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1) Get out
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
Blu-ray.
Language
English
Description
A young black man meets his white girlfriend's parents at their estate, only to find out that the situation is much more sinister than it appears.
2) Get out
Language
English
Description
Now that Chris and his girlfriend, Rose, have reached the meet-the-parents milestone of dating, she invites him for a weekend getaway upstate with her parents, Missy and Dean. At first, Chris reads the family's overly accommodating behaviour as nervous attempts to deal with their daughter's interracial relationship, but as the weekend progresses, a series of increasingly disturbing discoveries leads him to a truth that he never could have imagined....
Series
Language
English
Description
When her mother suddenly dies, Sara must abandon her plans to become a ballerina and join her estranged father on Chicago's gritty South side. She feels out of place until she is befriended by a black classmate and her handsome brother, Derek. Sara and Derek's shared love for dance leads to romance-- and opposition from their families and friends.
4) Neo Ned
Pub. Date
[2007]
Edition
[Widescreen format].
Language
English
Description
In this quicrky love story, an unlikely couple meets at a mental hospital where they find love and redemption, proving that opposites attract.
5) Guess who
Pub. Date
[2005]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Description
Percy Jones is the understandably proud father of Theresa. She is a beautiful and intelligent young woman living in New York City. When Percy learns that his daughter is seriously dating a young man, he decides to do some research, and learns that her beau is a solid businessman. Percy arranges to meet Theresa's boyfriend and is a bit taken aback when he meets Simon. Percy never guessed that his daughter was involved in an interracial relationship....
7) Jungle fever
Pub. Date
1998.
Language
English
Description
A black architect begins an affair with his working class Italian secretary. Their relationship causes them to be scrutinized by their friends, cast out from their families and shunned by their neighbors.
9) Get out
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
Blu-ray and DVD.
Language
English
Description
A young black man meets his white girlfriend's parents at their estate, only to find out that the situation is much more sinister than it appears.
11) Shadows
Series
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
The story of an interracial romance and the obstacles it puts on family relationships. When appearing on Jean Shepherd's radio program Night People, Cassavetes mentioned the improvisation work he had done with his acting class, and asked for funding to film it. When listeners actually sent in money, he worked up a script based on the classwork, and with additional funding filmed his story of three siblings, two of whom can pass as white.
12) Blind dating
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Danny is smart, handsome, popular, and blind-- and not just physically. He also can't see how wild women are for him. Even his sexy therapist can't keep her clothes on around Danny. After a series of painful blind dates set up by his brother, Danny falls for a young Indian woman named Leeza, and finally everything seems picture perfect. But when cultures clash, and Leeza reveals that she's been promised to someone else, Danny must prove to her that...
13) South Pacific
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
Widescreen.
Language
English
Description
On a Pacific island during World War II, an American Navy nurse and a young officer must confront their views on race when they fall in love with local residents.
Series
Pub. Date
[2004]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Description
Robert Lomax, who aspires to follow his passion to paint and having quit his architectural profession, lands in Hong Kong. On the ferry he meets a young girl Suzie Wong who lies that she is from a wealthy family but actually is working as a "Wan Chai girl" in the Wan Chai district on Hong Kong island. Lomax may have an opportunity to be the husband of a Hong Kong banker's daughter, but he chooses to be with Suzie Wong. Some street and harbour scenes...
Series
Paul Robeson portraits of the artist volume 2
Criterion collection volume 369
Criterion collection volume 371
Criterion collection volume 369
Criterion collection volume 371
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Body and soul: Tells the story of a minister gone corrupt. He associates with the owner of a house of gambling, forces a girl to steal, and later kills the girl's brother. Yet, when all is said and done, it's only a dream. Borderline: Set in a Swiss mountain resort town, tells the story of Adah, a black woman who has an affair with Thorne, a white man, then attempts to reconcile with her husband Pete, and eventually leaves town. Thorne's wife Astrid...
Series
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Sara Johnson (Julia Stiles) is a small-town girl with big dreams of becoming a world-class ballerina. When she is suddenly forced to move to Chicago's South Side, she feels out of place until she meets Chenille Reynolds (Kerry Washington)--and is introduced to Chenille's handsome brother, Derek (Sean Patrick Thomas). The initial conflict between Sara and Derek fades quickly as their shared love for music and dance leads to common ground ... and romance....
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Blackboard jungle: Urban drama about an idealistic teacher in a slum area who fights doggedly to connect with his unruly students. Based on Evan Hunter's novel.
Edge of the city: If you need a job Charlie Malik can find a spot for you in the dockside railyards. All he needs in return is that you show up on time, work hard, and kick back part of your pay. Two New York City longshoremen, Axel Nordmann, and Army deserter, and Tommy Tyler, an easy-going...
18) A taste of honey
Series
Criterion collection volume 829
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
DVD edition.
Language
English
Description
Based on one of the most controversial plays of its time, shows how a disaffected teenager finds her way amid the economic desperation of industrial Manchester, and despite an absent, self-absorbed mother. With its unapologetic identification with social outcasts and its sensitive, modern approach to matters of sexuality and race, a classic that is still a startling benchmark work of realism.
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
Five Blu-ray Special Edition.
Language
English
Description
The story of a three day pass: An African-American soldier stationed in France is granted a promotion and a three-day leave from base and heads to Paris, where he finds whirlwind romance with a white woman--but what happens to their love when his furlough is over?
Watermelon man: A loud-mouthed, bigoted white man's suburban existence is jarringly upended when he wakes to discover that he has become a black man.
Sweet Sweetback's baadasssss song:...
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