Ethnicity movies and TV shows – page 2

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 6.5
 74
Nina's World (2015)
Genre: Animation, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: Tag along with imaginative 6-year-old Nina on her neighborhood excursions with her best friends Carlos, Chelsea and Star – celebrating family, community, diversity and wonder.
Style: feel good, funny, entertaining, semi serious, captivating ...
Audience: kids
Plot: childhood, child, little girl, girl, friendship, friends, lifestyle, satire, ethnicity
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To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story: 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 ...
Style: touching, black and white, enigmatic, compassionate, sentimental ...
Audience: manly, chick flick, family outing, teen drama
Plot: lawyer, courtroom drama, courtroom, racism, small town, trial, single father, legal, rape, childhood, poverty, prejudice ...
Time: 1930s, year 1932, 20th century, year 1962
Place: alabama, usa, america, africa
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Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Matt and Christina Drayton are a couple whose attitudes are challenged when their daughter brings home a fiancé who is black.
Style: sentimental, touching, compassionate, intense, semi serious ...
Audience: family outing, adult
Plot: interracial relations, racism, culture clash, miscegenation, african american, social commentary, interracial marriage, doctor, liberal, prejudice, widower, interracial love ...
Time: 20th century, 60s
Place: san francisco, california, america, usa, hawaii
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To Sir, with Love (1967)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Idealistic engineer-trainee and his experiences in teaching a group of rambunctious white high school students from the slums of London's East End.
Style: touching, inspirational, educational, realistic, sentimental ...
Audience: teens
Plot: high school, teacher, teaching, dedicated teacher, mentor, education, teenager, coming of age, teacher student relationship, new teacher, cockney, gym teacher ...
Time: 60s, year 1967, 20th century
Place: england, east end london, europe, london, united kingdom
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Roots: The Next Generations (1979)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 840 min.
TV show
Story: The dramatization of Alex Haley's family line from post Civil War America to the writer's search for his roots.
Style: uplifting, captivating, thought provoking, sentimental, epic ...
Plot: racism, slavery, american history, black, black history, civil war, african american, slave, history lesson, interracial, black people, great war ...
Time: 19th century, 20th century, 60s, 1910s, 1880s
Place: africa, usa, alabama, tennessee
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 8.0
 240K
Gandhi (1982)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK, India, USA, South Africa
Duration: 191 min.
Story: In the early years of the 20th century, Mohandas K. Gandhi, a British-trained lawyer, forsakes all worldly possessions to take up the cause of Indian independence. Faced with armed resistance from the British government, Gandhi adopts a policy of ...
Style: epic, spiritual, inspirational, political, uplifting ...
Audience: kids, teens
Plot: protest, biopic, idealism, life philosophy, politics, independence, freedom, british empire, leadership, human spirit, religious intolerance, indian history ...
Time: 1930s, 1920s, 19th century, victorian era, 1940s ...
Place: india, south africa, britain, los angeles, new delhi ...
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 8.1
 3K
Rembetiko (1983)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: Greece
Duration: 110 min.
Story: The story of a group of Rembetes, singers and musicians of the Greek equivalent to the blues, in the early decades of the 20th century, seen through the eyes of a young female singer.
Style: philosophical, realistic, serious, captivating, atmospheric ...
Plot: greek, refugee, women, ethnicity, sex crime, myth, mythology, resistance, musician, singer, biopic, friends ...
Time: 20th century, 50s, 1940s, 1930s, 1920s
Place: greece, europe, athens greece
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A Passage to India (1984)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 164 min.
Story: The film is set during the period of growing influence of the Indian independence movement in the British Raj. It begins with the arrival in India of a British woman, Miss Adela Quested (Judy Davis), who is joining her fiancé, a city magistrate ...
Style: epic, scenic, talky, suspense, captivating ...
Plot: british empire, politics, british raj, lawyer, small town, racism, tourist, colonialism, culture clash, investigation, false accusation, legal ...
