comedy, youth, coming of age, emotion ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Ballot Measure 9 was an anti-gay amendment proposed to Oregon voters in 1992 by the conservative group, Oregon Citizen's Alliance. This documentary goes behind the scenes of the fight to stop Measure 9. It contains portions of anti-gay videos produced by the Citizen's Alliance as well as news clips and interviews with the people who successfully fought passage of Measure 9.—Travis <mtharris@erols.com>
Plot Keywords: documentary, political, lgbtq+, election, civil rights, social movement, american politics ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Young Thurgood Marshall faces one of his greatest challenges while working as a lawyer for the NAACP. Marshall travels to conservative Connecticut when wealthy socialite Eleanor Strubing accuses Black chauffeur Joseph Spell of sexual assault and attempted murder. He soon teams up with Sam Friedman, a local Jewish lawyer who's never handled a criminal case. Together, the two men build a defense while contending with racist and anti-Semitic views from those who deem Spell to be guilty.
Plot Keywords: biography, drama, history, legal, courtroom, race, civil rights ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: For one week in February 1968, Johnny Carson gave up his chair to Harry Belafonte, the first time an African-American had hosted a late night TV show for a whole week.
Plot Keywords: documentary, history, television, culture, society, race, civil rights ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Karol (Polish) marries Dominique (French) and moves to Paris. The marriage breaks down and Dominique divorces Karol, forcing him into the life of a metro beggar and eventually back to Poland. However, he never forgets Dominique and while building a new life for himself in Warsaw he begins to plot.
Plot Keywords: drama, romance, black comedy, french film, polish film, european cinema, equality ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Fearing it would compromise his career, lawyer Andrew Beckett hides his homosexuality and HIV status at a powerful Philadelphia law firm. But his secret is exposed when a colleague spots the illness's telltale lesions. Fired shortly afterwards, Beckett resolves to sue for discrimination, teaming up with Joe Miller (Denzel Washington), the only lawyer willing to help. In court, they face one of his ex-employers top litigators, Belinda Conine.
Plot Keywords: legal, discrimination, homosexuality, courtroom drama, social justice, human rights, lawyer ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Biograpical epic of Malcolm X, the legendary African American leader. Born Malcolm Little, his father (a Garveyite Baptist minister) was killed by the Ku Klux Klan. Malcolm became a gangster, and while in jail discovered the Nation of Islam writings of Elijah Muhammad. He preaches the teachings when let out of jail, but later on goes on a pilgrimage to the city of Mecca, there he converts to the original Islamic religion and becomes a Sunni Muslim and changes his name to El-Hajj Malik Al-Shabazz. He is assassinated on February 21, 1965 and dies a Muslim martyr.
Plot Keywords: biography, history, drama, usa, race, civil rights, islam ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: James Earl Jones narrates this fascinating and moving documentary about the life of the assassinated black leader through various sources.
Plot Keywords: biography, history, drama, usa, race, civil rights, islam ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: New York City's Stonewall Inn is regarded by many as the site of gay and lesbian liberation since it was at this bar that drag queens fought back against police June 27-28, 1969. This documentary uses extensive archival film, movie clips and personal recollections to construct an audiovisual history of the gay community before the Stonewall riots.—Ed Stephan <stephan@cc.wwu.edu>
Plot Keywords: documentary, historical, activism, civil rights, social justice, american history, 1960s ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: The story of "The Tolpuddle Martyrs". A group of nineteenth century English farm laborers who formed one of the first trade unions and started a campaign to receive fair wages.—Steve Crook <steve@brainstorm.co.uk>
Plot Keywords: history, british film, 19th century, true story, collectivism, class struggle, politics ...
Movie Details Click Here !