
In Santiago de Cuba in the early 1950s, history begins. A young woman of high society becomes pregnant with a false love, her father orders his black maid (Dolores) to kill the baby (Alberto), but she flees to Havana where Alberto becomes a renowned doctor.
When it comes down to it, The English explores what happens when power is unchecked and how those who seem powerless, have more strength than most through their convictions for justice.
Stand and Deliver is an inspirational classic from 1988 starring Edward James Olmos as Jaime Escalante, and his class of rag tag students in East Los Angeles. It’s the story of how a new teacher shows a motley group of students in the inner city with backgrounds as gang members, dishwashers, and mechanics — the power of self-determination. He teaches the teenagers to believe in themselves through algebra and calculus.
World-famous drag queen Trixie Mattel shares a year of her life with the world in this vulnerable and uplifting documentary.
Hanna Bergholm's 'Hatching' shows us that the modern version of the cardboard world trope is social media.