The Burning (1968)

El descubrimiento en una cuneta del cuerpo de un hombre brutalmente asesinado hará que las vidas de varias personas se entrecrucen en Los Ángeles. Un policía veterano y racista, su compañero novato e idealista, la esposa del fiscal del distrito, un tendero iraní, un acaudalado matrimonio negro... Entre estos personajes surgirán tensiones raciales, religiosas y sociales que ilustran la caótica vida de los habitantes de Los Ángeles. Debut en la dirección del escritor-productor Paul Haggis (autor del guión de "Million Dollar Baby").

Berlín, abril de 1945. En las calles de Berlín se libra una encarnizada batalla. Hitler y sus fieles se han atrincherado en un búnker. Entre ellos se encuentra Traudl Junge, la secretaria personal del Führer. En el exterior, la situación se recrudece. A pesar de que Berlín ya no puede resistir más, Hitler se niega a abandonar la ciudad y, acompañado de Eva Braun, prepara su despedida.

Tracy Turnblad, una chica cuya única pasión es el baile, sueña con participar en "El Show de Corny Collins", el programa de baile más importante de Baltimore. El único problema de Tracy es que tiene una figura más bien generosa, cosa que le recuerdan siempre su novio y su dominante madre. Pero nada detendrá a Tracy, pues está segura de que ha nacido para bailar... Remake del musical "underground" de John Waters.

Corre el año 1971, cuando en la ciudad de Alexandria, Virginia, se tomó la polémica decisión de integrar en el Secundario T.C. Williams a los estudiantes de raza negra con los de raza blanca. Los jugadores blancos veían con temor el ingreso de jugadores negros al equipo, llamado "Los Titanes", pues ponía en peligro sus puestos. Su miedo aumentó cuando el hasta entonces entrenador Bill Yoast es reemplazado en su cargo por Herman Boone, de raza afroamericana.

A través de las palabras del escritor y activista afroamericano James Baldwin conocemos uno de los grandes problemas de la sociedad estadounidense: el conflicto racial entre la población blanca y la población negra en los Estados Unidos. Este problema social y político forma parte de la historia norteamericana, pero también es una preocupación actual.

La vida del profesor David Lune se viene abajo después de un impulsivo romance con una de sus alumnas. Se ve obligado a dejar su puesto en la Universidad de Ciudad del Cabo y se refugia en la apartada granja de su hija. Una vez allí, asiste impotente a una serie de actos brutales de los que su hija es víctima. Dispuesto a todo para no perder su afecto, la apoya para que acepte su trágico destino y siga, a pesar de todo, en la granja.

Rachel Dolezal became infamous when she was unmasked as a white woman passing for black so thoroughly that she had become the head of her local N.A.A.C.P. chapter. This portrait cuts through the very public controversy to reveal Dolezal’s motivations.

A documentary film about the Afro-American Woodstock concert held in Los Angeles seven years after the Watts riots. Director Mel Stuart mixes footage from the concert with footage of the living conditions in the current day Watts neighborhood. The film won the Golden Globe for Best Documentary Film.

This is the untold story of a Nazi vision, that went far beyond the military conquest of European countries. As part of their crazed dream to create a thousand-year Reich they developed detailed blueprints for Aryan settlements and vast hunting parks for ‘Aryan’ animals. Goering and Himmler employed Germany’s best scientists to launch a hugely ambitious programme of genetic manipulation to change the course of nature itself, both in the wild and for domestic use. In a fascinating blend of politics and biology, Hitler's Jurassic Monsters is the true and asthonishing story of how the Nazis tried to take control of nature and change the course of evolution.

The controversial satire The LA Riot Spectacular plays for mordent laughs the events that consumed L.A. in 1992, after the police officers on trial for beating motorist Rodney King were found innocent. The city was engulfed by a massive riot, but the film plays these moments for laughs. In addition to recreating some of the images seen on television, the film skewers a variety of figures including the police, the media, and the citizens of the city.

Vox Populi is a black comedy about an experienced politician suffering from a midlife crisis. When he comes into contact with the common-man's logic of his new in-laws, this has a far-reaching effect on both his political and his personal life.

Three black teenagers are becoming frustrated while waiting for their friend. A young white lad walks past wearing super tight jeans. The boys look on until one of them asks the pivotal question, "How can a man wear jeans that tight?" This sparks a hilarious debate about race and culture.

White Water is the story of a 7 year-old black kid in segregated 1963 Opelika, Alabama who becomes obsessed with the desire to taste the water from the "white's only" drinking fountain and sets out on a quest to do the unthinkable: drink from it.

The award-winning Nordic Noir from writer/director David Noel Bourke. Jens has accepted far too much for too long. Being the shy night-owl he is, he keeps to himself, but the world will not let him be. The new master baker's quality starts slackening, and when a bunch of yobs one day smash the window of Jens's car, he takes one of them out. Intoxicated by his own new unexpressed vigour, Jens comes out of his shell, but the destructive driving force leads him towards a free fall. + WINNER! BEST MALE ACTOR (Mikkel Vadsholt) at NIFF + WINNER! BEST OF YEAR at Oniros + WINNER! BEST FOREIGN FEATURE FILM - MARYLAND INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL + Nominated for Méliès d’Argent AWARD "BAKERMAN is a Nordic "Falling Down". A film that is as shocking with its vigilante story as it is captivating with its determination...." - CPH:PIX Film Festival

Amongst the 2011 London riots, a former boxer needs must choose between his past or a new future.

Everyone is happy for rising actor GQ Qi – the network, his mother, his best friend – everyone except GQ himself. He is stuck playing an offensive stereotype on a television sitcom, and the day he decides to speak up for himself on set, the executive producer fires him. Struggling to pick up the pieces, he starts dating A-list casting director Rachel. Love and work become intertwined. Their relationship survives the protestations of GQ’s mother and best friend, but starts to show strain as it becomes clear that GQ is unable to land another acting gig. As pressures from work, love and family come to a head, GQ must confront the hard question: How much of himself will he compromise for career success?

A college friendship turns romantic, resulting in a swirl of black and white, love and friendship, and hilarious comedy.

Convinced that her white boyfriend would rather date a white girl, a gorgeous black woman drinks a potion that turns her into a gorgeous white woman... and puts her life and relationship to the test.

The Burning is Stephen Frears’ first film, a chilling exploration of racial tensions in Apartheid-era South Africa. On a sweltering summer’ day, a wealthy white matriarch insists on taking her household on a planned trip to the country, in spite of their urgent warnings that an uprising is underway.