Interracial/Intercultural Marriage, Relationships, and Families
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Interracial/Intercultural Marriage, Relationships, and Families
- Angelitos negros(Mexico, 1970)
- Directed by Joselito Rodríguez. Cast: Manuel Lopez Ochoa, Martha Rangel, Titina Romay, Juanita Moore.
Ana Luisa De La Fuente is a beautiful, rich Mexican senorita. But she is also filled with vanity, and has a cruel heart. She is racist and prejudiced against black people, and that is why she hates her nanny, Nana Merce. But what Ana Luisa doesn't know is that Nana Merce is her real mother. When Ana Luisa meets famous singer Juan Carlos Flores, they fall in love and marry but when Ana Luisa bears a child she is horrified and angry when her baby girl turns out to be black. 112 min. DVD 8978
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- Band of Angels (1957)
- Directed by Raoul Walsh. Cast: Clark Gable, Yvonne DeCarlo, Sidney Poitier, Efram Zimbalist, Jr., Rex Reason, Carolle Drake, Juanita Moore. The story of privileged society of the Old South centering around Amish Bond, a plantation owner with a secret past of slave trading, a freedom-yearning slave Bond has raised as a son, and the fiery belle, well educated and born into a good family who goes on the auction block when her part-African heritage is revealed. 128 min. 999:2231
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- Bastards (1996)
- Directed by Loc Do. Cast: Tuan Tran, Christopher Lance, Christopher Dalton, Tom Lui, Hiep Thi Le.
Escaping Vietnam Tony and Tien, two Amerasian brothers abandoned by their American father, arrive in California to search for a better life. As Tien searches for his father, Tony embittered by the "American dream," takes refuge in a local gang of Amerasian kids and enters an underground world of drugs and crime in Little Saigon. Bonded by a similar past, this misfit gang ignites a new passion in Tony's life. 98 min. vhs 999:2438
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- Bitter Tea of General Yen(1932)
- Directed by Frank Capra. Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Nils Asther, Toshia Mori, Walter Connolly, Lucien Littlefield, Richard Loo, Helen Jerome Eddy. An American missionary, Megan Davis, in attempting to rescue children from the brutality of China's Civil War, gets rescued/kidnapped by General Yen, a power hungry Chinese warlord. Eastern and Western philosophies collide, as do the characters. Megan wants to return to her fiance in Shanghai, but could it be that in spite of General Yen's heartless brutality, she's falling in love with him? A moody, beautifully atomospheric, sensitively performed film of a tragic tale of unrequited love. 78 min. 999:2185
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- Black & White (1991)
- Written and directed by Boris Frumin. Cast: Elena Shevchenko, Gilbert Giles, Patrick Godfrey, Gina Delio, Hayward Boling, Debra Jo Jackson, Stephen Parris. The story of Lisa, a young Soviet emigre studying medicine in Manhattan and Roy, an African American building superintendent on New York's Lower East Side. Edgy and emotionally complex, this nocturnal love story is suffused with the melancholy and anxiety of not belonging, and full of the sad understanding of what it means to be a stranger. 96 min. 999:2253
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- Borderline (UK, 1930)
- Directed by Kenneth MacPherson. Cast: Paul Robeson, Eslanda Robeson, Helga Doorn, Gavin Arthur, Charlotte Arthur, Blanche Lewin. This experimental silent film, made in Switzerland by an independent British film company, is chiefly remembered as Paul Robeson's first film. Boldly blending Eisensteinian montage and domestic melodrama, the film features Robeson and his wife, Eslanda, as lovers caught up in a tangled web of interracial affairs. 63 min. DVD 7281
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- Broken Blossoms (1919)
- Directed by D.W. Griffith. Cast: Lillian Gish, Richard Barthelmess, Donald Crisp. Adapted from the story: The Chink and the child. A peace-loving Chinaman (played by white actor, Richard Richard Barthelmess) in a London slum befriends a young girl brutally mistreated by her own father. 71 min. DVD 42; 999:57
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- Catfish in Black Bean Sauce (2000)
- Directed by Chi Muoi Lo. Cast: Paul Winfield, Mary Alice, Chi Muoi Lo, Kieu Chinh, Lauren Tom, Sanaa Lathan, Tyler Christopher, George Wallace. Mai and her brother Dwayne were Vietnamese orphans in a refugee camp when an African-American couple adopted them 22 years ago. As an adult, Mai tracks down her mother and brings her to America for the first time. Now, after an emotional reunion, Dwayne and Mai face conflicting feelings over their identities and loyalites in this touching and funny look at what it means to be family. 119 min. DVD 1799
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- The Cheat (1915)
- Directed by Cecil B. DeMille. Cast: Fannie Ward, Jack Dean, Sessue Hayakawa. A melodrama in which a society lady borrows from a rich Japanese man in order to pay gambling debts and is trapped into a compromising situation by the handsome villain. 55 min. DVD 3574; DVD 628 (another copy); vhs 999:1074
