The story of the Lane Debates over slavery in 1834 in Cincincinnati, at which the future author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin, Harriet Beecher Stowe was present.
Sons and Daughters of Thunder
9 to 5 (1980)
An absurdist comedy deals with a real & widespread problem, the unjust treatment of female office employees by their misogynist male bosses, a film inspired by the real life 9to5 movement.
Monos (2019)
A band of teenage guerrillas hold a hostage in the Columbian mountains where their discipline gives way to savagery.
Captive State (2019)
2 brother engage in a revolt to regain Chicago from the rule of aliens who live underground and rule through collaborators.
Snowpiercer (2013)
Don’t miss this Sci-Fi thriller about survivors of a Big Freeze struggling on super-train! Click the headline to read my entire review.
The Lego Movie (2014)
Ordinary guy Emmet unexpectedly becomes the leader of a revolt of Lego persons saving their city from being glued in place by Mr. Businessman.
AMISTAD (1997)
The story of how abolitionists brought about the freeing of captive Africans who revolted against their captors on the ship ironically named Amistad.
Elysium
A dystopian tale about a revolt led by a factory worker seeking healing for his bdy ravaged by radiation in a factory accident. This can be found only on the space platform known as Elysium where the wealthy have retreated from a polluted Earth.