Scout Finch, 6, and her older brother Jem live in sleepy Maycomb, Alabama, spending much of their time with their friend Dill and spying on their reclusive and mysterious neighbor, Boo Radley. When Atticus, their widowed father and a respected lawyer, defends a black man named Tom Robinson against fabricated rape charges, the trial and tangent events expose the children to evils of racism and stereotyping.
Brokeback Mountain kertoo rodeoratsastaja Jack Twististä sekä maatila-apulaisesta nimeltä Ennis Del Mar. Miehet tutustuvat kesällä 1963 karjanajossa Wyomingin Brokeback-vuorella. Enniksen ja Jackin välille muodostuu odottamaton elämän mittainen yhteys, jonka vaikeudet, ilot ja surut todistavat rakkauden kestävyydestä ja voimasta.
During the summer of 1977, a killer known as the Son of Sam keeps all of New York City on edge with a series of brutal murders.
Lähitulevaisuudessa vihamielinen avaruusoliorotu, formikit, on hyökännyt Maahan. Ilman suuramiraali Mazer Rackhamin tarunomaisia sankaritekoja kaikki olisi ollut hukassa. Valmistautuessaan seuraavaan hyökkäykseen suuresti kunnioitettu eversti Hyrum Graff ja kansainvälinen armeija kouluttavat parhaita nuoria kykyjä löytääkseen uuden Mazerin. Ender Wiggin, ujo mutta strategisesti älykäs poika, värvätään eliittijoukkoon. Saavuttuaan taistelukouluun Ender hallitsee nopeasti ja helposti yhä vaikeammat haasteet ja simulaatiot erottuen joukosta ja saavuttaen tovereidensa kunnioituksen. Graft valitsee pian Enderin armeijan seuraavaksi suureksi toivoksi, mikä johtaa ylennykseen upseerikouluun. Siellä itse Mazer Rackham kouluttaa häntä johtamaan sotilastoverinsa historialliseen taisteluun, joka määrittää Maan tulevaisuuden ja pelastaa ihmissuvun.
Tositarinaan perustuvassa elokuvassa Mary Griffith elää hyvin kurinalaista uskovaisen konservatiivin elämää perheensä kanssa. Kun Maryn poika Bobby paljastuu homoksi, yrittää Mary "parantaa" hänet jumalan avulla. Bobby masentuu ja ajautuu itsetuhon tielle.
Suvaitsemattomuus (Intolerance) on vuonna 1916 valmistunut yhdysvaltalainen mykkäelokuva, jonka ohjasi D. W. Griffith. Elokuva oli vastaisku kriitikoille, jotka moittivat Griffithin edellistä elokuvaa, Kansakunnan syntyä, sen rasistisesta sisällöstä.
The story of Jody, a misguided, 20-year-old African-American who is really just a baby boy finally forced-kicking and screaming to face the commitments of real life. Streetwise and jobless, he has not only fathered two children by two different women-Yvette and Peanut but still lives with his own mother. He can't seem to strike a balance or find direction in his chaotic life.
A crime-drama, about the cultural aversion of a group of punk rockers in a conservative Texas town. Their ongoing battle with a rival, more-affluent clique leads to a controversial hate crime that questions the morality of American justice.
In France in 1946, the difficult return to civilian life of five deportees and prisoners of war after having lived through the hell of the Second World War.
After the relatively low box office takings of 'Intolerance', D. W. Griffith would revisit his epic film three years later by releasing two of the film's interlocking stories as standalone features, with some new additional footage. The second of these was 'The Mother and the Law', which demonstrates how crime, moral puritanism, and conflicts between ruthless capitalists and striking workers help ruin the lives of marginal Americans.
Guernseyn saarella asuva Elisabeth ei saa tyttäreensä yhteyttä Lontoon heinäkuun 2005 terrori-iskujen jälkeen ja päättää lähteä etsimään tytärtään. Samaan aikaan Ranskassa asuva maahanmuuttaja Ousmane on huolissaan pojastaan, josta ei ole myöskään kuulunut iskujen jälkeen. Lontoossa Elisabethin ja Ousmanen tiet risteävät, ja he alkavat selvittää yhdessä lastensa kohtaloa.
Nakaura of Julian (Julião Nakaura), a priest of the Society of Jesus, was one of four young ambassadors sent to Rome by the Jesuits in 1538, as proof that Japan had converted to Christianity. Fifty years after the mission, which so fascinated European royalty, Julian was forced again to prove his faith, only this time before a Shogun, who wanted to force him to abandon his religion. Julian resists, as does Miguel Chijiwa, a fellow at the embassy to Rome, who become a martyr. Betrayed by Cristóvão Ferreira, who cannot bear the torture, Julian suffers an inglorious death ... or maybe not. All the while, a woman wants to discover her past...
In a white lace universe, three inventors create machines which are both pretty and useful. Unfortunately people do not understand them...
After the relatively low box office takings of 'Intolerance', D. W. Griffith would revisit his epic film three years later by releasing two of the film's interlocking stories as standalone features, with some new additional footage. The first of the two was 'The Fall of Babylon', which depicts the conflict between Prince Belshazzar of Babylon and Cyrus the Great of Persia.
Marie-Francine Hébert based the script for No Fish Where to Go on her book, which was published in 2003 and illustrated by Janice Nadeau. Directed by Nicola Lemay and Nadeau, this modern tale compassionately and poetically addresses intolerance and the consequences of war.
A visual journey that challenges us to think about a universal belonging that doesn’t confine itself to a city, region or national boundary, in an age in which xenophobia, nationalism and intolerance are a daily occurrence.
Dissident artist Hu Jie has managed to make more than 30 documentaries. Films like Though I Am Gone and Searching for Lin Zhao's Soul are vital to understanding Chinese history and society. Widely recognized as the first artist to dare talk about the Great Famine, the labor camps, and the Cultural Revolution, Hu Jie is considered China's first historical documentary filmmakers.
Maryla Michalowski-Dyamant, born in Poland, survived Ravensbruck, Malchow, and Auschwitz, where she was the forced translator of the “Angel of Death”, Dr. Mengele. She dedicated her post-war life to publicly speaking of her survival to the young generations, so that it would never be forgotten or repeated. Alice and Serena, her daughter and granddaughter, explore how Maryla’s fight against intolerance can continue today, in a world where survivors are disappearing, and intolerance, racism and antisemitism are on the rise.