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ABA Division for Public Education: Resources on Diversity and the Law: Films A-E




 

Diversity and the Law
Film Titles A-E

The Accused -- A disturbing look at victim's rights in this dramatization of an actual rape trial where the victim's lifestyle becomes part of the defense. With Jodie Foster and Kelly McGillis. (105 minutes) R

American Me -- Thirty years in the life of an East Los Angeles Latino family. With Edward James Olmos. (126 minutes) R

And the Band Played On -- Adaptation of journalist Randy Shilts's book on the initial stages of the AIDS epidemic and America's adjustment to it. With Matthew Modine, Alan Alda and many other stars. (140 minutes) PG

Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars and Motor Kings --  A look at African-American baseball players of the famous Negro Leagues, traveling throughout America in the 1930s. With James Earl Jones, Richard Pryor and Billy Dee Williams. (110 minutes) PG

A Bronx Tale --  An Italian-American boy grows up in a violent culture with disturbingly realistic scenes of racial clashes in the 1950s. With Robert DeNiro and Joe Pesci. (122 minutes) R

The Burning Bed -- Woman reaches the breaking point with her violently abusive husband and kills him, but will she be convicted of murder? With Farrah Fawcett. (105 minutes)

Dances with Wolves -- After the Civil War, a Union Lieutenant is posted in the West among the Sioux, where he learns their language and culture and comes to question the rightness of his mission. With Kevin Costner. (181 minutes) PG-13

Do the Right Thing -- A thought-provoking drama about the tensions among African-Americans, Italians and Koreans who live and work in a Brooklyn neighborhood. With Ossie Davis and Danny Aiello. (120 minutes) R

Extremities -- A woman is violently attacked and then finds herself choosing between taking bloody revenge or giving human compassion. With Farrah Fawcett. (100 minutes) R


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