The short story tells of a young man who, after being rejected by the girl of his dreams, hangs himself from the tallest tree in the local park. He is soon discovered by the park keeper and, amid much commotion, various people are called upon to get him down as quickly as possible. The young man turns out to be still alive and is resuscitated with a bicycle pump.
The short story tells of a young man who, after being rejected by the girl of his dreams, hangs himself from the tallest tree in the local park. He is soon discovered by the park keeper and, amid much commotion, various people are called upon to get him down as quickly as possible. The young man turns out to be still alive and is resuscitated with a bicycle pump.
A jazz musician seeks refuge from a lynch mob on a remote island, where he meets a hostile game warden and the young object of his attentions.
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.
An optimistic, talented teen clings to a huge secret: she's homeless and living on a school bus. When tragedy strikes, can she learn to accept a helping hand?
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 teenage boy is sent to a juvenile reform facility in the wilderness. As we learn about the tragic events that sent him there, his struggle becomes one for survival with the inmates, counselors, and the retired war colonel in charge.
After the lewd and frenetic Dance of the Seven Veils, and with the solemn pledge from the very lips of Herod himself that she could have whatever her heart desires up to half his kingdom, wanton and proud young Salomé comes before her king with an unreasonable demand. Beguiled by John the Baptist, and then scorned for the sake of his god, lascivious Salomé—encouraged by her mother, the vindictive, Herodias—commands that John be executed and his head delivered on a silver platter.
The relationship of a couple who meet by chance in New York City is put to the test when they encounter a life or death circumstance.
Based on the writer/director's childhood, FARMING tells the story of a young Nigerian boy, 'farmed out' by his parents to a white British family in the hope of a better future. Instead, he becomes the feared leader of a white skinhead gang.
A young man with a bright future suffers a near-fatal accident and recreates his new life with the help of an unlikely animal friend.
A boozy lowlife tries to bury the truth about his crazy stepson's suspicious death, but a nosy newspaper columnist and the young man's mother complicate matters.