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Selma (2014)

Selma (2014)

7.5/10 Drama, Biography, History

A chronicle of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s campaign to secure equal voting rights via an epic march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, in 1965.

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Cry Freedom (1987)

Cry Freedom (1987)

7.4/10 Biography, Drama, History

South African journalist Donald Woods is forced to flee the country, after attempting to investigate the death in custody of his friend, the black activist Steve Biko.

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Manderlay (2005)

Manderlay (2005)

7.3/10 Drama

A story of slavery, set in the southern U.S. in the 1930s.

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Kill the Messenger (2014)

Kill the Messenger (2014)

6.9/10 Biography, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Journalist Gary Webb, California 1996, started investigating CIA's role in the 1980s in getting crack cocaine to the black part of LA to get money and weapons to the Contras/freedom fighters in Nicaragua.

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Sarafina! (1992)

Sarafina! (1992)

6.4/10 Musical, Drama

South African teenagers fight against apartheid in the Soweto Uprising.

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A Raisin in the Sun (2008)

A Raisin in the Sun (2008)

8.6/10 Drama

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.

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City of Hope (1991)

City of Hope (1991)

7.3/10 Drama, Adventure

An intersecting tale with a multitude of characters living lives which, in one way or another, revolve around an old apartment block scheduled to be demolished.

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Snowden (2016)

Snowden (2016)

7.3/10 Biography, Drama, Thriller

The NSA's illegal surveillance techniques are leaked to the public by one of the agency's employees, Edward Snowden, in the form of thousands of classified documents distributed to the press.

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Once Upon A Time... When We Were Colored (1995)

Once Upon A Time... When We Were Colored (1995)

7.2/10 Drama

A narrator tells the story of his childhood years in a tightly knit Afro-American community in the deep south under racial segregation.

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The Strawberry Statement (1970)

The Strawberry Statement (1970)

6.8/10 Drama

An apolitical college student joins a group of campus protesters to meet girls but gets swept up in their cause and involved in a violent confrontation with police.

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A Dry White Season (1989)

A Dry White Season (1989)

8.1/10 Drama

A white South African challenges government policies when he accuses a police captain of the murder of a black man.

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A Lesson Before Dying (1999)

A Lesson Before Dying (1999)

8.0/10 Drama

A caring teacher (Don Cheadle) tries to inspire strength and dignity in an innocent black man (Mekhi Phifer) condemned to death in 1940s Louisiana.

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The Gospel According to St. Matthew (1964)

The Gospel According to St. Matthew (1964)

7.7/10 Biography, Drama, History

The life of Jesus Christ according to the Gospel of Matthew. Pasolini shows Christ as a Marxist avant-la-lettre and therefore uses half of the text of Matthew.

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The Bang Bang Club (2010)

The Bang Bang Club (2010)

4.8/10 Drama

Photojournalists (Ryan Phillippe, Taylor Kitsch, Frank Rautenbach) put themselves in harm's way as they shoot evidence of atrocities committed in the final days of South African apartheid.

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Amistad (1997)

Amistad (1997)

7.3/10 Drama, History

In 1839, the revolt of Mende captives aboard a Spanish owned ship causes a major controversy in the United States when the ship is captured off the coast of Long Island. The courts must decide whether the Mende are slaves or legally free.

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Ragtime (1981)

Ragtime (1981)

7.3/10 Drama

A young black pianist becomes embroiled in the lives of an upper-class white family set among the racial tensions, infidelity, violence, and other nostalgic events in early 1900s New York City.

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Lee Daniels' The Butler (2013)

Lee Daniels' The Butler (2013)

7.2/10 Drama, History

A White House butler (Forest Whitaker) has a front-row seat to history through three decades and seven presidential administrations, including those of Eisenhower (Robin Williams), Kennedy (James Marsden) and Nixon (John Cusack).

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Che: Part One (2008)

Che: Part One (2008)

7.2/10 War, Drama, Biography, History

In 1956, Ernesto 'Che' Guevara and a band of Castro-led Cuban exiles mobilize an army to topple the regime of dictator Fulgencio Batista.

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