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- Combination Platter.(1993)
- Directed by Tony Chan. Robert is an illegal Chinese immigrant living in America and working as a waiter in a Chinese restaurant. In desperate need of a Green Card, he sets out to arrange a fake marriage with an American woman. Winner of Best Screenplay, 1993 Sundance Film Festival. 999:1639Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database
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- Directed by Alan Parker. Cast: Dennis Quaid, Tamlyn Tomita, Sab Shimono, Shizuko Hoshi. Set against the background of a controversial period in American history, the internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II, Come See The Paradise is the love story of an Irish-American man and a beautiful Japanese-American woman. 133 min. DVD 5644; vhs 999:1400 Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database
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- The Doe Boy (2001)
- Directed by Randy Redroad. Cast: James Duval, Kevin Anderson, Jeri Arredondo, Jade Hererra, Gordon Tootoosis. This coming-of-age films tells the story of Hunter, a half Cherokee with hemophilia (a "white man's disease"), whose teen angst is compounded by his confusing cultural identity. With an overprotective mother and a distant father, Hunter learns from his grandfather the courage to find the love he desperately seeks. 87 min. DVD 2973
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- Double Happiness. (1995)
- Directed by Mina Shum. Cast: Sandra Oh, Stephen M.D. Chang, Alannah Ong, Donald Fong, Frances You. East clashes with West and generations collide in this comedy about a young Chinese-Canadian woman struggling to appease her old-fashioned father, and at the same time pursue her modern dreams. 87 min. DVD 7470; vhs 999:1399
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- Duel in the Sun (1946)
- Directed by King Vidor. Cast: Jennifer Jones, Joseph Cotten, Gregory Peck, Lionel Barrymore, Herbert Marshall, Lillian Gish, Walter Huston, Charles Bickford. The hot-blooded son of a Texas land baron and his clear-headed, calm brother become rivals when they meet a beautiful half-breed Indian girl (Jennifer Jones!) who comes to live on their ranch. 131 min. DVD 6689; vhs 999:1358
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- Beinzger, Dagmar. Tillmanns, Julika. "Quick to Blossom and Early to Die." Frauen und Film. 54-55:125-36. 1994 Apr
Mulvey, Laura. "Afterthoughts on 'Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema' Inspired by King Vidor's Duel in the Sun (1946)." In: Feminist film theory: a reader / edited by Sue Thornham. pp: 122-30. New York : New York University Press, 1999.
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Wood, Robin. "Duel in the Sun: The Destruction of an Ideological System Continuum." In: The book of westerns / edited by Ian Cameron and Douglas Pye. pp: 189-95. New York : Continuum, 1996. (Main Stack PN1995.9.W4.B66 1996 Moffitt PN1995.9.W4.B66 1996; Bancroft PN1995.9.W4.B66 1996)
- Dumbarton Bridge (1999)
- Directed by Charles Koppelman. Cast: Tom Wright, Esperanza Catubig, Daphne Ashbrook.
John Shed leads a withdrawn and solitary life in a small town south of San Francisco where he works on the salt ponds. He takes little pleasure in life and rarely ventures out with his white live-in girlfriend Belinda. When Minh, Shed's half-Vietnamese daughter arrives, he reacts with callous disregard for her welfare. Belinda invites Minh to live with them. Shed's bitterness and heavy drinking prompt Belinda to move out. Through a series of difficult steps, father and daughter come to terms with their own and each other's ethnicity and find ways to reassert their identity. Shed meets with a black support group and Minh finds her own sense of belonging with the help of a Vietnamese American social worker. 113 min. DVD 4307
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- Far From Heaven (2002)
- Directed by Todd Haynes. Cast: Julianne Moore, Dennis Quaid, Dennis Haysbert, Patricia Clarkson, Viola Davis, James Rebhorn. Cathy is the perfect 50s housewife, living the perfect 50s life: healthy kids, successful husband, social prominence. Then one night she surprises her husband Frank having sex with another man, and her tidy world starts spinning out of control. In her confusion and grief, she finds consolation in the friendship of their African-American gardener, Raymond--a socially taboo relationship that leads to the further disintegration of life as she knew it. 107 min. DVD 1713
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- Flaming Star (1960)
- Director, Don Siegel. Cast: Elvis Presley, Barbara Eden, Steve Forrest, Delores Del Rio, John McIntire. Set in west Texas in the years after the Civil War, this is the story of a half-breed who's mother is an Indian and whose father is white who is torn between two worlds. After an Indian uprising, his problems mount as he is feared by the whites, mistrusted by Indians and hunted by both. 92 min. DVD 1292
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- The Great White Hope (1970)
- Directed by Martin Ritt. Cast: James Earl Jones, Jane Alexander, Lou Gilbert, Joel Fluellen, Chester Morris.
