Though Amsterdam is a romantic comedy-thriller set in the 30s, it deals with racism & fascism, making it very relevant to today’s fascists movement.
CRADLE WILL ROCK (1999)
The story of the cast of “Cradle Will Rock” & their protest march during the 30s when the FTP play, directed by Orson Welles, was banned for being “Red.”
Bitter Harvest (2017)
A love story during Stalin’s campaign to starve the Ukrainians, this film tells the story of the people’s opposition to their brutal oppressors.
The Danish Girl (2015)
Danish artist Einar Wegener, married to fellow artist Gerda, becomes a pioneer in the transgender movement by undergoing one of the 1st sex change operations in the early 1930s.