Natasha Williams

영국이 노예무역의 중심지 역할을 하던 1769년, 해군 제독 존 린지(매튜 구드)는 흑인 여인과의 사이에서 낳은 어린 딸을 수석 재판관 맨스필드 백작(톰 윌킨슨)에게 맡긴다. 숙부인 맨스필드 백작의 보호 아래에서만 딸이 정당한 대우를 받을 수 있다고 생각한 것이다. 맨스필드 부부의 양녀가 된 다이도 엘리자베스 벨(구구 음바사-로)은 동갑내기 사촌과 함께 훌륭한 교육을 받으면서 성장한다. 그렇지만 사생아이자 혼혈아인 벨은 맨스필드 가문의 지위를 마음껏 누리지는 못한다. 그러던 어느 날, 벨은 노예들의 인권을 위해 힘쓰는 법률가 지망생 존 다비니에(샘 리드)를 만나면서 전환점을 맞이한다. 다비니에를 통해 수많은 노예들의 죽음과 관련된 사건의 전말을 알게 된 벨은, 자신의 정체성을 자각하고 노예제도의 부당함에 눈뜨는 한편, 그와 사랑에 빠진다. 하지만 다비니에는 가족이 정해준 여자와 약혼을 한 상태. 이에 벨은 마음에도 없는 귀족 청년의 청혼을 받아들이는데…

Bess, a lonely, trailer park teen, steals a car and makes a desperate journey from Kansas to Vegas in search of a father she never knew. Her trip takes her deep into the seedy underbelly of America where she encounters an array of lost-souls, deadbeats and con men, and learns that family can be found in the oddest of places.

In 1998 former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet visits Britain for medical treatment. On being tipped off, Amnesty International seize the chance to bring to justice a man they insist is guilty of multiple human rights violations. The newly-elected Labour government is initially amenable, and soon Pinochet is under house arrest (albeit in a detached house in leafy suburbia) and awaiting extradition to Spain. However, Amnesty are up against the complexities of British law, the vacillations of Home Secretary Jack Straw, Pinochet's former ally Margaret Thatcher - and the Senator's own vast reserves of cunning.

Workaholic reporter, Jack Elgin takes his family on a working trip to India, but their aircraft is hijacked in Cyprus by a previously-unknown terrorist movement, and his wife and daughter are among the slaughtered. With western governments suppressing key facts and unwilling to go after the terrorists, Jack uses his contacts and snooping skill to seek the truth himself.

Esther, the beautiful queen of Persia, intervenes to save the Jewish people from a bloody massacre.

Stephen Lawrence was a black London teenager murdered by white racists in 1993. His parents fought to have the crime properly investigated, culminating in a judicial enquiry into the event itself and also the inadequacies of the ensuing investigation by the London Metropolitan Police.

A dreamer who aspires to human flight is assigned public service after one of his attempts off a public building. This leads him to meeting a young woman, who is dying of motor neuron disease. The strong-willed woman admits her wish to be de-flowered before her death. The man, struggling to maintain his relationship with his girl friend, declines but offers to help pay for a gigolo to do the deed. The following events play off the inherent comedy and drama of the circumstances.

Unemployed Anthony announces he is joining the police, much to the horror of his girlfriend and friends.

Three friends persecute a gang of criminals from Harlem to the parties of the High Society of London.

A single mother returns to her home town after fifteen years of unhappy marriage and fights to make a better life for herself and her children.