Based on the life of African American boxer Jack Johnson, this fictional account of his rise to fame chronicles the battles that the flamboyant champion fought in and out of the ring. Refusing to live within the boundaries deemed acceptable by society (including a love affair with a white woman), this renowned hero and the woman he loved chose to live their lives the way they wanted-- something which evoked great fury from a narrow-minded world. 102 min. DVD 8059
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- Guess Who (2005)
- Directed by Kevin Rodney Sullivan. Cast: Bernie Mac, Ashton Kutcher, Zoe Salda~na, Judith Scott, Hal Williams, Kellee Stewart, Robert Curtis Brown, RonReaco Lee, Paula Newsome, Phil Reeves. Percy Jones is the understandably proud father of Theresa. She is a beautiful and intelligent young woman living in New York City. When Percy learns that his daughter is seriously dating a young man, he decides to do some research, and learns that her beau is a solid businessman. Percy arranges to meet Theresa's boyfriend and is a bit taken aback when he meets Simon. Percy never guessed that his daughter was involved in an interracial relationship. When it becomes clear that Simon and Theresa's relationship is likely to be altar-bound, Percy finds himself suddenly full of misgivings about the young man. DVD 4177
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- Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)
- Directed by Stanley Kramer. Cast: Spencer Tracy, Sidney Poitier, Katharine Hepburn, Katharine Houghton. Joanna, the caucasian daughter of a publisher, Matthew Drayton, and his patrician wife, Christina, returns home with her new fiance, John, a distinguished black doctor. Christina's mother accepts her daughter's decision to marry John, but Matthew is shocked by this interracial union, and the doctor's parents are equally dismayed. In this film both families are forced to examine their respective levels of racial intolerance. 108 min. DVD 2318; vhs 999:718
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- The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love.(1995)
- Directed by Maria Maggenti. A story of two teenagers who unexpectedly experience the excitement, surprise and romantic fantasy of first love. 94 min. 999:1333
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- Into the West (TV, 2005)
- Directed by Robert Dornhelm, Sergio Mimica-Gezzan, Jeremy Podeswa, Timothy Van Patten, Mikael W. Watkins, Simon Wincer. Cast: Simon R. Baker, Matthew Settle, Josh Brolin, Tonantzin Carmelo, Gary Busey, Michael Spears, Zahn McClarnon, Skeet Ulrich, Will Patton, Gordon Tootoosis, Alan Tudyk, Beau Bridges,Jessica Capshaw. Jacob Wheeler leaves his dull life behind to strike out west, while Loved By the Buffalo faces his destiny to try to fight a prophecy that his people will be wiped out by the settlers. Jacob marries Loved By the Buffalo's sister Thunder Heart Woman, uniting the two families while around them relations between the two races crumble. 522 min. DVD 4859
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- Japanese War Bride (1952)
- Directed by King Vidor. Cast: Shirley Yamaguchi, Don Taylor, Cameron Mitchell, Marie Windsor. A Korean War vet (Taylor) falls in love with a Japanese nurse (Yamaguchi) and brings her back to his California home as his wife. However, the neighboring farmers who still harbor anti-Japanese sentiments from World War II, try to break up their marriage. 91 min. 999:1658
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- Joy Luck Club (1993)
- Directed by Wayne Wang. Cast: Tsai Chin, Kieu Chinh, Lisa Lu, France Nuyen, Rosalind Chao, Lauren Tom, Tamlyn Tomita, Ming-Na Wen, Michael Paul Chan, Andrew McCarthy, Christopher Rich, Russell Wong, Vivian Wu. Now that her mother has died, a Chinese-American daughter has come to take her place in the social club founded forty years ago only to discover secrets her mother never shared with her family. Based on the novel by Amy Tan (New York: Putnam's, c1989. UCB AsianAmer PS3570.A2 J6; UCB Bancroft PS3570.A48 J6 1989; UCB Main PS3570.A48 J69 1989; UCB Moffitt PS3570.A48 J6 1989 *c4 copies)DVD 3151; vhs 999:1042
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- Jungle Fever (1991)
