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Ethnic Minorities in the U.S and around the world on film
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La Haine (Criterion Collection)La Haine (Criterion Collection)
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This is the first time this great French film has been available in the U.S format and from the venerable criterion collection, this is a great look at urban life for the minorities of France. This film is over a decade old but with recent eventsw in France it could not be more relevant.
Once Were WarriorsOnce Were Warriors
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Even in scenic New Zealand, there is poverty, violence and alienation found on the wrong side of tracks, an interesting look at urban Maori life
Bend It Like Beckham (Widescreen Edition)Bend It Like Beckham (Widescreen Edition)
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Uplifiting film about dreams that shows how members of the South Asian diaspora or torn between traditional families and the "modern" culture of contemperary Britian
Malcolm XMalcolm X
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The most contorversial black leader in American history
SkinsSkins
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The first Americans have been the first to be forgotten and no where is that more apparent than in the Pine Ridge Reservation, which might be the poorest and most desperate place in America
Bloody SundayBloody Sunday
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This film vivedly depicts the event that began "The Troubles" in the Six Counties of Northern Ireland
BoycottBoycott
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Uplifting tale about the Montgomerry Bus boycott that kick started the civil rights movement in America
Stand and DeliverStand and Deliver
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Great film about what a difference an excellent teacher can make and how low expectations regarding minoirities can be entrenched in the system
Bollywood/HollywoodBollywood/Hollywood
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Sweet film about the Indian Diaspora in Canada
The Joy Luck ClubThe Joy Luck Club
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Chinese American experience from a female point of view