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Arguably the best movie that Goldberg ever made, The Color Purple centers on a Black Southern woman named Celie (Goldberg), who overcomes years of trauma to become an empowered woman who knows her ...
The first of the AFI 100 Years... series of cinematic milestones, AFI's 100 Years... 100 American Movies is a list of the 100 best American movies, as determined by the American Film Institute from a poll of more than 1,500 artists and leaders in the film industry who chose from a list of 400 nominated movies. The 100-best list American films ...
The Best Years of Our Lives: William Wyler: 1946 12: Apollo 13: Ron Howard: 1995 13: Hoosiers: David Anspaugh: 1986 14: The Bridge on the River Kwai: David Lean: 1957 15: The Miracle Worker: Arthur Penn: 1962 16: Norma Rae: Martin Ritt: 1979 17: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest: Miloš Forman: 1975 18: The Diary of Anne Frank: George Stevens ...
Film based on the life of Spanish soldier Gonzalo Guerrero and his transition to fight on the side of colonized Mayas. The Birth of a Nation: 1915: An American drama film that depicts African Americans in a negative light and glorified the Ku Klux Klan. Despite its controversy and protests by activists, the film was a commercial success.
5. Set It Off (1996). Cast: Jada Pinkett, Queen Latifah, Vivica A. Fox, Kimberly Elise Rating: R Directed by F. Gary Gray, Set It Off paints a clear picture of how a deeply flawed and racist ...
"Latin America has well-established cinematic traditions, and it has made and is making significant contributions to global culture," says Elena Martínez, PhD, a professor of Latin American ...
The American independent film, prior to the 1980s and first half of the 1990s, [19] [20] [11] was previously associated with race films, [21] Poverty Row b movies (e.g. Republic Pictures [22] [23]), exploitation films, avant-garde underground cinema (when it was known as the New American Cinema [24] [25]), social and political documentaries, experimental animated shorts (since the mid-1930s ...
Telling the story of the New York City neighborhood of Washington Heights, the film is a celebration of community, family and Latin American culture. Actor Gregory Diaz IV: "Although we're ...