Fever (1991)

Set against the backdrop of the Jim Crow era, the film offers layered representation.

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.

A family drama is woven with quiet yet powerful forces of words and nature.

Anna May Wong was a talented actress and a fashion icon and still had to fight for everything she had due to hatred and racism.

I hope that more people will see Joyland, understand the situation, and eventually change themselves and society so we can have a more accommodating world where everyday tragedies like the one depicted in the film do not occur.