- Directed by Spike Lee. Cast: Wesley Snipes, Annabella Sciorra, Spike Lee, Ossie Davis, Anthony Quinn. An Afro-American architect begins an affair with his working class Italian secretary. Their relationship causes them to be scrutinized by their friends, cast out from their families and shunned by their neighbors in this moving view of inner-city life. 131 min DVD 580; vhs 999:763
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- Little Big Man (1970)
- Directed by Arthur Penn. Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Martin Balsam, Jeff Corey, Chief Dan George, Faye Dunaway, Richard Mulligan. Jack Crabb (Dustin Hoffman) is 121 years old. And he's done it all. He's been a full-fledged Cheyenne, an Indian fighter, a snake oil merchant, master gunman, drinking buddy of wild Bill Hickok, colleague of Buffalo Bill, and is the only survivor of Custer's Last Stand. Crabb is either the Old West's most neglected hero or the biggest liar ever to cross the Mississippi. Little Big Man is Jack Crabb's story. In their article, "The Hollywood Indian in Little Big Man: A Revisionist View," Margo Kasdan and Susan Tavernetti comment: " In Little Big Man, Arthur Penn directed a film that inverts the mythologies of American frontier history usually presented in the western genre, and, in particular, the story of the westward expansion. The film combines established generic conventions--the post-Civil War period, Great Plains setting, conflict between whites and Indians--with a reconsideration of western history, a revisionist treatment of legendary figures of the time, of the western hero, and of Native Americans in a comic and ironic tone. This combination makes the film distinctive (while at the same time sows the seeds for such contemporary westerns as Dances with Wolves). (Film & History, xxiii (1993), 70). 140 min. DVD 1738; vhs 999:420
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- Directed by Henry King. Cast: William Holden, Jennifer Jones, Torin Thatcher, Isobel Elsom, Virginia Gregg, Murray Matheson. A widowed Eurasian doctor and an American war correspondent stationed in Hong Kong begin an intensely passionate affair, but when the journalist is transferred to Korea where war has broken out, tragedy strikes. 102 min. DVD 4840
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- The Lover (Amant) (1992)
- Directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud. Cast: Jane March, Tony Leung, Frederique Meininger, Arnaud Giovaninetti, Melvil Poupaud. A poor French teenager embarks on a love affair with a wealthy Chinese man in 1929 French colonial Vietnam, defying the boundaries of age, race and class. 115 min. DVD 3697; vhs 999:2285
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- Maid in Manhattan (2002)
- Directed by Wayne Wang. Cast: Jennifer Lopez, Ralph Fiennes, Natasha Richardson, Stanley Tucci, Tyler Garcia Posey, Frances Conroy, Chris Eigeman, Amy Sedaris, Bob Hoskins. A struggling single mom takes a job as a chambermaid at a luxury hotel in New York. She meets and falls in love with a sauve and sophisticated heir to an American political dynasty, who mistakes her for a society woman. When her real identity is revealed, the reality about their seperate lives sets in. 105 min. DVD 2885
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- Mestizo (Venezuela / Cuba, 1988)
- Directed by Mario Handler. Cast: Marcos Moreno, Zeze Motta, Aldo Tulian, Nancy Gonzalez, Victor Cuica, Omar Gonzalo, Eduardo Gil, Hilda Vera.
The story of Jose Ramon, the son of a white Venezuelan aristocrat and a humble black fisher-woman, who is trying to define his own identity while dealing with social and sexual conflicts, the Venezuelan culture, the law and the impossible relationship he has with both his parents. 82 min. vhs 999:1990Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database
- Mississippi Masala. (1991)
- Directed by Mira Nair. Cast: Denzel Washington, Sarita Choudhury, Roshan Seth, Sharmila Tagore, Charles S. Dutton, Joe Seneca, Ranjit Chowdhry. In this interracial love story, an African American businessman falls for a beautiful Indian immigrant who's family was expelled from Uganda under the reign of dictator, Idi Amin. As their love grows they must deal with shock and outrage from both families. 118 min. DVD 2107; vhs 999:1201
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- Mistress of Spices. (USA / UK, 2005)
- Directed by Paul Mayeda Berges. Cast: Aishwarya Rai, Dylan McDermott, Nitin Ganatra, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Caroline Chikezie, Anupam Kher.