Time: 1920s, 20th century, year 1984
Place: india, asia, bombay india, himalaya, kashmir ...
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Pelle the Conqueror (1987)
Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark, Sweden
Duration: 157 min.
Story: The end of the 19th century. A boat filled with Swedish emigrants comes to the Danish island of Bornholm. Among them are Lasse and his son Pelle who move to Denmark to find work. They find employment at a large farm, but are treated as the lowest ...
Style: emotional, atmospheric, compassionate, disturbing, meditative ...
Audience: kids
Plot: father son relationship, coming of age, boy, immigrant, poverty, working class, farm, children, bullying, corporal punishment, youth, family relations ...
Time: 19th century, year 1987, 1870s, 1890s
Place: denmark, europe, eastern europe
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Mississippi Burning (1988)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story: Two FBI agents investigating the murder of civil rights workers during the 60s seek to breach the conspiracy of silence in a small Southern town where segregation divides black and white. The younger agent trained in FBI school runs up against the ...
Style: suspense, political, disturbing, realistic, political thriller ...
Audience: adult
Plot: racism, small town, civil rights, african american, police, ku klux klan, investigation, murder, deep south, racial slur, discrimination, violence ...
Time: 20th century, 60s, year 1988, year 1964
Place: mississippi, america, usa, southern usa
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Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: The story of an old Jewish widow named Daisy Werthan and her relationship with her colored chauffeur Hoke. From an initial mere work relationship grew in 25 years a strong friendship between the two very different characters in a time when those ...
Style: realistic, sentimental, touching, feel good, inspirational ...
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: racism, friendship, elderly, master and servant, civil rights, old age, african american, racial segregation, chauffeur, prejudice, stereotypes, black ...
Time: 1950s, 50s, 1940s, 70s, 20th century ...
Place: georgia, atlanta georgia, usa
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 7.8
 144K
Glory (1989)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story: Robert Gould Shaw leads the US Civil War's first all-black volunteer company, fighting prejudices of both his own Union army and the Confederates.
Style: epic, inspirational, suspense, realistic, rough ...
Plot: american civil war, civil war, battles, slavery, freedom, military, racism, prejudice, war, black history, army, human spirit ...
Time: 19th century, 1800s, 20th century, year 1989, victorian era ...
Place: massachusetts, america, south carolina, georgia, africa ...
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 7.7
 101K
Malcolm X (1992)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 202 min.
Story: A tribute to the controversial black activist and leader of the struggle for black liberation. He hit bottom during his imprisonment in the '50s, he became a Black Muslim and then a leader in the Nation of Islam. His assassination in 1965 left ...
Style: inspirational, political, factual, intense, stylized ...
Plot: civil rights, racism, politics, african american, black history, civil rights movement, assassination, biopic, islam, childhood, society, prison ...
Time: 20th century, year 1992, 90s, 60s, 50s ...
Place: usa, africa, new york, nebraska, indiana ...
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Before the Rain (1994)
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: UK, France
Duration: 113 min.
Story: The circularity of violence seen in a story that circles on itself. In Macedonia, during war in Bosnia, Christians hunt an ethnic Albanian girl who may have murdered one of their own. A young monk who's taken a vow of silence offers her ...
Style: political, realistic, atmospheric, anthology, disturbing ...
Plot: civil war, love affair, social commentary, terrorist, wartime, islam, politics, muslim, photojournalist, monk, bosnian war, international relations ...
Time: 90s, year 1994, 20th century
Place: macedonia, former yugoslavia, london, bosnia, england ...
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A Time for Drunken Horses (2000)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Iran, France
Duration: 80 min.
Story: After their father dies, a family of five are forced to survive on their own in a Kurdish village on the border of Iran and Iraq. Matters are made worse when 12 year old Ayoub, the new head of the family, is told that his handicapped brother, Madi, ...
Style: realistic, bleak, meditative, harsh, emotional ...
Plot: kurd, children, coming of age, youth, siblings relations, orphan, family relations, village life, family in crisis, parents and children, village, life is a bitch ...
