RKO 281 (1999)
In this version of the creation of CITIZEN KANE by Herman Mankiewicz and Orson Welles, the latter is favored as contributing the most to the script.
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (2020)
An eventful day in 1927 racist Chicago where Blues singer Ma Rainey records a song and faces off against her rebellious horn player & White producers.
Chasing Freedom (2004)
A self-centered lawyer is changed into a compassionate human being when she is made to defend an Afghan woman who will be killed if she is deported back to her own country.
Up From Slavery (2011)
The dark story of slavery in America, from its arrival in Virginia in the 7th Century, through the Civil War, & also of Abolitionists who fought it.
The Aeronauts (2019)
In this account of the 1862 balloon flight that set a world altitude record for many decades, one of the areonauts is depicted as a woman.
Queen & Slim (2019)
The story of an unlikely black couple who, in flight from a cop killing, journey through the South where both blacks & whites consider them folk heroes.
Jojo Rabbit (2019)
Near the end of WW 2 10-year-old Jojo adores Hitler, whom he imagines is his companion, but changes when he meets the Jewish girl his mother has hidden in their house.
The Great Alaskan Race (2019)
The true story of how during the winter of 1925 Alaskan mushers & their hardy dogs transported the serum needed to save the lives of the children of Nome.
Brittany Runs a Marathon (2019)
When her doc tells Brittany she must lose weight she joins a running group, eventually finding romance & the goal of running the NY Marathon.
The Farewell (2019)
Chinese-American Billi is opposed to her family’s decision not to tell their beloved matriarch she has cancer, so they plan a wedding for a final reunion.