Set in an imaginary South where the Underground Railroad sends real trains through tunnels, this is the story of Cora who boards it in Georgia in her quest for freedom.
Chasing Freedom (2004)
A self-centered lawyer is changed into a compassionate human being when she is made to defend an Afghan woman who will be killed if she is deported back to her own country.
The Two Popes (2019)
This gorgeous film recreates what Pope Benedict XVI and then Cardinal Bergoglio might have said to each other during their meetings before the latter resigned.
The Report (2019)
The true story of how Daniel Jones investgated for Sen. Dianne Feinstein the CIA’s torture of Al Qaeda prisoners and tried to cover it up.
The Report (2019)
The true story of Senate Investigator Daniel Jones’ uncovering of the CIA’s torturing of suspected terrorists caught after 9/11 & the attempt to cover it up.
Red Dust (2004)
A woman lawyer returns from exile to South Africa to represent a black member of Parliament at a TRC hearing where a torturer is seeking amnesty, thus dredging up painful memories.
Detroit (2017)
During the 1967 Detroit Riot racist cops torture black teenagers & 2 white girls at a motel to get them to turn over a gun which they think was fired at them–during the night the cops murder 3 of the blacks.
Imagining Argentina (2003)
An Argentinian with clairvoyant powers seeks the whereabouts of his journalist wife & teen-aged daughter, “disappeared” by government agents in the mid-70s.
Unbroken (2014)
Angelina Jolie’s film, based on “a true story,” is truly inspiring. Click the title of the film to read my entire review.
The Railway Man (2013)
During WW 2 the Japanese torture Eric Lomax for building a radio during construction of a railway. Troubled, he meets his torturer years later & reconciles.