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Film Category: Thematic
Rainer Werner Fassbinder addresses multiple levels of intolerance in his 1973 feature Ali: Fear Eats the Soul. When a lonely Moroccan mechanic falls in love…
MORE ›In the 20th century, Hollywood offered black Americans very little positive representation. They were portrayed as violent or ignorant, and almost always submissive. Melvin van…
MORE ›Set in an older section of Watts, Los Angeles, To Sleep with Anger tells the fable of a trickster coming to town to steal souls.…
MORE ›After the murder of a black man makes national headlines, the filmmakers dispatch two crews to Jasper, Texas—one black, one white—to get at the truth of what life in the town is really about. Festival Year: 2002
MORE ›This gripping vérité film is a symphony of patients, caregivers, loved ones, bureaucracy, and hard choices in an Oakland ER’s waiting room. Festival Year: 2012
MORE ›This uniquely insightful film explores the relationships that develop between five pairs of Swiss driving school instructors and their students; in their obligatory interactions, complex personal stories are revealed. Festival Year: 2000
MORE ›Beautiful animation accompanies poignant testimony in this haunting short about a man who discovers his brother has committed a serious crime. Festival Year: 2015
MORE ›A lyrical exploration of the fragile hopes and harsh realities of African immigrant journeys to Spain. Festival Year: 2008
MORE ›This experimental fusion of found footage and home movies takes us through the grieving process the filmmaker, who lost his brother when he was just nine years old, was denied as a child. Festival Year: 2005
MORE ›On this remote island, the most densely populated on the planet, a community struggles to maintain their way of life as resources and opportunities dwindle. Festival Year: 2014
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