Racial Intolerance
The degradation and maltreatment of people based on their ethnicity or skin colour has plagued the human condition since we first began travelling around the globe. This category includes films and documentaries that explore the consequences of ignorance and intolerance from the large scale horrors of political oppression and genocide ('Rabbit Proof Fence', 'Sometimes in April'), to the personal prejudices that inhibit our growth and development ('American History X', 'Crash').
Hotel Rwanda (2004)
8.1/10
Director: Terry George
Starring: Don Cheadle, Sophie Okonedo, Nick Nolte, Joaquin Phoenix, Jean Reno
As his country descends into madness, five-star-hotel manager Paul Rusesabagina (Don Cheadle) sets out to save his family. But when he sees that the w... Read more
Tibet: Cry of the Snow Lion (2003)
7.6/10
Director: Tom Peosay
Starring: Narrated by, Martin Sheen, H H Dalai Lama, Robert Thurman, etc ...
Ten years in the making, this award-winning documentary exposes the real cost of the 1950 Chinese invasion of Tibet. Powerfully chronicled through de... Read more
Hart's War ( Blu-ray ) (2002)
6.3/10
Director: Gregory Hoblit
Starring: Bruce Willis, Cole Hauser, Linus Roache, Colin Farrell, Marcel Iures, Terrence H...
Moody and powerful WWII drama starring Colin Farrell as a young US lieutenant and senator's son who is captured in 1944 and sent to a German POW camp.... Read more
Skins (2002)
7.2/10
Director: Chris Eyre
Starring: Eric Schweig, Graham Greene, Gary Farmer, Noah Watts, Lois Red Elk, Michelle Thr...
A dire, though poignantly humourous, tale of two Native American brothers, living on one of the poorest reservations in the country. Rudy (Eric Schwe... Read more
The Tracker (2002)
7.5/10
Director: Rolf de Heer
Starring: Noel Wilton, Gary Sweet, Damon Gameau, Grant Page, David Gulpilil
In 1922, The Tracker (David Gulpilil) has the job of tracking an Aborigine (Noel Wilton) suspected of murdering a white woman, and leads a police offi... Read more
Gangs of New York (Blu-ray) (2002)
7.5/10
Director: Martin Scorsese
Starring: Cameron Diaz, Daniel-Day Lewis, Henry Thomas, Jim Broadbent, John C Reilly, Leon...
Martin Scorsese's sprawling historical saga is set in the strife-torn Five Points neighbourhood of 1860s Manhattan. The film follows Irish-American Le... Read more
Gangs of New York (2002)
7.5/10
Director: Martin Scorsese
Starring: Jim Broadbent, Cameron Diaz, Leonardo DiCaprio, Daniel-Day Lewis, Liam Neeson, H...
Martin Scorsese's sprawling historical saga is set in the strife-torn Five Points neighbourhood of 1860s Manhattan. The film follows Irish-American Le... Read more
Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002)
7.5/10
Director: Phillip Noyce
Starring: Everlyn Sampi, Tianna Sansbury, Laura Monaghan, David Gulpilil, Kenneth Branagh
Set in 1930s outback Australia, this is the true story of three Aboriginal girls who are snatched from their mothers' arms in Jigalong, Western Austra... Read more
Serenades (2001)
6.6/10
Director: Mojgan Khadem
Starring: Alice Haines, Aden Young, Bille Brown, Sinisa Copic
Set in 19th-century Australia, a girl is born of an Aboriginal mother and an Afghan father - a dark skinned, green eyed, forbidden beauty. Raised by h... Read more
Men of Honour ( Blu-ray ) (2000)
Director: George Tillman Jr
Starring: Charlize Theron, Cuba Gooding Jr, David Keith, Hal Holbrook, Michael Rapaport, P...
This is the true story of Carl Brashear, the first black member of the U.S. Navy's deep sea diving team. Cuba Gooding Jr. plays Brashear, the Navy rec... Read more