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Nat Turner, a former slave in America, leads a liberation movement in 1831 to free African-Americans in Virginia that results in a violent retaliation from whites.
Find out more, including where to buy or rent The Birth of a NationWhen Ashtray moves to South Central L.A. to live with his father (who appears to be the same age he is) and grandmother (who likes to talk tough and smoke reefer), he falls in with his gang-banging co...
Find out more, including where to buy or rent Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the HoodHaving satisfied their urge for White Castle, Harold and Kumar jump on a plane to catch up with Harold's love interest, who's headed for the Netherlands. But the pair must change their plans when Kuma...
Find out more, including where to buy or rent Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo BayMalik is an African-American student attending on a track scholarship; academics are not his strong suit, and he goes in thinking that his athletic abilities will earn him a free ride through college....
Find out more, including where to buy or rent Higher LearningSet early during World War II, the film has a lot to say about love, honor, relationships, commitment and power. Keeping their promise to their dying black housekeeper, a white family takes in her tee...
Find out more, including where to buy or rent The Summer of Ben TylerA television movie set in Rockville, Georgia, in 1972. Major Kendall Laird, a Survival Assistance Officer, arrives in this sleepy little town with the body of Lieutenant Dwyte Johnson, a Vietnam war h...
Find out more, including where to buy or rent Resting PlaceLove and unity in a school torn by racism and hate in the 1970s. A gifted high school football player must learn to embrace his talent and his faith as he battles racial tensions on and off the field.
Find out more, including where to buy or rent WoodlawnIn this uplifting film based on a true story, coach Jim Ellis (Terrence Howard) shocks the community and changes lives when, aided by a local janitor (Bernie Mac), he sets out to form Philadelphia's f...
Find out more, including where to buy or rent PrideAn FBI agent posing as a combine driver becomes romantically involved with a Midwest farmer who lives a double life as a white supremacist.
Find out more, including where to buy or rent BetrayedReady for a night of legendary partying, three college students must weigh the pros and cons of calling the police when faced with an unexpected situation.
Find out more, including where to buy or rent Emergency