Movies tagged with the "human-rights" keyword

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Amazing Grace (2006, UK, USA) from $1.99
Behind the song you love is a story you will never forget. (2 more taglines...)

Genres:	Biography \| Drama \|

Actors:	Ioan Gruffudd, Romola Garai, Benedict Cumberbatch, Albert Finney, Michael Gambon, Rufus Sewell, Youssou N'Dour, Ciarán Hinds, Toby Jones, Nicholas Farrell, Sylvestra Le Touzel, Jeremy Swift, Stephen Campbell Moore, Bill Paterson, Nicholas Day,

Directors:	Michael Apted,

Plot Summary:
The idealist William Wilberforce maneuvers his way through Parliament in 19th century England, endeavoring to end the British transatlantic slave trade.

Amistad (1997, USA) from $1.99
Freedom is not given. It is our right at birth. But there are some moments when it must be taken.

Genres:	Drama \| History \| Mystery \|

Actors:	Morgan Freeman, Nigel Hawthorne, Anthony Hopkins, Djimon Hounsou, Matthew McConaughey, David Paymer, Pete Postlethwaite, Stellan Skarsgård, Razaaq Adoti, Abu Bakaar Fofanah, Anna Paquin, Tomas Milian, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Derrick N. Ashong, Geno Silva,

Directors:	Steven Spielberg,

Plot Summary:
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.

Laramie Project, The (2002, USA) from $1.99
When a small town comes face to face with murder, everybody has a tale to tell. (1 more taglines...)

Genres:	Crime \| Drama \|

Actors:	Christina Ricci, Steve Buscemi, Laura Linney, Summer Phoenix,

Directors:	Moisés Kaufman,

Plot Summary:
'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.

Waking the Dead (2000, USA) from $1.99
Sometimes love has a life of its own.

Genres:	Drama \| Thriller \|

Actors:	Billy Crudup, Jennifer Connelly, Molly Parker, Janet McTeer, Paul Hipp, Sandra Oh, Hal Holbrook, Nelson Landrieu, Ivonne Coll, Lawrence Dane, Ed Harris, Larry Marshall, Stanley Anderson, Patricia Gage, John Carroll Lynch,

Directors:	Keith Gordon,

Plot Summary:
Fielding Pierce lives the life of an aspiring politician - in 1972 he's serving in the Coast Guard (trying to avoid Vietnam in the most honorable way), and by 1973 he has entered law school. Along the way he falls in love with Sarah, a fiercely idealistic woman who devotes her life to helping others - unfortunately she's killed in an explosion while assisting members of the Chilean resistance. Nine years later, in the middle of a congressional election, Fielding is suddenly flooded with thoughts and visions of his lost love.