Street Flow

In the poverty-stricken favelas of Rio de Janeiro in the 1970s, two young men choose different paths. Rocket is a budding photographer who documents the increasing drug-related violence of his neighborhood, while José “Zé” Pequeno is an ambitious drug dealer diving into a dangerous life of crime.

Runtime

2h 9m

Director

Fernando Meirelles

Cast

Alexandre Rodrigues, Leandro Firmino

Three friends growing up in South Central Los Angeles navigate a neighborhood plagued by violence, unemployment, and crime, each responding differently to the harsh realities of street life. As tragedy strikes close to home, their friendship, choices, and hopes for a better future are put to the ultimate test.

Runtime

1h 52m

Director

John Singleton

Cast

Laurence Fishburne, Cuba Gooding Jr., Ice Cube

A young teacher inspires her class of at-risk students to learn tolerance, apply themselves, and pursue education beyond high school.

Runtime

2h 3m

Director

Richard LaGravenese

Cast

Hilary Swank, Patrick Dempsey, Scott Glenn

A Jewish ghetto in the east of Europe, 1944. By coincidence, Jakob Heym eavesdrops on a German radio broadcast announcing the Soviet Army is making slow by steady progress towards central Europe. In order to keep his companion in misfortune, Mischa, from risking his life for a few potatoes, he tells him what he heard and announces that...

Runtime

1h 40m

Director

Frank Beyer

Cast

Vlastimil Brodský, Erwin Geschonneck, Henry Hübchen

A struggling rapper finds a way in when he is approached by a more respected, hardcore rapper.

Runtime

1h 33m

Cast

Jeffrey D. Sams, Ron Brice, Maura Tierney