Beyond the Ocean

During the 1976 Soweto uprising, a white school teacher's life and values are threatened when he asks questions about the death of a young black boy who died in police custody.

Runtime

1h 47m

Director

Euzhan Palcy

Cast

Donald Sutherland, Janet Suzman, Zakes Mokae

Father Michael McKinnon goes from the UK to Boston circa 1935. For unknown reasons, he avoids at all costs the most prominent parishioners, Arthur and Eleanor Barret. Meanwhile Eleanor and Arthur desperately want to have a child, but Arthur is sterile, so they hire Harvard law student Roger Martin to impregnate Eleanor, but unfortunate...

Runtime

1h 50m

Director

Lesli Linka Glatter

Cast

Madeleine Stowe, Robert Loggia, Bronia Wheeler

A brutal assault changes Marieke's life. She leaves her familiar city rhythms for the solitude of a isolated house in the countryside. Her irrational fears on the frozen farm are a constant struggle. As spring's orchestra begins, her curiosity for new things that cover the cold rot of winter pull her out of the suffocating interior of ...

Runtime

1h 34m

Director

Esther Rots

Cast

Rifka Lodeizen, Wim Opbrouck, Hans Zuijdveld

Two Indigenous Latina bestfriends, Mousie and Sad Girl live in a contemporary Los Angeles poor Indigenous Hispanic American neighborhood. But when Sad Girl becomes pregnant by Mousie's boyfriend, a drug dealer named Ernesto, the two become bitter enemies. While their dispute escalates towards violence, the violence of the world around ...

Runtime

1h 32m

Director

Allison Anders

Cast

Angel Aviles, Seidy López, Jacob Vargas

Teenagers Rose and Bennett were in love, and then a car crash claimed Bennett's life. He left behind a grieving mother, father and younger brother, and Rose was left all alone. She has no family to turn to for support, so when she finds out she's pregnant, she winds up at the Brewer's door. She needs their help, and although they can't...

Runtime

1h 39m

Director

Shana Feste

Cast

Pierce Brosnan, Susan Sarandon, Carey Mulligan