Cousin Bobby -- Jonathan Demme's film about the Reverend Robert Castle, a Harlem
minister who focuses on fighting institutional racism. (70 minutes)
Incident at Oglala -- Michael Apted examines the legality of the case against
Native American activist Leonard Peltier, who was convicted of murder. (93 minutes) PG
Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman -- Excellent drama traces black history from
the Civil War through the modern civil rights movement as witnessed by ex-slave Jane
Pittman. With Cicely Tyson. (110 minutes) Family
Crisis at Central High -- The story of the integration of the schools of Little
Rock, Ark., in the 1950s. With Joanne Woodward and Henderson Forsythe. (125 minutes)
Gideon's Trumpet -- Fact-based film about Clarence Earl Gideon, a prison inmate
in the 1960s, who fought for the poor's right to adequate legal representation. With Henry
Fonda. (104 minutes) Family
The Murder of Mary Phagan -- A true story about the impact of
anti-Semitism on due process when a Jewish man is accused of murdering a young girl in
1913 Georgia. With Jack Lemmon. (250 minutes)
A Raisin in the Sun (1988) -- Excellent made-for-TV update. With Danny
Glover and Esther Rolle. (171 minutes)
