Max, the confident firstborn of a wealthy Dutch-Jewish family, enjoys security, love, and his father Simon’s pride as head of SuperTex. Yet a sudden nagging self-doubt and inner emptiness drive him to question his path. The film follows Max’s journey to reconcile his desire for change with familial expectations and deep-rooted tradition.
Meital Barda
Jan Decleir
Max, the confident firstborn of a wealthy Dutch-Jewish family, enjoys security, love, and his father Simon’s pride as head of SuperTex. Yet a sudden nagging self-doubt and inner emptiness drive him to question his path. The film follows Max’s journey to reconcile his desire for change with familial expectations and deep-rooted tradition.
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.
Director Mario Van Peebles chronicles the complicated production of his father Melvin's classic 1971 film, "Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song." Playing his father in the film, Van Peebles offers an unapologetic account of Melvin's brash and sometimes deceptive conduct on the set of the film, including questionable antics like writing bad checks, tricking a local fire department and allowing his son, Mario, to shoot racy sex scenes at the age of 11.
When a rebellious teen embarks on a solo summer journey to connect with her roots, she finds herself in a new world, geared up for the ride of her life, and discovers she had the drive in her all along.
West Philadelphia basketball star Sergio Taylor deals with the pressures of fame while his brother and sister have their own issues with ambition.
A 21-year-old reformed gangster's devotion to his family and his future is put to the test when he is released from prison and returns to his old stomping grounds in Watts, Los Angeles.
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.
The story of a young writer's transformation when her past invades her present.
Nola grew up living in a van with her father, Clint—two nomads against the world. When tragedy strikes, Nola must confront the reality of life on the road alone, learning to own her grief, her past, and her new destination.
Rory is an ambitious entrepreneur who brings his American wife and kids to his native country, England, to explore new business opportunities. After abandoning the sanctuary of their safe American suburban surroundings, the family is plunged into the despair of an archaic '80s Britain and their unaffordable new life in an English manor house threatens to destroy the family.
Back from a tour of duty, Kelli struggles to find her place in her family and the rust-belt town she no longer recognizes.