Racial Tension Movies

A trio of soldiers vow revenge on their platoon when they are left behind enemy lines. When they come across a missing contingent in a Vietnamese...

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

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...

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

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

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

In 1993 Fiza's brother disappears during the riots in Mumbai. In 1999 Fiza is tired of waiting and goes looking for him.

Undertaker L.B. Jones, the richest black man in his county of Tennessee, is divorcing his wife for infidelity with a white policeman. Taking a stand...

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.

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...

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

A detailing of the plight of white South African farmers.

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

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

Danny ponders a way for rival gangs to avoid violence at an upcoming dance.

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.

Eight people have to find their way out of a New York subway after being trapped following an earthquake.

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...

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...