Four college freshmen from vastly different worlds navigate identity, ambition, and growing pains in their first chaotic quarter of university life. San, a Chinese-American student torn between cultures; Tonisha, a gifted but struggling pre-med balancing school and family survival; Rick, a conservative freshman lost in a diverse campus; and Judy, a carefree party girl spinning out of control—all find their lives intersecting in a single history class.
Nikaya D. Brown Jones
Tonisha
Mary Chen
Grace
Richard Guiton
Marc
Tom Huang
San
Kurt Koehler
Rick
Margaret Scarborough
Judy
Wendy Speake
Dana
Patrick Gorman
Professor Palin
Kal Penn
Ajay
Four college freshmen from vastly different worlds navigate identity, ambition, and growing pains in their first chaotic quarter of university life. San, a Chinese-American student torn between cultures; Tonisha, a gifted but struggling pre-med balancing school and family survival; Rick, a conservative freshman lost in a diverse campus; and Judy, a carefree party girl spinning out of control—all find their lives intersecting in a single history class.
In revolutionary Iran, as fundamentalists tighten their grip on society, a professor secretly gathers seven of her most dedicated female students to read and discuss forbidden classics of Western literature, including Lolita and Pride and Prejudice. Based on the bestselling memoir by Azar Nafisi. A film by Eran Riklis starring Golshifteh Farahani (Paterson), Zar Amir (Holy Spider), and Mina Kavani (No Bears).
94-year-old Eleanor Morgenstein tries to rebuild her life after the death of her best friend. As a result, she moves back to New York City after living in Florida for decades.
Two law school friends find themselves at odds when one becomes a Justice Department lawyer and the other goes into politics.
While serving life in prison, a young man looks back at the people, the circumstances and the system that set him on the path toward his crime.
A pair of twin brothers from East L.A. choose to live their lives differently and end up on opposite sides of the law.
A daughter seeks to restore the reputation of her disgraced father, a wronged college professor. With help of a professional student, she must overcome an ambitious sorority bitch and corrupt college dean.
A sweeping drama set in the chaotic aftermath of the US invasion of Iraq, where the life of top UN diplomat Brazilian Sérgio Vieira de Mello hangs in the balance during the most treacherous mission of his career.
Drama telling the story of Blue, a young man of Jamaican descent living in Brixton in 1980, as he hangs out with his friends, fronts a dub sound system, loses his job, struggles with family problems and has his friendships tested by racism.
A street smart runner develops an intense rivalry with an equally ambitious wealthy young athlete.
On the French island of Mont Saint-Michel, Jack, a failed presidential candidate, Tom, a poet and Sonia, a physicist, engage in an intellectual conversation about politics, philosophy and life over the course of a single day.