Time: 2000s, 90s
Place: iraq, iran, middle east, kurdistan, persia
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 7.9
 49K
No Man's Land (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, War
Country: France, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Italy, Belgium, UK, Slovenia
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Two soldiers from opposite sites get stuck between the front lines in the same trench. The UN is asked to free them and both sides agree on a ceasefire, but will they stick to it?
Style: bleak, harsh, political, talky, thought provoking ...
Plot: anti war, politics, soldier, military, civil war, survival, war, intrigue, bosnian war, un, wartime, bomb ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, year 2001, year 1993, 2000s
Place: bosnia, serbia, balkan, bosnia herzegovina, eastern europe ...
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Monsieur Lazhar (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story: During a harsh Montréal winter, an elementary-school class is left reeling after its teacher commits suicide. Bachir Lazhar, a charismatic Algerian immigrant, steps in as the substitute teacher for the classroom of traumatized children. All the ...
Style: touching, sincere, inspirational, compassionate, realistic ...
Audience: family outing, teens
Plot: teacher, immigrant, elementary school, suicide, teachers and students, youth, coming of age, exile, tragedy, children, precocious child, culture clash ...
Time: year 2011, 21st century
Place: canada, france, montreal, algeria, quebec ...
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The Reluctant Fundamentalist (2012)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, India, Qatar
Duration: 130 min.
Story: In New York, a Pakistani native finds that his American Dream has collapsed in the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
Style: tense, thought provoking, emotional, intense, realistic ...
Plot: immigrant, culture clash, 9/11, wall street, terrorism, conspiracy, political unrest, muslim, civil rights, american dream, false accusation, dishonesty ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, middle east, pakistan, istanbul turkey, usa
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 42K
McFarland, USA (2015)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story: A track coach in a small California town transforms a team of athletes into championship contenders.
Style: inspirational, touching, uplifting, feel good, exciting ...
Audience: teens, family outing, boys' night, kids
Plot: teacher, underdog, coach, track and field, high school, athlete and trainer, human spirit, mentor, teenager, school, competition, dedicated educator ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: california, usa, palo alto california
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 7.4
 54K
Mudbound (2017)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story: In the post–World War II South, two families are pitted against a barbaric social hierarchy and an unrelenting landscape as they simultaneously fight the battle at home and the battle abroad.
Style: southern gothic, period piece, costume drama, thought provoking, tense ...
Audience: date night, adult
Plot: racism, african american, civil rights, post war, misery, black, husband wife relationship, black history, poverty, black man, social injustice, civil war ...
Time: year 1941, year 2017, year 1945, year 1939, 1940s ...
Place: mississippi, indiana, belgium
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 7.4
 30K
The Good Lie (2014)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Kenya, India, USA, Canada, South Africa
Duration: 110 min.
Story: A young refugee of the Sudanese Civil War who wins a lottery for relocation to the United States with three other lost boys. Encountering the modern world for the first time, they develop an unlikely friendship with a brash American woman assigned ...
Style: inspirational, touching, sentimental, captivating, rough ...
Audience: chick flick, adult
Plot: refugee, survival, culture clash, friendship, childhood, children, courage, civil war, self sacrifice, life is a bitch, fish out of water, society ...
Time: 21st century
Place: africa, sudan, south africa, kenya, kansas ...
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 8.2
 3K
Fandry (2013)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: India
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Nagraj Manjule’s film is a scorching indictment of the caste system that persists in modern India despite legislation introduced since independence. It is depicted through the eyes of an intelligent Dalit (untouchable) teenager, Jabya, who has a ...
Style: realistic, emotional, sincere, touching, captivating ...
Plot: racism, fall in love, teenage life, society, love and romance, injustice, village life, youth, humiliation, poverty, social differences, boy ...
Time: 21st century
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 6.2
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Homeland (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France, Morocco, Belgium
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Farid, a young 26-year-old Frenchman, must travel to Algeria to save his father's house. While discovering this country in which he had never before set foot, he succumbs to the charms of a host of astonishing characters whose humour and ...
