Racial Tension Movies

An in-depth and provocative look at the 1992 Los Angeles riots exploring the roots of civil unrest in California and the relationship between African...

Director Steve James returns to his home town of Hampton, Virginia to tell the story of how the trial of a young basketball star left a city divided.

A wealthy young American, bred to class distinction and racial intolerance, enters the Marines during the First World War. In the course of his...

Their town always had two proms, one for the whites and one for the blacks. When both proms wanted the same DJ, Brianna McCallister suggested...

Exploiting racial hatred, a group of thieves start robbing houses disguised as local gypsies.

Myra Chang comes of age in a dysfunctional family business. When her abusive mother tries to claim her life, Myra comes face to face with a decision...

This award-winning feature examines a minority group that is discounted and often ignored by mainstream media. Sharing a common past, many African...

Racial tensions arise when a black lawyer runs for mayor of a racially divided town.

A son brings his girlfriend to meet his father for the first time, but a cordial afternoon soon takes a violent turn when intentions on both sides...

A black major and his men are on the run from a rigged court-martial and hide out in a small Georgia town where a cruel white sheriff is terrorising...

Filmmaker Dan Murdoch meets America's most infamous supremacist group - the Ku Klux Klan - who say they are in the midst of a revival, with a surge...

A documentary that chronicles the life of South African leader Nelson Mandela. Mandela is probably best known for his 27 years of imprisonment, and...

A gambling hall owner relocates from New Orleans to Chicago and entertains his patrons with hot jazz by Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday, Woody...

As a small liberal arts college on the North Shore, Gordon College has not been without its issues. Budget cuts in 2019 resulted in the downsizing of...

A gritty, emotional, and culturally explosive crime drama rooted in the Vietnamese and Black communities of East Oakland, California.

Diversity trainer Lee Mun Wah assembles a diverse group of eight American men to talk about their experience of race relations in the United States....

An early Australian silent film depicting historical events on the Young district goldfields, then known as Lambing Flat. During the gold rush of...

When an academic unearths a forgotten history, residents of the small township of Pukekohe, including kaumātua who have never told their...

On April 26, 2014 Douglas Pereira, a dancer, was killed by the police. The film documents the protests following his death.