Comments on: Top 10 American Films about Race & Prejudice

By: Dan Grant

Dan Grant — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 18:06:14 +0000

Another fantastic article. Mississippi Burning is one of my favourites and even though Dustin Hoffman had the sexier role, Gene Hackman still had a better performance as Mr. Anderson, the tough as nails investigator. Also, Alan Parker should have been recognized more than Barry Levinson that year. Thanks very much for including it in your research…..very nicely done.

By: Neal Damiano

Neal Damiano — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 13:12:13 +0000

Excellent list the only one thing different is I would of included “Betrayed” (1988) in there somewhere….Debra Winger and Tom Berenger’s performances were phenominal and it was such a good intense film.

By: liongirl

liongirl — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 04:53:12 +0000

Another good one that shows a double prejudice is “The Human Stain”

By: kemi

kemi — Wed, 30 May 2012 16:29:06 +0000

Nice one but you forgot to add hilary swank’s movie- Freedom writers

By: mark

mark — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 00:06:48 +0000

I think we can accuse some of Spike Lee’s films of being racist – particularly when it comes to the Italians. Do the Right Thing, I thought, had an overpowering hatred of the wops, while Summer of Sam definitely was nothing more than an ill-disguised anti-Italian diatribe. Me, I didn’t understand it all until that I rewatched that scene between Hopper and Walken in True Romance, which beautifully highlighted the racial tensions between Italian and African Americans.

But then we get to Malcom X, Lee’s three hour-plus bio pic of the great man. I was so interested in it following the pre-release publicity that I went to the first screening in my hometown (10amish on a Friday morning at the local multiplex, circa April 1993) not really knowing what to expect.

Here’s what I got:

(1) It’s a film about racial epiphany, with X realising, after a trip to Mecca (of all places), that not all whities are full of hate (or that there is an inherent reason to hate us, despite history); that religious belief is kinda universal;

(2) I saw a film that only received (I think) two Oscar (TM) nominations when it should have received many – that being for cinematography; costume design; set design (remember the scene with the numerous Arri BLs shooting a press conference in NYC – that was pretty cool); best film; best director; best actor (Denzel was in fact nominated), best editing; best script and, possibly, best supporting actor (Lee).

(3) A renewed appreciation for Lee. Admittedly I haven’t watched a lot of his stuff post X, but I did see Clockers. First saw it in the cinema in 1996 and thought it was one of the most subversively violent films I had seen (thanks mainly to opening credit sequence). Watched it again on video circa 2000 and almost cried when Keitel was telling the kiddie how to explain the shooting of the drug dealer to the cops. Magnificent cinema.

Personally I don’t care what Fox News sez – thank God we have the man.

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By: Des

Des — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 04:09:31 +0000

surely ‘ GLORY ‘ has to be worth a mention, or ‘THE HURRICANE ‘ both are all about racial tension and simply brilliant in particular ‘GLORY ‘ which gave Denzel his first oscar

By: Aine

Aine — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 21:29:30 +0000

that was what I loved about Fudge 44, the way it showed how subtle racism can be, by taking the piss out of everyday portrayal of asians

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jac2-XMGd1w

By: Dan Stephens

Dan Stephens — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 22:11:51 +0000

Thanks for those David.

By: David

David — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 19:43:47 +0000

Several more recommendations, arranged by appropriate age audience, are listed at http://www.teachersagainstprejudice.org/recommendedfilms.html