Burden

Set in the South just after the US Civil War, Laurel Sommersby is just managing to work the farm without her husband, believed killed in battle. By all accounts, Jack Sommersby was not a pleasant man, thus when he suddenly returns, Laurel has mixed emotions. It appears that Jack has changed a great deal, leading some people to believe ...

Runtime

1h 49m

Director

Jon Amiel

Cast

Jodie Foster, Richard Gere, Bill Pullman

Two FBI agents investigating the murder of civil rights workers during the 60s seek to breach the conspiracy of silence in a small Southern town where segregation divides black and white. The younger agent trained in FBI school runs up against the small town ways of his partner, a former sheriff.

Runtime

2h 8m

Director

Alan Parker

Cast

Gene Hackman, Willem Dafoe, Frances McDormand

A young lawyer defends a black man accused of murdering two white men who raped his 10-year-old daughter, sparking a rebirth of the KKK.

Runtime

2h 29m

Director

Joel Schumacher

Cast

Matthew McConaughey, Sandra Bullock, Samuel L. Jackson

A tribute to the controversial black activist and leader of the struggle for black liberation. He hit bottom during his imprisonment in the '50s, he became a Black Muslim and then a leader in the Nation of Islam. His assassination in 1965 left a legacy of self-determination and racial pride.

Runtime

3h 22m

Director

Spike Lee

Cast

Denzel Washington, Angela Bassett, Albert Hall

Idealistic young attorney Adam Hall takes on the death row clemency case of his racist grandfather, Sam Cayhall, a former Ku Klux Klan member he has never met.

Runtime

1h 53m

Director

James Foley

Cast

Chris O'Donnell, Gene Hackman, Faye Dunaway