Tilo is an immigrant from India, and a shopkeeper, who is also the "Mistress of Spices." The spices which she gives to her customers help them to satisfy their needs and desires. But then her life changes when she "breaks all the rules" by falling in love with Doug, an American man. Based on the novel by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni. 95 min. DVD 8106
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- Monster's Ball. (2001)
- Directed by Marc Forster. Cast: Billy Bob Thornton, Heath Ledger, Halle Berry, Sean Combs, Mos Def, Will Rokos, Milo Addica, Coronji Calhoun, Peter Boyle. Hank and Leticia inhabit stark, queasy realities of the contemporary South, he as a death row corrections officer and she as the soon-to-be widow of an inmate whose execution Hank helps conduct. In the aftermath of the execution, both lose their children to tragic deaths and they form an unlikely bond. 112 min. DVD 1218Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database
- My Beautiful Laundrette (1986)
- Directed by Stephen Frears. Cast: Saeed Jaffrey, Roshan Seth, Daniel Day Lewis, Gordon Warnecke. Set in the Pakistani community in south London, the film focuses on two youths--Johnny, a working-class white, and Omar, a Pakistani. Together they operate a laundrette, which Omar inherits from his uncle. While Johnny looks upon the laundrette as a life line on which to salvage his self-respect, Omar sees it as just the beginning step on the road to riches. Based on Hanif's Kureishi novel (UCB Main PR6061.U68 M9 1996; PN1997 .M8871 1986) DVD 1635; vhs 999:431Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database
- Quart, Leonard. "The Politics of Irony: The Frears-Kureishi Films." In: Re-Viewing British Cinema, 1900-1992 / edited by Wheeler Winston Dixon. pp: 241-48. Albany: State University of New York Press, c1994. (UCB Main PN1993.5.G7 R4 1994)
- My Geisha. (1962)
- Directed by Jack Cardiff. Starring Shirley McLaine, Yves Montand, Edward G. Robinson. "Occasionally amusing comdey. McLaine is movie star who tries the hard way to convince husband-director Montand that she's right for his movie." (Maltin, 1993). She does this by impersonating a geisha--complete with horrendous accent and taped-back eyes. DVD 6811; vhs 999:1352
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- "O" (2001)
- Director, Tim Blake Nelson. Cast: Mehki Phifer, Josh Hartnett, Julia Stiles, Elden Henson, Andrew Keegan, Rain Phoenix, John Heard, Martin Sheen. A modern-day version of "Othello". "O" is the schools' best basketball player (and the school's only African American student), adored by all including his coach and a beautiful classmate. "O" has a troubled friend, the coaches' son, who is deeply resentful of his fathers preference for "O" on and off the court. The seeds of mistrust are sown and it sets into motion a disturbing chain of events. 94 min. DVD 1080
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- A Patch of Blue (1965)
- Directed by Guy Green. Cast: Sidney Poitier, Shelley Winters, Elizabeth Hartman, Wallace Ford. Accidentally blinded as a child, 18-year-old Selina D'Arcey falls in love with a gentle and charming man, Gordon Ralfe, whom she meets in a rare visit to a park. Her racist mother declares that because Gordon is black, their relationship cannot continue, forcing Selina to choose between her family and her heart. Based on "Be ready with bells and drums" by Elizabeth Kata. 105 min. DVD 4535 Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database
- Kelley, Samuel L. The evolution of character portrayals in the films of Sidney Poitier, 1950-1978
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The cinema of Sidney Poitier : the black man's changing role on the American screen. San Diego, [Calif. : A. S. Barnes, c1980
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Marill, Alvin H. The films of Sidney PoitierSecaucus, N.J. : Citadel Press, c1978. (MAIN: PN2287 .P57M3)
- Pinky (1949)
- Directed by Elia Kazan. Cast: Jeanne Crain, Ethel Barrymore, Ethel Waters, William Lundigan. Pinky, a black woman who works as a nurse in Boston, finds that she is able to pass for white. Afraid her true heritage will be discovered, she leaves her white fiancee and returns home to Mississippi where she helps her grandmother care for her employer, an imperious plantation owner. When she names Pinky heiress to her estate, the community rises in resentment triggering a-sensational court trial. Subject of a landmark Supreme Court case in film censorship, this moving story became itself a battle for human rights. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1949. Based on the novel Quality by Cid Ricketts Sumner. 102 min. DVD 5064; vhs 999:1043 Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database
