The Light on the Way

Middle-aged widow Beatrice Hunsdorfer and her daughters Ruth and Matilda are struggling to survive in a society they barely understand. Beatrice dreams of opening an elegant tea room but does not have the wherewithal to achieve her lofty goal. Epileptic Ruth is a rebellious adolescent, while shy but highly intelligent and idealistic Matilda seeks solace in her pets and school projects, including one designed to show how small amounts of radium affect marigolds.

Back from a tour of duty, Kelli struggles to find her place in her family and the rust-belt town she no longer recognizes.

เฮเลน มีร์เรนรับบทแม่ผู้ฉลาดหลักแหลมที่กำลังป่วย ซึ่งวางแผนอำลาครั้งสุดท้ายตามเงื่อนไขของเธอเอง ในภาพยนตร์สะเทือนอารมณ์ ฝีมือการกำกับเรื่องแรกของเคท วินสเล็ต

During the 1976 Soweto uprising, a white school teacher's life and values are threatened when he asks questions about the death of a young black boy who died in police custody.

Evangelist Carlton Pearson is ostracized by his church for preaching that there is no Hell.

The story of a young writer's transformation when her past invades her present.

Jo, the mother of seven children, divorces her second husband in order to marry Jake, a successful but promiscuous screenwriter. Though they are physically and emotionally compatible, they are slowly torn apart.

In a suburban landscape, the lives of several families interlace with loss, despair and personal crisis. Esther Gold has lost focus on all but caring for her comatose son, Paul, and neglects her daughter and husband. Lawyer Jim Train is devoted to his career, not his family. Helen Christianson wants to find a new spark in life, while Annette Jennings tries to rebuild hers.

ฮิลารี่ สแวงค์และแอนเจลิกา ฮัสตันนำแสดงในภาพยนตร์ของเอชบีโอเกี่ยวกับการเคลื่อนไหวเพื่อสิทธิการเลือกตั้งสตรีในอเมริกายุค 1920

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.