"Gracinha, a Black mother torn apart from her young daughters in a Quilombola community."
In BLACK SKIN, WHITE JUSTICE, Gracinha, a Black mother living in a Quilombola community, has been separated from her young daughters. The documentary chronicles this family rupture, detailing the case and the legal procedures used to justify the loss of custody, while highlighting the state-sponsored violence committed against Black people as a whole.
In BLACK SKIN, WHITE JUSTICE, Gracinha, a Black mother living in a Quilombola community, has been separated from her young daughters. The documentary chronicles this family rupture, detailing the case and the legal procedures used to justify the loss of custody, while highlighting the state-sponsored violence committed against Black people as a whole.
An in-depth look at the prison system in the United States and how it reveals the nation's history of racial inequality.
16-year-old skinhead Trevor has no regard for authority, and would rather spend his time stealing cars than sitting in the detention centre to which he is sent. Social worker Harry Parker tries his best, but Trevor is only interested when there's something in it for him. The centre authorities try to conform Trevor to the norms of society, but he takes no notice, and would rather speak in a torrent of four-letter words and racial abuse.
When twin brothers arrive home to find their mother’s demeanor altered and face covered in surgical bandages, they begin to suspect the woman beneath the gauze might not be their mother.
A deadly female assassin comes out of hiding to protect the daughter that she gave up years before, while on the run from dangerous men.
Timeworn Joe Collins and his fellow inmates live under the heavy thumb of the sadistic, power-tripping guard Captain Munsey. Only Collins' dreams of escape keep him going, but how can he possibly bust out of Munsey's chains?
A destitute young man, raised by racist skinheads and notorious among white supremacists, turns his back on hatred and violence to transform his life, with the help of a black activist and the woman he loves.
Having spent 10 years in prison for nationalist activities, Shack Twala is finally ordered released by the South African Supreme Court but he finds himself almost immediately on the run after a run-in with the police. Assisted by his lawyer Rina Van Niekirk and visiting British engineer Jim Keogh, he heads for Capetown where he hopes to recover a stash of diamonds, meant to finance revolutionary activities, that he had entrusted to a dentist before his incarceration. Along the way, they are followed by Major Horn of the South African State security bureau and it becomes apparent that he has no intention of arresting them until they reach their final destination
A young man is plunged into a life of subterfuge, deceit and mistaken identity in pursuit of a femme fatale whose heart is never quite within his grasp.
Based on the true story of a black girl who was born to two white Afrikaner parents in South Africa during the apartheid era.
A Mississippi district attorney and the widow of Medgar Evers struggle to bring a white supremacist to justice for the 1963 murder of the civil rights leader.