- Proteus (2003)
- Director, John Greyson. Cast: Rouxnet Brown, Shaun Smyth, Neil Sandilands, Kristen Thomson. A fact-based interracial gay love story of two men incarcerated in the infamous South African Robin Island prison in the 18th century. Claas Blank, a Koi herder was unjustly imprisoned for stealing cattle. Rijkhaart Jacobsz, a withdrawn Dutch sailor, was imprisoned for the crime of homosexuality. The two were placed on trial for sodomy and the film is based partly on court transcipts from the time. 97 min. DVD 3275
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- Romeo Must Die
- Directed by Andrzej Bartkowiak, 2000. Cast: Jet Li, Aaliyah, Isaiah Washington, Russell Wong, DMX, Delroy Lindo. In this modern day Romeo and Juliet, gravity-warping martial arts, cool visual effects and an all-star music track combine in a revved-up action movie. Rough-and-ready Han (Jet Li) shares an attraction with Trish O' Day (Aaliyah) even though their families are rivals in a fierce Oakland turf battle. The two also share plenty of danger as they try to find the real cause of the blood feud. 115 min. DVD 6141 Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database
- Save the Last Dance (2001)
- Directed by Joshua Logan. Cast: Julia Stiles, Sean Patrick Thomas, Terry Kinney, Fredro Starr, Kerry Washington. When her mother suddenly dies, Sara must abandon her plans to become a ballerina and join her estranged father on Chicago's gritty South side. A white girl in a black neighborhood, Sara feels out of place until she is befriended by a black classmate and her handsome brother, Derek. Sara and Derek's shared love for dance leads to romance-- and opposition from their families and friends. 112 min. DVD 965
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- Sayonara. (1957)
- Directed by Joshua Logan. Cast: Marlon Brando, Ricardo Montalban, Miiko Taka. Romantic James Michner tale of Korean War pilot Brando falling in love with Japanese entertainer Taka.
Based on James Michener's novel of the same name. DVD 8433; vhs 999:1351
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- Shadows (1959)
- Directed by John Cassavetes. John Cassavetes' first film, tells a gripping story of racism set against a New York background in the 1950's. Lelia, a light-skinned black woman living in New York with her two brothers, has an affair with a white man. The relationship soon sours when he meets one of her brothers and discovers she is really black. 87 min. DVD
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- Show Boat (1951)
- Directed by George Sidney. Cast:Kathryn Grayson, Ava Gardner, Howard Keel. A romantic musical of Magnolia Hawks who grew up on the riverboat, Cotton Blossom. When a snitch on board calls the police the leading lady, Julie (who's half African-American) and her white husband are forced to leave the show. Magnolia becomes the leading show boat attraction and a gambler, Gaylor Ravenal, the leading man. They fall in love and marry but soon Magnolia must face reality as she is left alone penniless and pregnant. Based on the Jerome Kern-Oscar Hammerstein II musical play from Edna Ferber's novel. 115 min. DVD 470; vhs 999:543
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- Show Boat (1936)
- Directed by James Whale. Cast: Irene Dunne, Allan Jones, Charles Winninger, Paul Robeson, Helen Morgan, Helen Westley. A musical which celebrates the loves and heartbreaks of a Mississippi riverboat troupe, starting with a young girl whose heart is stolen by a dashing gambler. Presents timeless songs and an equally timeless outcry against racial bigotry. Includes the memorable performance of Paul Robeson singing "Ol' man river." 110 min. 999:3206 Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database
- Thousand Pieces of Gold (1990)
- Directed by Nancy Kelly. Cast: Rosalind Chao, Dennis Dun, Michael Paul Chan, Chris Cooper. The true story of a young Chinese woman torn from her homeland and forced to survive in frontier America. An innocent woman in an Idaho mining town's thriving bordello, Lalu rebels and pays a terrible price for her fight against racism and sexism. Wagered as a piece of property, Lalu is handed over to her new owner, Charlie, who opens the door to a whole new life for Lalu--and for himself. Based on the biographical novel by Ruthanne Lum McCunn (UCB Bancroft PS3563.C353 T5; UCB Main PS3563.C353 T51 1981b; UCB Moffitt PS3563.C353 T5). 105 min. 999:886
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- Cheung K.. "Self-Fulfilling Visions In The 'Woman Warrior' And 'Thousand Pieces Of Gold'" (Kingston,Maxine,Hong And Mccunn,Ruthanne,Lum) Biography-An Interdisciplinary Quarterly, 1990 Spring, V13 N2:143-153.
