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Film Theme: Race Relations
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The list Film Theme: Race Relations includes
Degrassi: The Next Generation, Friday Night Lights, Chappelle's Show, To Kill a Mockingbird and Remember the Titans.
The list consists of 337 members.
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Degrassi: The Next Generation
Canadian teen drama television series
Overview: Degrassi: The Next Generation (renamed to Degrassi for seasons 10 to 14) is a Canadian teen drama television series created by Yan Moore and Linda Schuyler. It is the fourth series in the Degrassi franchise ...
Release date: 14 October 2001Genre: Drama, Music, Comedy, Family, RomanceDirector: Philip Earnshaw, Eleanor LindoProducer: Linda Schuyler, Stephen StohnThe lives of the kids at Degrassi Community School dealing with the serious and sometimes taboo issues that plague teenagers.
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Friday Night Lights
American sports drama television series
Overview: Friday Night Lights is an American sports drama television series developed by Peter Berg and inspired by the eponymous 1990 novel by H. G. Bissinger, which was adapted as the 2004 film of the same name ...
Genre: Drama, SportDirector: Jeffrey Reiner, Michael WaxmanProducer: Sarah Aubrey, Nan L. BernsteinWriter: Peter Berg, Buzz BissingerThe trials and tribulations of small town Texas football players, their friends, family, and coaching staff. 0
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Chappelle's Show
Comedy television program
Overview: Chappelle's Show is an American sketch comedy television series created by comedians Dave Chappelle and Neal Brennan, with Chappelle hosting the show and starring in the majority of its sketches. Chappelle ...
Release date: 22 January 2003Genre: Comedy, MusicDirector: Rusty Cundieff, Andre AllenProducer: Michele Armour, Neal BrennanWriter: Neal Brennan, Dave ChappelleComedian Dave Chappelle hosts this sketch-comedy show that parodies many of the nuances of race and culture. 0
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All in the Family
American television series
Overview: All in the Family is an American sitcom television series that aired on CBS for nine seasons from January 12, 1971, to April 8, 1979, with a total of 205 episodes. It was later produced as Archie Bunker's ...
Genre: Comedy, DramaDirector: Paul Bogart, John RichProducer: Norman Lear, Brigit JensenWriter: Norman Lear, Johnny SpeightA working class bigot constantly squabbles with his family over the important issues of the day. 0
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To Kill a Mockingbird
1962 film by Robert Mulligan
Overview: To Kill a Mockingbird is a 1962 American coming-of-age legal drama crime film directed by Robert Mulligan starring Gregory Peck and Mary Badham, with Phillip Alford, John Megna, Frank Overton, James A ...
Release date: 25 December 1962Genre: Crime, DramaDirector: Robert MulliganProducer: Harper Lee, Robert MulliganWriter: Harper Lee, Horton FooteAtticus Finch, a widowed lawyer in Depression-era Alabama, defends a black man against an undeserved rape charge, and his children against prejudice. 0
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Sarafina!
1992 American film
Overview: Sarafina! is a 1992 musical drama film based on Mbongeni Ngema's 1987 musical of the same name. The film was directed by Darrell Roodt and written by Ngema Mbongeni and William Nicholson, and stars Leleti ...
Release date: 11 September 1992Genre: Drama, MusicalDirector: Darrell RoodtProducer: Kirk D'Amico, Tania JenkinsWriter: Mbongeni Ngema, William NicholsonSouth African teenagers fight against apartheid in the Soweto Uprising. 0
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Remember the Titans
2000 film by Boaz Yakin
Overview: Remember the Titans is a 2000 American biographical sports drama film produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and directed by Boaz Yakin. The screenplay by Gregory Allen Howard is loosely based on the true story ...
