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Directed by Denzel WashingtonOrigin USAGenres Drama,
HistoricalThemes Sports films,
Théâtre,
Baseball films,
Films based on playsActors Denzel Washington,
Viola Davis,
Mykelti Williamson,
Russell Hornsby,
Lesley BooneRating71%
Dans les années 1950, à Pittsburgh, Troy Maxson, ancien joueur de la Negro League de baseball est devenu éboueur. Il vit avec son épouse Rose et son fils cadet Cory dans une maison qu'il a pu acheter avec une partie de l'indemnité de blessure de guerre de son frère Gabriel qui, blessé à la tête, est devenu un handicapé mental qui erre dans le quartier et qui est menacé d'internement. Son fils aîné, Lyons, n'arrive pas à se stabiliser, vivant de petits contrats de musique et devant subir les récriminations de son père., 2h
Directed by Denzel WashingtonOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Biography,
Historical,
RomanceThemes Films about children,
Seafaring films,
Transport films,
Films about child abuse,
United States Armed Forces in filmsActors Derek Luke,
Malcolm David Kelley,
Joy Bryant,
Salli Richardson-Whitfield,
Denzel Washington,
Kevin ConnollyRating72%
The film focuses on Antwone "Fish" Fisher (Derek Luke), a temperamental young man with a violent history who is serving in the U.S. Navy. His father was killed before he was born and his teenage mother, Eva Mae Fisher, ended up arrested soon after and put in jail, where she gave birth to him. He was then placed in an orphanage until such time as she was released and could claim him. Since she had not yet claimed him, at the age of two Antwone was placed in a foster home run by a supposedly religious couple, Mr. and Mrs. Tate (Ellis Williams and Novella Nelson). There, Antwone faced mental and physical abuse by Mrs. Tate for many years until he finally left the home at age fourteen. After living out on the streets for the next few years, he decided to join the U.S. Navy to make something out of his life. However the rough life he had as child caused him to have a violent temper at this point.Directed by Nate ParkerOrigin USAGenres Drama,
HistoricalThemes Films about slavery,
Films about racismActors Armie Hammer,
Aja Naomi King,
Aunjanue Ellis,
Gabrielle Union,
Nate Parker,
Colman DomingoRating65%
Le 21 août 1831, dans le comté de Southampton, en Virginie, l'Afro-américain Nat Turner mène une révolte de Noirs, aussi bien libres qu'esclaves. Soixante Blancs et encore plus de Noirs meurent lors de la révolte. , 2h2
Directed by Edward ZwickOrigin USAGenres Drama,
War,
Historical,
WesternThemes Films about slavery,
Films about racism,
Political films,
United States Armed Forces in filmsActors Matthew Broderick,
Denzel Washington,
Cary Elwes,
Morgan Freeman,
Andre Braugher,
Cliff De YoungRating77%
During the American Civil War, Captain Robert Shaw is injured in the Battle of Antietam and sent home to Boston on medical leave. He visits his family there, where he meets the abolitionist Frederick Douglass, a former slave. Shaw is offered a promotion to the rank of Colonel to command the first all-black regiment in the Union Army, the 54th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry. He accepts and asks his childhood friend, 2nd Lieutenant Cabot Forbes, to serve as his second in command, with the rank of major. Their first volunteer is another friend, Thomas Searles, a bookish free African American. Other recruits soon follow, including gravedigger John Rawlins, timid freeman Jupiter Sharts and Silas Trip, an escaped slave who does not trust Shaw. Trip instantly clashes with Searles and Rawlins must keep the peace., 1h41
Directed by Norman JewisonOrigin USAGenres Drama,
War,
CrimeThemes Films about racism,
Political filmsActors Howard Rollins,
Adolph Caesar,
David Alan Grier,
Larry Riley,
Denzel Washington,
David HarrisRating71%
The time is 1944 during World War II. Vernon Waters (Adolph Caesar), the Army sergeant in charge of Company B, a platoon of black soldiers, is very drunk and staggering along a road along Fort Neal, a segregated Army base in Louisiana. Waters' last words amidst his raucous laughter were "They still hate you! They still hate you!" before he is shot to death with a .45 caliber pistol. , 3h13
Directed by Spike LeeOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Biography,
Action,
HistoricalThemes Assassinat,
Politique,
Films about racism,
Films about religion,
Political films,
Films about IslamActors Denzel Washington,
Angela Bassett,
Albert Hall,
Al Freeman Jr.,
Delroy Lindo,
Spike LeeRating76%
Malcolm X divides the life of the African-American activist Malcolm X into three sections. The first section deals with the troubled childhood of Malcolm Little, whose father, a preacher, was murdered by the Black Legion and whose mother was institutionalized for insanity. Malcolm grows up and gets a job as a Pullman porter, calling himself Detroit Red. Getting involved with a Harlem gangster named West Indian Archie with whom he has a falling out, Malcolm flees to Boston and decides to become a burglar. He and his best friend, Shorty (played by Spike Lee) are arrested by the police and Malcolm is sentenced to a ten-year prison term. The second section follows Malcolm's life in prison, where a fellow inmate, Baines, introduces him to the teachings of the Nation of Islam., 2h12
Directed by Lee DanielsOrigin USAGenres Drama,
HistoricalThemes Politique,
Films about racism,
Films about the labor movement,
Political films,
White House in fictionActors Alex Pettyfer,
Forest Whitaker,
John Cusack,
Robin Williams,
Lenny Kravitz,
Alan RickmanRating72%
In 2009, an elderly Cecil Gaines recounts his life story, while waiting at the White House to meet the newly inaugurated president. , 2h37
Directed by Ridley ScottOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Biography,
Mob film,
CrimeThemes Mafia films,
Medical-themed films,
Films about music and musicians,
Films about drugs,
Films about racism,
Hip hop films,
Political films,
Gangster filmsActors Denzel Washington,
Russell Crowe,
Ted Levine,
Cuba Gooding Jr.,
Josh Brolin,
RZARating77%
In 1968, Frank Lucas, the limo driver-turned-right-hand man of Harlem gangster Ellsworth "Bumpy" Johnson, inherits Johnson's gang when Johnson dies of a heart attack. Disliking the new, flashy gangsters of the neighborhood, Lucas decides to take control of Harlem's crime scene., 1h58
Directed by Mira NairOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Comedy-drama,
RomanceThemes Films set in Africa,
Films about racismActors Denzel Washington,
Roshan Seth,
Sarita Choudhury,
Sharmila Tagore,
Charles Dutton,
Joe SenecaRating67%
The film begins in 1972 when Idi Amin expelled Asians from Uganda. This included Jay (Roshan Seth) his wife, Kinnu (Sharmila Tagore), and their daughter, Mina (Sarita Choudhury), a family of third-generation Ugandan Indians residing in Kampala. It then moves forward to 1990. After spending a few years in England, Jay, Kinnu, and Mina have relocated in 1987 to Greenwood, Mississippi to live with family members who own a chain of motels there.