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').
Lumumba (2000)
7.2/10
Director: Raoul Peck
Starring: Eriq Ebouaney, Alex Descas
When the Congo declared its independence from Belgium in 1960, the 36-year-old, self-educated Patrice Lumumba became the first Prime Minister of the n... Read more
Men of Honour (2000)
Director: George Tillman Jr
Starring: Robert De Niro, Cuba Gooding Jr, Charlize Theron, Powers Boothe
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
Remember the Titans (2000)
7.8/10
Director: Boaz Yakin
Starring: Denzel Washington, Will Patton, Donald Faison, Ryan Hurst, Wood Harris
The racial tensions filling the halls of a newly integrated Alexandria, Virginia high school in 1971 spill over onto the football field, where new hea... Read more
The Hurricane (1999)
7.6/10
Director: Norman Jewison
Starring: Denzel Washington, John Hannah, Liev Schreiber, Deborah Kara Unger
He was the man who inspired songwriters, actors and everyday people to march on the streets of the US for justice and freedom. His name is Rubin "Hurr... Read more
American History X ( Blu-ray ) (1998)
8.5/10
Director: Tony Kaye
Starring: Avery Brooks, Beverly D'Angelo, Edward Furlong, Edward Norton, Elliott Gould, Fa...
A hard-hitting drama about former skinhead Edward Norton who, having been released from prison after serving three years for the shooting of two black... Read more
American History X (1998)
8.5/10
Director: Tony Kaye
Starring: Edward Norton, Edward Furlong, Fairuza Balk, Stacy Keach, Elliott Gould, Avery B...
A hard-hitting drama about former skinhead Edward Norton who, having been released from prison after serving three years for the shooting of two black... Read more
Life of Jesus (1997)
7.1/10
Director: Bruno Dumont
Starring: Kader Chaatouf, David Douche
Far from the religious biopic its title implies, this powerful French drama follows the slacker-like existence of 20-year-old epileptic, Freddy, who s... Read more
Amistad (1997)
7.3/10
Director: Steven Spielberg
Starring: Morgan Freeman, Anthony Hopkins, Nigel Hawthorne, Matthew McConaughey, Djimon Ho...
Based on a true story, the movie chronicles the incredible journey of a group of enslaved Africans who overtake their captor's ship and attempt to ret... Read more
Rosewood (1997)
7.2/10
Director: John Singleton
Starring: Jon Voight, Ving Rhames, Don Cheadle, Bruce McGill
Based on a true story set in Florida 1922 where a white woman tells a false story about being assaulted by a black stranger and the white community de... Read more
Dead Heart (1996)
6.5/10
Director: Nick Parsons
Starring: Bryan Brown, Ernie Dingo, Angie Milliken
This gritty drama about murder, infidelity, racism and rough justice is set in the remote Aboriginal community of Wala Wala where the local constable... Read more