Directed by Ryan Coogler and starring Michael B. Jordan, Sinners follows twin brothers who return home to the 1930s Mississippi Delta to find a supernatural evil waiting. The film’s layered narrative explores themes of America’s racial history, family, and identity against a supernatural .
Sinners (2025)
Set in 1960s Florida, Nickel Boys tells the story of a Black teenager sent to an abusive reform school with a dark history. Based on the Pulitzer Prize winning novel, the film explores themes of racism, injustice, and the struggle for dignity in the face of systemic oppression.
Nickel Boys (2023)
This American period crime thriller starring Kevin Costner and Woody Harrelson follows two former Texas Rangers who attempt to track down and apprehend the notorious duo Bonnie and Clyde in the 1930s to put an end to their wave of vicious criminal activity.
The Highwaymen (2019)
The Butler (2013)
Starring Forest Whitaker and Oprah Winfrey, The Butler is a reimagined accounting of the life of Eugene Allen, who began his life on a Southern plantation, where he witnessed the brutal realities of racism and segregation, before serving eight U.S. presidents in the White House over 34 years. The film explores themes of race, identity, and the struggle for justice.
This French made-for-TV film tells the story of a little-known consequence of the Second World War. In 1945 “cigarette camps” were set up in Normandy to provide rest and recreation for American soldiers back from the front. They quickly became transit camps for the thousands of French wives of these soldiers brought home.
Cigarettes & Nylon (2009)
Starring Jamie Foxx in this Oscar-winning biopic about the life of the legendary musician Ray Charles. The film follows his journey from humble beginnings in the South, where he went blind at age 7, through his rise to stardom. Along the way, he struggles with addiction and dysfunctional relationships with women.
Ray (2004)
"A Lesson Before Dying," by acclaimed author Ernest Gaines, tells the story of Jefferson (Mekhi Phifer), a young Black man wrongfully convicted of murder and sentenced to death in 1940s Louisiana. Grant Wiggins (Don Cheadle), a disillusioned schoolteacher, helps Jefferson regain his dignity before his execution, prompting a journey of self-discovery for both men.
A Lesson Before Dying (1999)
"Old Man," adapted from a short story by William Faulkner, tells the story of a convict, J.J. Taylor (Arliss Howard), who is taken from prison to help with rescue efforts during the Great Flood of 1927 in Mississippi. J.J. finds himself on a rescue mission, tasked with saving a pregnant woman (Jeanne Tripplehorn) trapped in a tree and a man clinging to a house.
The Old Man (1997)
Based on the novel by Anne Rice, the film tells the story of Louis de Pointe du Lac (Brad Pitt), who recounts his life as a vampire to a reporter. Throughout his tale, du Lac grapples with dissatisfaction with both his mortal and immortal existence, and highlights his complex relationship with his maker, Lestat de Lioncourt (Tom Cruise).