Tag Archives: human rights

Amazing Grace

IMDB Rating: 7.70
4033 votes

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Storyline
The idealist William Wilberforce maneuvers his way through Parliament in 19th century England, endeavoring to end the British transatlantic slave trade.
Actors
William WilberforceIoan Gruffudd
Barbara SpoonerRomola Garai
William PittBenedict Cumberbatch

Amistad

IMDB Rating: 7.00
16375 votes

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Storyline
AMISTAD is about a 1839 mutiny onboard a slave ship that is traveling towards the Northeast Coast of America. Much of the story involves a court-room drama about the slave who led the revolt.
Actors
JoadsonMorgan Freeman
Martin Van BurenNigel Hawthorne
John Quincy AdamsAnthony Hopkins

The Laramie Project

IMDB Rating: 7.20
2485 votes

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Storyline
'Moisés Kaufman' (qv) and members of New York's Tectonic Theater Project went to Laramie, Wyoming after the murder of 'Matthew Shepard (I)' (qv). This is a film version of the play they wrote based on more than 200 interviews they conducted in Laramie. It follows and in some cases re-enacts the chronology of Shepherd's visit to a local bar, his kidnap and beating, the discovery of him tied to a fence, the vigil at the hospital, his death and funeral, and the trial of his killers. It mixes real news reports with actors portraying friends, family, cops, killers, and other Laramie residents in their own words. It concludes with a Laramie staging of "Angels in America" a year after Shephard's death.
Actors
Romaine PattersonChristina Ricci
Doc O'ConnerSteve Buscemi
Sherry JohnsonLaura Linney