Racial Tension Movies

  • 1985
    My Beautiful Laundrette

    My Beautiful Laundrette

    My Beautiful Laundrette

    6.71985HD

    A Pakistani Briton renovates a rundown laundrette with his male lover while dealing with drama within his family, the local Pakistani community, and...

    My Beautiful Laundrette
  • 1970
    The Liberation of L.B. Jones

    The Liberation of L.B. Jones

    The Liberation of L.B. Jones

    5.81970HD

    A successful African American businessman has a quarrel with a white policeman, suspecting that he is having an affair with his wife. The policeman's...

    The Liberation of L.B. Jones
  • 2012
    Neighboring Sounds

    Neighboring Sounds

    Neighboring Sounds

    7.12012HD

    An independent private security firm arrives at a middle-class neighborhood in Recife, Brazil.

    Neighboring Sounds
  • 2009
    Ajami

    Ajami

    Ajami

    7.12009HD

    Ajami is an area of Tel Aviv in Israel where Arabs, Palestinians, Jews and Christians live together in a tense atmosphere. Omar, an Israeli Arab,...

    Ajami
  • 1989
    Unconquered

    Unconquered

    Unconquered

    101989HD

    In 1962 in Montgomery, Alabama, State Attorney Richmond Flowers, Sr. is one of few willing to fight racial injustices even if it costs him his...

    Unconquered
  • 1996
    Mandela

    Mandela

    Mandela

    6.11996HD

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

    Mandela
  • 1973
    Black Mama, White Mama

    Black Mama, White Mama

    Black Mama, White Mama

    5.3991973HD

    When two troublemaking female prisoners (one a revolutionary, the other a former harem-girl) can't seem to get along, they are chained together and...

    Black Mama, White Mama
  • 1971
    Brother John

    Brother John

    Brother John

    6.21971HD

    An enigmatic man returns to his Alabama hometown as his sister is dying of cancer and incites the suspicion of notable town officials.

    Brother John
  • 1970
    Tick... Tick... Tick...

    Tick... Tick... Tick...

    Tick... Tick... Tick...

    6.51970HD

    Racial tensions threaten to explode when a black man is elected sheriff of a small, racially divided town in the Deep South.

    Tick... Tick... Tick...
  • 1947
    New Orleans

    New Orleans

    New Orleans

    6.61947HD

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

    New Orleans
  • 1985
    And the Children Shall Lead

    And the Children Shall Lead

    And the Children Shall Lead

    101985HD

    Mississippi in the early '60s is the setting for this story of a 12-year-old African-American girl who, along with her white friends, tries to ease...

    And the Children Shall Lead
  • 2004
    Black Indians: An American Story

    Black Indians: An American Story

    Black Indians: An American Story

    6.252004HD

    James Earl Jones narrates this examination of the historical relationship between American Indians and African-Americans, who often merged their...

    Black Indians: An American Story
  • 1989
    A Raisin in the Sun

    A Raisin in the Sun

    A Raisin in the Sun

    81989HD

    A substantial insurance payment could mean either financial salvation or personal ruin for a poor black family.

    A Raisin in the Sun
  • 1994
    The Color of Fear

    The Color of Fear

    The Color of Fear

    7.51994HD

    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....

    The Color of Fear
  • 2004
    I Proud to Be an Indian

    I Proud to Be an Indian

    I Proud to Be an Indian

    4.72004HD

    Indian (Sohail Khan), or I, as he goes by, is distraught when he must move to London with his father in order to live with the rest of his family,...

    I Proud to Be an Indian
  • 2006
    For One Night

    For One Night

    For One Night

    7.72006HD

    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...

    For One Night
  • 2016
    Dear Mr Shakespeare: Shakespeare Lives

    Dear Mr Shakespeare: Shakespeare Lives

    Dear Mr Shakespeare: Shakespeare Lives

    72016HD

    An evocative and imaginative exploration of the racial tensions in Othello and how the themes in Shakespeare's play still resonate today.

    Dear Mr Shakespeare: Shakespeare Lives
  • 2019
    Farmlands

    Farmlands

    Farmlands

    7.82019HD

    A detailing of the plight of white South African farmers.

    Farmlands
  • 1973
    Trouble Comes to Town

    Trouble Comes to Town

    Trouble Comes to Town

    01973HD

    A Southern sheriff brings into his home a black juvenile delinquent, who is the son of the man who saved his life during the Korean War.

    Trouble Comes to Town
  • 2024
    White Power: Inside Europe's Far-Right Movement

    White Power: Inside Europe's Far-Right Movement

    White Power: Inside Europe's Far-Right Movement

    52024HD

    An analysis of the rise of the European far-right, increasingly present in both politics and everyday life: an inquisitive journey through France,...

    White Power: Inside Europe's Far-Right Movement