There are many well-known films dealing with racial prejudice. Two recent popular titles are Gran Torino and Remember the Titans.
Classic film dramas In The Heat of the Night and To Kill A Mockingbird both won numerous Academy Awards, as did the comedy Guess Who's Coming to Dinner. All three of those dealt with racism toward a black man. In fact, it was the same black actor in Heat and Dinner - Sir Sidney Poitier.
Another famous flick, Gentleman's Agreement, exposed anti-Semitism.
I discovered several sites which have listed films about racial prejudice:
Cinemagora
Internet Movie Database
Planned Legacy
Wikipedia
YWCA Racial Justice Film Series
What films have you seen that deal with prejudice based on race?
Snow Falling on Cedars is really a beautiful movie about Japanese Americans in the 1940s.
ReplyDeleteI can't believe I haven't seen that yet! Thanks, Erin, for reminding me. It would have been a good companion to the first week's film as well, to depict the prejudice that Japanese Americans faced even after internment ended.
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