A married interracial couple’s determination to reside in their home state of Virginia, in violation of Virginia laws against interracial marriage, leads to the legal overturning of all such laws in sixteen states. Based on a true story. [ Loving credits: Dir: Jeff Nichols/ Ruth Negga, Joel Edgerton, Will Dalton/ 123 min/ Drama, Romance/ Government as Bigot, Sexual Liberty, … [Read more...]
Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002)
A fourteen year-old Aborigine girl escapes with her sister and cousin from a 1930s Australian government camp intended to forcibly assimilate them into White society. [ Rabbit-Proof Fence credits: Dir: Phillip Noyce/ Everlyn Sampi, Tianna Sansbury, Laura Monaghan/ 94min/ Adventure-Drama/ Government as Bigot] One of the things that so often makes government cruel is … [Read more...]
Before Night Falls (2000)
Reinaldo Arenas suffers increasing state persecution as he rises to become one of Cuba's greatest writers. [ Before Night Falls credits: Dir: Julian Schnabel / Javier Bardem, Olivier Martinez, Johnny Depp / 133min/ Biography, Drama/ Anti-Socialism, Freedom of Speech, Government as Bigot] "People that make art are dangerous to any dictatorship. We create beauty and beauty … [Read more...]
Wilde (1998)
Oscar Wilde’s life and career as a playwright are destroyed by a morals charge. Biographical. [ Wilde credits: Dir: Brian Gilbert/ Stephen Fry, Jude Law, Vanessa Redgrave/ 117 min/ Drama, Biography/ Government as Bigot, Sexual Liberty, Social Tolerance] This film begins with Wilde’s ascent into fame and respectability and parallels from there the subsequent events of his … [Read more...]
Miss Evers Boys (1997)
A black nurse explains her role in the “Tuskegee Experiment.” Based on a true story. [ Miss Evers Boys credits: Dir: Joseph Sargent/ Alfre Woodard, Laurence Fishburne, Craig Sheffer/ 118 min/ Drama/ Working for Government, Government as Bigot, Government Healthcare] In 1932, the U.S. government Public Health Service began the “Tuskegee Experiment,” a now infamous study … [Read more...]
Mr. & Mrs. Loving (1996)
A married interracial couple’s determination to reside in their home state of Virginia, in violation of Virginia laws against interracial marriage, leads to the legal overturning of all such laws in sixteen states. Based on a true story. [ Mr. & Mrs. Loving credits: Dir: Richard Friedenberg/ Timothy Hutton, Lela Rochon, Ruby Dee/ 105 min/ Drama, Romance/ Government as … [Read more...]
Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story (1995)
A highly regarded military nurse is discharged for being a lesbian. Based on a true story. [ Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story credits: Dir: Jeff Bleckner/ Glenn Close, Judy Davis, Jan Rubes / 91 min/ Drama/ Social Tolerance, Government as Bigot] Colonel Margarethe Cammermeyer spent twenty-five years in the U.S. military. During that time, she was … [Read more...]
Coming Out Under Fire (1994)
The story of the men and women who were the first targets of the U.S. military’s antigay discriminatory policies during World War II. [ Coming Out Under Fire credits: Dir: Arthur Dong/ 71 min/ Documentary-Educational/ Government as Bigot, Sexual Liberty] “Over the years, the military has given different reasons for treating homosexuals as if they were a separate group. … [Read more...]
Incident at Oglala (1992)
An inquiry into the alleged framing of AIM member Leonard Peltier by the FBI. [ Incident at Oglala credits: Dir: Michael Apted/ 90 min/ Documentary-Educational/ Corrupt Government, Government as Bigot] During the 1970s, the American Indian Movement (AIM) was organized to reform and resist the reservation system that had been imposed on Native Americans over the previous … [Read more...]
Thunderheart (1992)
A part-Sioux FBI agent turns against his superiors when he discovers a deadly operation by his agency to squelch Native American resistance to government control. [ Thunderheart credits: Dir: Michael Apted/ Val Kilmer, Sam Shepard, Graham Greene/ 118 min/ Thriller/ Government as Bigot, Second Amendment] It has been said before that the political and economic system … [Read more...]