Terry, Patricia. "A Chinese Women in the West: 'Thousand Pieces of Gold' and the Revision of the Heroic Frontier." Literature-Film Quarterly v22, n4 (Oct, 1994):222 (5 pages).
- Shadows (1959)
- Directed by John Cassavetes. John Cassavetes' first film, tells a gripping story of racism set against a New York background in the 1950's. Lelia, a light-skinned black woman living in New York with her two brothers, has an affair with a white man. The relationship soon sours when he meets one of her brothers and discovers she is really black. 87 min. 999:1396 Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database
- Carney, Raymond. American Dreaming: The Films of John Cassavetes and the American Experience / Raymond Carney. Berkeley : University of California Press, c1985. (UCB Main PN1998.A3 C3333 1985; UCB Moffitt PN1998.A3 C3333 1985)
Carney, Raymond. The Films of John Cassavetes: Pragmatism, Modernism, and the Movies / Ray Carney. Cambridge [England]; New York, NY, USA: Cambridge University Press, 1994. Series title: Cambridge film classics. (UCB Main PN1998.3.C384 C37 1994; UCB Moffitt PN1998.3.C384 C37 1994) Selected Program Notes for the Beat Screening List (Excerpts) by Ray Carney.
- A Taste of Honey (1961)
- Directed by Tony Richardson. Cast: Rita Tushingham, Dora Bryan, Robert Stephens, Murray Melvin, Paul Danquah. Black and white, gay and straight, mothers and daughters, class, and coming of age. Jo is working class, in her teens, living with her drunk and libidinous mother in northern England. When mom marries impulsively, Jo is out on the streets; she and Geoffrey, a gay co-worker who's adrift himself, find a room together. Then Jo finds herself pregnant after a one-night stand with Jimmy, a Black sailor. Geoffrey takes over the preparations for the baby's birth, and becomes, in effect, the child's father. The three of them seem to have things sorted out when Jo's mother reappears on the scene, assertive and domineering. Which "family" will emerge? 96 min. 999:3610
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- West is West (1987)
- Directed by David Rathod. Handsome and broke, Vikram arrives from Bombay to find his college plans have fallen through. Exploring exotic San Francisco, he discovers and falls for Sue, a feisty bohemian artist who works at a local movie theater. With his visa running out, Vikram resorts to desperate measures--including a hilariously bungled burglary and an impromptu curbside wedding. It all ends happily with a fairy tale dance number right out of an Indian musical [description from distributor's catalog]. 50 min. 999:1921
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- West Side Story (1961)
- Directed by Robert Wise & Jerome Robbins. Cast: Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer, Russ Tamblyn, Rita Moreno, George Chikiris. Musical based on the Romeo and Juliet story, set in New York's West Side slums during the late 1950's, with gang warfare erupting when Maria, sister of the leader of the Puerto Rican gang, the Sharks, falls in love with the brother of the leader of the rival Anglo gang, the Jets. Special features (Disc 1): Feature film; original film intermission music (option to play with or without intermission) -- (Disc 2): "West side memories" retrospective documentary containing Natalie Wood's original vocal recordings and new interviews with cast and crew including Robert Wise and Stephen Sondheim; original film intermission music; storyboard-to-film comparison; original release trailers and behind-the-scenes photos -- Collectible scrapbook includes Ernest Lehman introduction; film script; original looby brochure reproduction; behind-the-scenes memos. 153 min. DVD 1747; DVD 551; VHS 999:115
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- World of Suzie Wong (1960)
- Directed by Richard Quine. Cast: William Holden, Nancy Kwan, Sylvia Syms, Michael Wilding. A beautiful Chinese prostitute captures the heart of a struggling American artist in Hong Kong. Based on Richard Lakin Mason's novel by the same name (UCB Main PR6025.A793 W6 1957) DVD 2721; vhs 999:538
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- Zebrahead (1992)
- A young Jewish white man begins dating the cousin of his best friend, both of whom are black, igniting long simmering racial tensions at their high school. 102 min. 999:1164
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- Interracial Buddy Movies
- Donalson, Melvin Burke. Masculinity in the interracial buddy film Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, c2006.(MAIN: PN1995.9.M46 D66 2006; Table of contents http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip062/2005031068.html)