Release date: 23 September 2000Genre: Drama, Sport, BiographyDirector: Boaz YakinProducer: Jerry Bruckheimer, Michael FlynnWriter: Gregory Allen HowardThe true story of a newly appointed African-American coach and his high school team on their first season as a racially integrated unit. 0
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Monster's Ball
2001 film by Marc Forster
Overview: Monster's Ball is a 2001 American romantic drama film directed by Marc Forster, produced by Lee Daniels and written by Milo Addica and Will Rokos, who also appeared in the film. It stars Billy Bob Thornton ...
Release date: 11 November 2001Genre: Drama, RomanceDirector: Marc ForsterProducer: Milo Addica, Michael BurnsWriter: Milo Addica, Will RokosAfter a family tragedy, a racist prison guard re-examines his attitudes while falling in love with the African-American wife of the last prisoner he executed ... 0
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Life
1999 film by Ted Demme
Overview: Life is a 1999 American buddy comedy-drama film directed by Ted Demme. The film stars Eddie Murphy and Martin Lawrence. It is the second film featuring Murphy and Lawrence together (the first being Bo ...
Release date: 13 April 1999Genre: Comedy, Crime, DramaDirector: Ted DemmeCast: Eddie Murphy, Martin Lawrence, Obba Babatundé, Nick Cassavetes, Anthony Anderson, Barry Shabaka HenleyProducer: James D. Brubaker, Tina L. FortenberryWriter: Robert Ramsey, Matthew StoneIn 1932, two strangers are wrongfully convicted and develop a strong friendship in prison that lasts them through the 20th century. 0
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Hairspray
2007 film directed by Adam Shankman
Overview: Hairspray is a 2007 musical romantic comedy film based on the 2002 Broadway musical of the same name, which in turn was based on John Waters's 1988 comedy film of the same name. Produced by Ingenious Media ...
Release date: 13 July 2007Genre: Comedy, Musical, RomanceDirector: Adam ShankmanCast: John Travolta, Michelle Pfeiffer, Christopher Walken, Amanda Bynes, James Marsden, Queen LatifahProducer: Michael Disco, Anson DownesWriter: Leslie Dixon, John WatersPleasantly plump teenager Tracy Turnblad teaches 1962 Baltimore a thing or two about integration after landing a spot on a local TV dance show. 0
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Car Wash
1976 American comedy film directed by Michael Schultz
Overview: Car Wash is a 1976 American comedy film directed by Michael Schultz from a screenplay by Joel Schumacher, and starring an ensemble cast. Originally conceived as a musical, the film is an episodic comedy ...
Release date: 15 October 1976Genre: Comedy, Drama, RomanceDirector: Michael SchultzProducer: Art Linson, Don PhillipsWriter: Joel SchumacherA comedic take on the daily life of car-wash employees, chronicling their hopes, fears, joys, dreams, and tribulations, and meeting some eccentric customers ... 0
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This Is England
2006 film
Overview: This Is England is a 2006 British Independent drama film written and directed by Shane Meadows. The story centres on young skinheads in England in 1983. The film illustrates how their subculture, which ...
Release date: 12 September 2006Genre: Drama, CrimeDirector: Shane MeadowsProducer: Peter Carlton, Hugo HeppellWriter: Shane MeadowsA young boy becomes friends with a gang of skinheads. Friends soon become like family, and relationships will be pushed to the very limit. 0
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South Pacific
1958 film by Joshua Logan
Overview: South Pacific is a 1958 American romantic musical film based on the 1949 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical South Pacific, which in turn is loosely based on James A. Michener's 1947 short-story collection ...
Genre: Musical, Romance, War, DramaDirector: Joshua LoganProducer: Buddy Adler, Richard RodgersWriter: Paul Osborn, Richard RodgersOn a South Pacific island during World War II, love blooms between a young nurse and a secretive Frenchman who's being courted for a dangerous military ... 0
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Pinky
1949 film directed by Elia Kazan
Overview: Pinky is a 1949 American drama film directed by Elia Kazan and produced by Darryl F. Zanuck. The screenplay was adapted by Philip Dunne and Dudley Nichols based on Cid Ricketts Sumner's 1946 novel Quality ...
