Poor Woman
Сюжет фильма основан на жизни Дайдо Элизабет Белль. Она была внебрачной дочерью капитана королевского флота Джона Линдси, а ее матерью была черная женщина по имени Мария Белль.
Jennifer
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.
Nurse
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.
Theatre Bar Girl
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.
Maimuna
Один из могущественнейших правителей прошлого, персидский царь Ксеркс, устроил грандиозный пир. На седьмой день пира он захотел показать гостям свою красавицу-жену, но получил от царицы отказ. Тогда Ксеркс лишил жену царского достоинства и потребовал доставить ему самых красивых девушек со всех концов мира. Юной Эсфири удалось завоевать расположение царя и стать его новой женой. Спустя время царский любимец визирь Аман сумел убедить Ксеркса в необходимости уничтожения всех евреев Персидского царства. Прекрасная Эсфирь узнает о готовящейся резне и решает заступиться за свой народ перед жестоким правителем. Но любой, кто является к царю без приглашения, должен быть казнен…
Clara
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.
Veronica
Unemployed Anthony announces he is joining the police, much to the horror of his girlfriend and friends.
Fran
Three friends persecute a gang of criminals from Harlem to the parties of the High Society of London.
Eleanor
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.