Style: realistic, touching, semi serious, humorous, road movie
Plot: self discovery, fish out of water, immigrant, win over, society, disorder, travel, ethnicity, misfit, lawyer
Time: year 2013, 21st century
Place: africa, algeria
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 541K
Zootopia (2016)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Determined to prove herself, Officer Judy Hopps, the first bunny on Zootopia's police force, jumps at the chance to crack her first case - even if it means partnering with scam-artist fox Nick Wilde to solve the mystery.
Style: feel good, 3d animation, funny, allegory, witty ...
Audience: family outing, kids, family friendly, teens, chick flick
Plot: anthropomorphic animal, anthropomorphism, police, furry, happy ending, female protagonist, stereotypes, rabbit, friendship, prejudice, conspiracy, racial relations ...
Time: 2010s, year 2016, 21st century
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 6.1
 11K
Desierto (2015)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: Mexico, France
Duration: 88 min.
Story: A group of Mexican emigrants attempts to cross the Mexican-US border. What begins as a hopeful journey becomes a harrowing, bloody and primal fight for survival when a deranged, rifle-toting vigilante and his loyal Belgian Malinois dog chase the ...
Style: psychological, philosophical, rough, touching, bloody ...
Plot: survival, truck, desert, mexican border, running for your life, human prey, mass murder, characters killed one by one, mercilessness, psychopath, border crossing, u.s. mexico border ...
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Charlie's Country (2013)
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Blackfella Charlie is getting older, and he's out of sorts. The intervention is making life more difficult on his remote community, what with the proper policing of whitefella laws that don't generally make much sense, and Charlie's ...
Style: semi autobiographical, realistic, thought provoking, atmospheric, serious ...
Plot: racism, culture clash, introspection, society, against the rules, elderly, social misfits, escapades, wilderness, indigenous people, self discovery, alienation ...
Time: year 2014, 21st century
Place: australia, oceania
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 6.2
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Out of My Hand (2015)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Liberia
Duration: 87 min.
Story: ‘What do you want?’ asks the trade union leader, to which the men respond as if with one voice: change! Life is hard work on Liberia’s rubber plantations and wages are meagre. Nothing has changed for generations, but now the workers are ...
Style: contemplative, captivating, serious, realistic, independent film
Plot: workplace, realism, hopes, starting over, society, workplace situations, immigrant, poverty, new life, haunted by the past, strike, plantation ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, usa, africa
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We Are Young. We Are Strong. (2014)
Genre: Crime, Drama, History
Country: Germany
Duration: 123 min.
Story: On 24th August 1992 in the eastern German city of Rostock a rampaging mob, to the applause and cheering of more than 3,000 bystanders, besieged and set fire to a residential building containing, among others, more than 120 Vietnamese men, women and ...
Style: psychological, captivating, suspense, tense, retro
Plot: neo nazism, racism, xenophobia, group of friends, neo nazi, skinhead, immigrant, arson, angry mob, politician, fear, society ...
Time: 2010s, year 1992
Place: germany
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 7.2
 17K
Dheepan (2015)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Dheepan is a Sri Lankan Tamil warrior who flees to France and ends up working as a caretaker outside Paris.
Style: political, disturbing, emotional, bleak, realistic ...
Plot: immigrant, refugee, brutality, culture clash, character study, greed, gangster, illegal immigration, migration, social realism, gang war, migrant ...
Time: year 2015, 2010s
Place: sri lanka, france, paris france
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I'm No Longer Here (2019)
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico, USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: In Monterrey, Mexico, a young street gang spends their days dancing to slowed-down cumbia and attending parties. After a mix-up with a local cartel, their leader is forced to migrate to the U.S. but quickly longs to return home.
Style: psychological, suspense, captivating, tense, political ...
Plot: subculture, gang, cartel, deportation, teenager, immigrant, alienation, gang war, war on drugs, homeless, party, loneliness ...
Place: new york
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