I like American History X. Very powerful. What movie do you think is a 'must see' for promoting understanding, dispelling stereotypes, and really affects you at the gut level?
2007-01-16 10:25:22 · 17 answers · asked by Little Red Hen 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
schindlers list,
racism isn't just about blacks and whites.
2007-01-16 10:58:17 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
"Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" with Sydney Poitier. Because it was made during a very racist time. It's about a well to do white family whose daughter is coming home for dinner after an absence. She brings her new boyfriend and he is, "gasp", a black man. The movie made history, and was the first to showcase a mixed relationship. The acting is fabulous, and it changed the way many people viewed mixed relationships. An oldy, but goody.
As a kid, watching it on an old movie channel, I remember wondering why the parents were so upset. I had no idea how many white wealthy people (as well as many poor white people) were quietly racist. And I think that's the gem of the movie. It's not about the "obviously" racist person, but about challenging the innate fear that exists in the quietly prejudiced person.
2007-01-16 10:42:58 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mississippi Burning
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?
American History X
Halls of Anger
The Klansman
2007-01-16 10:31:24 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Besides American History X, Crash and A Time to Kill come to mind. Both were very powerful movies.
2007-01-16 10:30:47 · answer #4 · answered by doza1621 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I agree: American History X, hands down. The most powerful, honest portrayal I've ever seen. I can't get my friends who are a bi-racial couple to see it, wish I could get their opinion. The message that struck me was that you can't undo the damage you've done once you set racism in motion. Both boys tried to turn things around, but the hatred they spread came back to bite them, big time. "I'm sorry" and "Never mind!" just doesn't do it. The ending was a shocker but completely honest.
2007-01-16 10:32:36 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
you're too surprisingly to be performed by using an Irish-female! lol xD i think of it fairly is stupid, yet i will understand a number of those perspectives "is fairly". from time to time somebody is a logo of a country or an ethnicity - it symbolizes them, their previous and their destiny it is something they proportion as a human beings/nationality and way of life. if so i think of it is comprehensible, in many cases 'the actor/actress' won't have the emotional bond with that parent or image and are purely in for the popularity or commercial fulfillment. i'm not asserting J-Lo exchange into, i'm not asserting I agree as a effect besides the undeniable fact that it ought to probably be area of their thoughts. what's gentle to them would not must be gentle to you, judging it is greater handy then attempting to are conscious of it.
2016-10-31 07:25:53 · answer #6 · answered by uday 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
OMG I LOVED AmERICAn HisTORy X!!!
Yes, and To Kill a Mockingbird..its OLD but its good & a book 2.
The Color Purple, Roots....
But American History X is the best modern one I can think of!! I cried at the end...
2007-01-16 10:31:34 · answer #7 · answered by XxON3LOV3xX 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i think Mississippi Burning is a very good movie to see if you are looking for racism topics... its about a town in Mississippi that has to deal with racial issues
2007-01-16 10:29:14 · answer #8 · answered by t 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Glory
2007-01-16 10:33:12 · answer #9 · answered by I.M. 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mississippi Burning -
2007-01-16 10:28:06 · answer #10 · answered by Marvin R 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Cry Freedom
2007-01-16 10:42:35 · answer #11 · answered by Kble 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