Theme: Civil Rights

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A paraplegic marine is sent to the moon Pandora on a unique mission becomes torn between following his orders and protecting the world and culture he’s grown to become a part of.

Eyes On the Prize

Eyes on the Prize tells the definitive story of the civil rights era from the point of view of the ordinary men and women whose extraordinary actions launched a movement that changed the fabric of American life, and embodied a struggle whose reverberations continue to be felt today. Winner of numerous awards, Eyes on the Prize is the most critically acclaimed documentary on civil rights in America.

Philadelphia

When a man with AIDS is fired by his law firm because of his illness, he hires a homophobic small time lawyer to defend his wrongful dismissal suit.

Selma

A chronicle of Martin Luther King Jr.’s campaign to secure equal voting rights via an epic march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama in 1965.

Sisters of Selma

In 2003, director Jayasri Hart reunited the nuns who visited Selma in 1965 to view themselves and the protests on tape for the first time. Selmians, both Catholic and Protestant, offer their views on the nuns’ contributions to history.