Release date: 29 September 1949Genre: DramaDirector: Elia Kazan, John FordCast: Jeanne Crain, Ethel Barrymore, Ethel Waters, William Lundigan, Basil Ruysdael, Kenny WashingtonProducer: Darryl F. ZanuckWriter: Cid Ricketts Sumner, Philip DunneA light-skinned black woman falls in love with a white doctor, though he is unaware of her true race. 0
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Mandingo
1975 American historical melodrama film
Overview: Mandingo is a 1975 American historical melodrama film that focuses on the Atlantic slave trade in the Antebellum South. The film's title refers to the Mandinka people, who are referred to as "Mandingos" ...Genre: Action, Romance, DramaDirector: Richard FleischerProducer: Dino De Laurentiis, Ralph SerpeWriter: Kyle Onstott, Jack KirklandAn 1840s slaveowner trains one of his slaves to be a bare-knuckle fighter. 0
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Malibu's Most Wanted
2003 film directed by John Whitesell
Overview: Malibu's Most Wanted is a 2003 American comedy film written by and starring Jamie Kennedy, and co-starring Taye Diggs, Anthony Anderson, Blair Underwood, Regina Hall, Damien Dante Wayans, Ryan O'Neal ...
Release date: 10 April 2003Genre: Comedy, CrimeDirector: John WhitesellCast: Jamie Kennedy, Taye Diggs, Anthony Anderson, Regina Hall, Blair Underwood, Damien Dante WayansProducer: Fax Bahr, Josh H. EttingWriter: Fax Bahr, Adam SmallA senator arranges for his son, a rich white kid who fancies himself black, to be kidnapped by a couple of black actors pretending to be murderers to try ... 0
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Imitation of Life
1959 film directed by Douglas Sirk
Overview: Imitation of Life (1959) is an American drama film directed by Douglas Sirk, produced by Ross Hunter and released by Universal International. It was Sirk's final Hollywood film and dealt with issues of ...
Release date: 17 April 1959Genre: Drama, RomanceDirector: Douglas SirkProducer: Ross HunterWriter: Eleanore Griffin, Allan ScottAn aspiring white actress takes in an African-American widow whose mixed-race daughter is desperate to be seen as white. 0
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Hairspray
1988 American comedy film by John Waters
Overview: Hairspray is a 1988 American comedy film written and directed by John Waters, starring Sonny Bono, Ruth Brown, Divine, Debbie Harry, Ricki Lake in her film debut, and Jerry Stiller, with special appearances ...
Release date: 16 February 1988Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Musical, RomanceDirector: John WatersProducer: Stanley F. Buchthal, Robert MaierWriter: John WatersA 'pleasantly plump' teenager teaches 1962 Baltimore a thing or two about integration after landing a spot on a local TV dance show. 0
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Blazing Saddles
1974 film by Mel Brooks
Overview: Blazing Saddles is a 1974 American satirical postmodernist Western black comedy film directed by Mel Brooks, who co-wrote the screenplay with Andrew Bergman, Richard Pryor, Norman Steinberg and Alan Uger ...
Release date: 7 February 1974Genre: Comedy, WesternDirector: Mel BrooksProducer: Michael HertzbergWriter: Mel Brooks, Norman SteinbergIn order to ruin a western town, a corrupt politician appoints a black Sheriff, who promptly becomes his most formidable adversary. 0
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American History X
1998 drama film directed by Tony Kaye
Overview: American History X is a 1998 American crime drama film directed by Tony Kaye (in his feature directorial debut) and written by David McKenna. The film stars Edward Norton and Edward Furlong as two brothers ...
Release date: 30 October 1998Genre: Crime, DramaDirector: Tony KayeProducer: Bill Carraro, Michael De LucaWriter: David McKennaA former neo-nazi skinhead tries to prevent his younger brother from going down the same wrong path that he did. 0
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