This dramatic history of Chicago's Chess Records has a superb soundtrack(though it consists almost entirely of covers) and its insights into the relationship between white money making businessmen and poor black talent back in the stifling '50s more than makes up for its overwrought melodrama, historic inaccuracies and poor script. find out more...

The 1980s; an innocent young South African is arrested and, along with his family, tortured. Angered by these events he becomes what he was falsely accused of, an ANC terrorist/freedom fighter. Based on a true story, Catch A Fire is a searing, adrenalin-drenched, dramatic thriller. find out more...

Erin Gruwell is a teacher with strong ideals and a passion for education, but when she finds herself in the middle of a school riven by gang violence and racial segregation she initially struggles to hold onto her beliefs. It is from this seemingly untenable position that Erin begins to show her "un-teachable" students their own worth, encouraging them to share their stories and discover the world of others. Based upon the bestselling book ‘The Freedom Writers' Diary' this is an enjoyable, well find out more...

Employed by the apartheid South African government as prison warden to Nelson Mandela, James Gregory would seem like the ideal man for the job, white, deeply racist and yet fluent in Mandela's native tongue, the authorities seem to have found the perfect spy. What those in power failed to grasp were a man's ability to change and the irresistible personality of Mandela himself. Based on James Gregory's memoirs, 'Goodbye Bafana' is a moving dramatisation of an unlikely friendship. find out more...

Djay is a small time pimp listlessly hustling his main girl Nola and dreaming of a less ugly existence. When DJay meets an old school friend he is immediately smitten by the opportunity for escape� the chance to make his name as a rapper. With the imminent arrival of an urban music producer DJay knows his one way out is to do what he does best�make the hustle. Hustle And Flow is not an original tale but it's elevated by some tight, spare, unsentimental direction and an Oscar nominated perfor find out more...

An arrogant bright black Northern homicide detective travelling via a small Mississippi town becomes involved in a murder investigation after a local industrialist is found dead. Engaged in a clash of wills with the local racist cop the two eventually develop a mutual respect. Won Best Picture at 1967 Academy Awards. find out more...

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A mesmerising dramatisation of one of the kings, Ray Charles. Unsurprisingly the soundtrack is pure bliss, but it is Jamie Foxx in the title role that pulls everything together, an hypnotic performance of a music legend, through all his highs and lows, and one of those increasingly rare examples of a leading actor Oscar that actually makes sense. find out more...

Three young San Francisco men from ethnically differentiated backgrounds perpetrate low-level crimes that eventually infringe upon each other's neighbourhoods. As their lives intersect on the streets, will they come to realize they are not all that different from one another, or will they fight to keep their neighbourhoods? A powerful low key urban drama from Spike Lee. find out more...

Delrona Beach, Florida is a sleepy coastal town that has pottered along pretty much as it is for as long as anyone can remember, but when the real estate developers eventually and inevitably desend, the townsfolk are thrown into turmoil. Some see the outsiders arrival as the opportunity they've been waiting for while others see it as the destruction of a life they love. The film follows the lives of several members of the community and, like Sayles' excellent Lone Star, we gradually uncover the find out more...