Dr. King Schultz njemački je lovac na glave i bivši zubar koji kupuje Djanga kao svog roba kako bi mu ovaj pomogao identificirati ostale lovce na glave. Nakon što uspješno završe zadatak, Django biva oslobođen i regrutiran od strane Schultza kao poslovni partner. Django ubrzo od Schultza počinje učiti zanatske vještine pa zajedno odlaze u Mississippi kako bi oslobodili Djangovu ženu Broomhildu. Međutim, nakon što dogovor o kupnji njegove žene s nemilosrdnim vlasnikom plantaže Calvinom Candiejem propadne, Django će se naći uvučen u borbu za vlastiti život, život svoje žene, ali i mogućnošću za slatkom osvetom…
Nakon što je proveo jedanaest godina u zatvoru države Mississippi, Russell Gaines pokušava ostaviti grijehe svoje prošlosti iza sebe dok se vraća kući svom stoičkom ocu, Mitchellu. Jedne kobne noći upoznaje Maben, mladu majku s ukradenim pištoljem i truplom ubijenog policijskog pomoćnika. Očajni i u bijegu, Russell i Maben moraju vjerovati jedno drugome kako bi pobjegli iz nevolje prije nego što im zaprijeti istina o njihovoj isprepletenoj nasilnoj prošlosti.
Brick Pollit (P. Newman) bio je sportska zvijezda na koledžu. Nakon što se ozlijedio, dolazi kući na štakama, sa suprugom Margaret zvanom 'Mačka' (E. Taylor), kako bi s cijelom obitelji proslavio 65. rođendan svoga oca, Harveya Pollitta zvanog 'Veliki tata' (B. Ives). Brick se opija jer je u depresiji i njegov odnos s Maggie nije u najboljoj fazi. 'Veliki tata' stiže kući s pregleda u bolnici gdje su mu zatajili da umire od raka. Maggie moli Bricka da s ocem sredi detalje oko nasljedstva, ali Bricka to ne zanima. Takvo Brickovo ponašanje razljuti njegova oca i on želi znati zbog čega je Brick takav, no ne uspijeva ništa doznati od sina.
Tender caresses and enveloping embraces are portals into the life of Mack, a Black woman in Mississippi. Winding through the anticipation, love, and heartbreak she experiences from childhood to adulthood, the expressionist journey is an ode to connection — with loved ones and with place.
Years after her Indian family was forced to flee their home in Uganda, twentysomething Mina finds herself helping to run a motel in the faraway land of Mississippi. It's there that a passionate romance with the charming Black carpet cleaner Demetrius challenges the prejudices of their conservative families and exposes the rifts between the region's Indian and African American communities.
Raw and unflinching examination of the courageous life of basketball star and social justice activist Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf. Born Chris Jackson, he overcame tremendous adversity to reach the NBA and found his true calling when he converted to Islam. His decision not to stand for the national anthem, however, turned him from prodigy to pariah. Told candidly by Abdul-Rauf himself more than 20 years later it’s the remarkable story of one man who kept the faith and paved the way for a social justice movement.
No one could spin a yarn to make a sale like Ray Lum. Twenty years after their initial meeting, Bill Ferris returned home to Mississippi in the early ‘70s with a camera. The result reveals a look back at the colorful rhythms of Ray’s life—at home, at the auction, joking with strangers outside country stores— and provides a glimpse at Southern manhood, friendship and loss. Now nearly Ray’s age when they first filmed, Ferris has become a Grammy Award winning documentarian and renowned folklorist. Using never before seen 16mm footage and new animations, OKAY, MR. RAY is a short documentary film about how even the tallest tales help us keep the memory alive of the ones we love.
Perhaps it is his distinctive velvet smooth voice and calming demeanor that made Morgan Freeman a household name. World-renowned actor, Freeman has starred in over 100 movies in just three decades and continues to break barriers.
Based on A Few Days Full of Trouble by Reverend Wheeler Parker, Jr. and Christopher Benson, the feature doc will explore two parallel tracks of the Till story. One set in motion by the last four years of an FBI investigation with details never before revealed, including significant new revelations of the case and its discoveries. The traumatic memory of Parker Jr., last surviving witness to the crime and Till’s cousin, drives that investigation. The second track is a deep immersion into the latest, proprietary findings, as high schoolers prepare for a reenactment of the murder trial of two of Till’s killers, Roy Bryant and J.W. Milam.
In the fall of 1962, a dramatic series of events made Civil Rights history and changed a way of life. On the eve of James Meredith becoming the first African-American to attend class at the University of Mississippi, the campus erupted into a night of rioting between those opposed to the integration of the school and those trying to enforce it. Before the rioting ended, the National Guard and Federal troops were called in to put an end to the violence and enforce Meredith's rights as an American citizen.