Sansho the Bailiff (1954), Secret Lives: Hidden Children & Their Rescuers During WWII (2002), 12 Years a Slave (2013), Which Way Home (2009), Empire of the Sun (1987), The Golden Dream (2013), Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport (2000), Three Identical Strangers (2018) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Family Separation movies.
Storyline: Brenda Kniffen (Virginia Madsen) and her husband, Scott (Jeffrey Nordling), are accused of abusing their two young boys. It's a false accusation made by someone with a grudge against the family, and there is no proof to the claim. But that doesn't stop overeager prosecutor Andrew Gindes (John Billingsley) from getting the couple convicted and sentenced to life in prison. From behind bars, the couple fights for over a decade to prove their innocence and reunite their family.
Plot Keywords: based on true events, courtroom drama, family tragedy, miscarriage of justice, social issues, emotional impact, legal battle ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Based on the real-life experiences of Mende Nazer,the story unfolds as twelve-year-old Malia,daughter of champion wrestler Bah,is abducted from her Sudanese village in the Nubar Mountains by pro-government Arab militia and sold into slavery to a woman in Khartoum,who beats her for touching her daughter. After six years she is sent to London,where her name is changed,but her miserable life of servitude continues. Her passport is taken and she is told that her father will die if she goes to the authorities. Fortunately she meets a sympathetic person who seems to offer her the hope of escape and reunion with Bah,back in Sudan. For all the film's optimism an end title states that there are around 5,000 'slave' workers currently in Britain.—don @ minifie-1
Plot Keywords: slavery, human rights, uk, based on true story, exploitation, freedom, struggle ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Soon after her return from a business trip to Hong Kong, Beth Emhoff dies from what is a flu or some other type of infection. Her young son dies later the same day. Her husband Mitch however seems immune. Thus begins the spread of a deadly infection. For doctors and administrators at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, several days pass before anyone realizes the extent or gravity of this new infection. They must first identify the type of virus in question and then find a means of combating it, a process that will likely take several months. As the contagion spreads to millions of people worldwide, societal order begins to break down as people panic.
Plot Keywords: virus, epidemic, panic, quarantine, scientists, public health, death ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: An intimate portrait of an American family during a turbulent time. Jake Rademacher sets out to understand the experience, sacrifice, and motivation of his two brothers serving in Iraq. The film follows Jake's exploits as he risks everything-including his life-to tell his brothers' story. Often humorous, but sometimes downright lethal, it is a remarkable journey where Jake embeds with four combat units in Iraq. Unprecedented access to US and Iraqi combat units take him behind the camouflage curtain with secret reconnaissance troops on the Syrian border, into sniper "hide sites" in the Sunni Triangle, through raging machine gun battles with the Iraqi Army. Ultimately, the film follows his brothers home where separations and life-threatening work ripple through their parents, siblings, wives, and children. It is a rare look at the bonds and service of our soldiers on the front lines and the profound effects their service has on the loved ones they leave behind.—Samuel Goldwyn Films
Plot Keywords: war, family, brothers, documentary, military, iraq war, america ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: The son of a priest slain by the Mau Mau moves in with a police officer and his wife in 1950 Kenya.
Plot Keywords: colonialism, independence movement, child's perspective, coming of age, family separation, loyalty, betrayal ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Tells the true life-story of Sara Guralnick, a 13 year-old Polish Jew whose entire family was killed by Nazis in September of 1942. After a grueling escape to the Ukrainian countryside, Sara steals her Christian best friend's identity and finds refuge in a small village where she is taken in by a farmer and his young wife. She soon discovers the dark secrets of her employers' marriage, compounding the greatest secret she must strive to protect, her true identity.—Steven Oritt
Plot Keywords: world war ii, holocaust, jewish, survivor, poland, nazi, hidden identity ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A young woman risks everything for freedom after she is sold to a brothel.
Plot Keywords: india, poverty, social justice, women's rights, based on true events, drama, independent film ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: This adaptation of the Harriet Beecher Stowe novel follows the adventures of a group of slaves in the 19th-century American South. When Eliza (Phylicia Rashad) hears that she and her son will be separated despite a promise to the contrary, she flees the plantation on which she's a slave, leaving behind her friend Tom (Avery Brooks). The story splits, following Tom as he clings to faith in the face of immense cruelty, while Eliza and her son try to survive and remain together despite the odds.
Plot Keywords: slavery, racial discrimination, american civil war, christianity, family separation, humanity, oppression ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: SHEPHERD is based on the award-winning and bestselling novel, "The Jewish Dog," by Asher Kravitz. Kaleb, a beloved German Shepherd, is separated from his Jewish family when the Nuremberg Laws are enacted in WWII Berlin. He is adopted by an SS Officer who trains him to attack and round up Jews at a concentration camp. Kaleb is well cared for and good at his job until one day when he is distracted by a familiar scent. His original master, a young boy named Joshua, has arrived as a prisoner of the camp. Kaleb has not lost his loyalty to Joshua who finds solace when he gets a job feeding the animals and can spend time with Kaleb. Joshua's life is at risk. Together they escape the camp and after months of near-death experiences, they are found by partisans who help Joshua make safe passage.—Shepherd: the Story of a Jewish Dog
Plot Keywords: jewish culture, world war ii, nazis, holocaust, germany, family separation, loyalty ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A 9-year-old orphan (Abdul Khalim Mamatsuiev) and a Russian soldier (Maxim Emelianov) encounter the horrors of war.
Plot Keywords: war, orphan, human rights, trauma, maternal love, rescue, disappearance ...
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