The story of Malcolm X from his youthful gangster days thru his conversion to Islam in prison to his rise in leadership of Black Muslims and his murder when he broke with its leader.
MALCOLM X (1992)
Les Miserables (2019)
Don’t confuse this with the Victor Hugo plot. This is a French film about present-day oppressed minorities. Click the title to read my entire review.
Selma, Lord, Selma (1999)
Screenplay by Cynthia Whitcomb, based on the book by Sheyann Webb & Rachel West Nelson, told to Frank Sikora. Cast & characters: Sheyann Webb – Jurnee Smollett; Rachel West – Stephanie Zandra Peyton; Martin Luther King, Jr. -Clifton Powell; Jonathan Daniels – Mackenzie Astin; Betty Webb – Ella Joyce; John Webb – Afemo Omilami; …
The Public (2018)
When homeless people at an urban library refuse to leave because it is so cold & shelters are full, a librarian is faced with opposing or siding with them.
Captive State (2019)
2 brother engage in a revolt to regain Chicago from the rule of aliens who live underground and rule through collaborators.
Monsters and Men (2018)
Set in NYC this is the story of how the police murder of a black man impacts 3 lives, each person wrestling with his conscience as how to respond.
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, MO (2017)
A mother grieving over the unsolved rape-murder of her daughter hires 3 billboards to prod the police chief to more action, leading to unexpected results.
Detroit (2017)
During the 1967 Detroit Riot racist cops torture black teenagers & 2 white girls at a motel to get them to turn over a gun which they think was fired at them–during the night the cops murder 3 of the blacks.
A Dog’s Purpose (2016)
Thanks to reincarnation a loyal dog enhances the lives of 3 different families & then returns to enrich the life of its original owner, now a lonely adult.
Chappie (2015)
In S.A. the robot cop inventor wants to install A.I. His boss says No, but he goes ahead anyway, & then is kidnapped by crooks wanting to use it for crime.