Guerrero, Ed. "The Black Image in Protective Custody: Hollywood's Biracial Buddy Films of the Eighties." In: Black American cinema / edited by Manthia Diawara. New York : Routledge,
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- Around the World in 80 Days (2004)
- Directed by Frank Coraci. Cast: Jackie Chan, Steve Coogan, Cecile de France, Jim Broadbent, Ewen Bremner, Ian McNeice, Arnold Schwarzenegger. In a lively discussion with Lord Kelvin, inventor Phileas Fogg states his belief that it's possible for someone to travel around the globe in a mere 80 days. Kelvin challenges him to prove it, and adds a wager: if Fogg can't circumnavigate the globe in 80 days, he'll have to give up inventing forever. Fogg and his crew of two take the challenge. They travel by train, boat, balloon, horseback, or any other means at their disposal. 120 min. DVD 3164
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- Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
- Directed by Martin Brest. Cast: Eddie Murphy, Lisa Eilbacher, Steven Berkoff, Judge Reinhold, Ronny Cox. Axel Foley is a brash, street smart Detroit detective who follows the trail of a friend's murderer to the posh surroundings of Beverly Hills. And before Axel gets his man, he gets up to his neck in an international network of smugglers and drug peddlers. 105 min. 999:3181
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- Brian's Song (TV, 1971)
- Directed by Buzz Kulik. Cast: James Caan, Billy Dee Williams, Jack Warden, Shelley Fabares, Judy Pace. A dramatization of the true life experiences and deep friendship between Gale Sayers, black halfback for the Chicago Bears, and his white teammate, Brian Piccolo, who died of cancer in 1970. 74 min. DVD 7583
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- Collateral (2004)
- Directed by Michael Mann. Cast: Tom Cruise, Jamie Foxx, Jada Pinkett Smith, Mark Ruffalo, Peter Berg, Bruce McGill, Irma P. Hall, Barry Shabaka Henley. Vincent is a cool, calculating contract killer at the top of his game. Max is a cabbie with big dreams looking for his next fare. This fateful night, Max becomes Vincent's collateral, and will transport him on his next mission - one night, five stops, five hits and then a perfect getaway. Together, Vincent and Max find themselves in a non-stop race against time. With the LAPD and the FBI after them, they each become dependent on the other to survive. 119 min. DVD 3780
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- The Defiant Ones (1958)
- Directed by Stanley Kramer. Cast: Tony Curtis and Sidney Poitier star in Stanley Kramer's groundbreaking film that tears into the problem of racial hatred. The plot centers on these two convicts fleeing a chain gang in the deep South. 1 hour 37 min. DVD 4533; vhs 999:972
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- Kelley, Samuel L. The evolution of character portrayals in the films of Sidney Poitier, 1950-1978 (NEWS: MICROFICHE.6030.Unit 98)
Keyser, Lester J. The cinema of Sidney Poitier : the black man's changing role on the American screen. San Diego, [Calif. : A. S. Barnes, c1980
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- 48 Hours (1982)
- Directed by Walter Hill. Cast: Nick Nolte, Eddie Murphy, Annette O'Toole, Frank McRae, James Remar, David Patrick Kelly, Sonny Landham. Nolte is a rough-edged cop after two vicious copkillers. He can't do it without the help of smooth and dapper Murphy, who is serving time for a half-million dollar robbery. This unlikely partnership trades laughs as often as punches as both pursue their separate goals: Nolte wants the villians; Murphy wants money. 97 min. 999:3563
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- Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (2004)
- Directed by Danny Leiner. Cast: John Cho, Kal Penn, Neil Patrick Harris, Anthony Anderson, Fred Willard. Two twenty-somthing stoner roommates, one a Korean-American investment banker, Harold and the other, an Indian-American medical school candidate, Kumar, go through a life changing journey. They are on a quest to satisfy their cravings for burgers and spend the night roaming the state of New Jersey in search of White Castle hamburgers running into one screwy obstacle after another. 88 min. DVD 3373
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- I Spy (TV, 1965-1968)
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- Independence Day (1996)
- Director, Roland Emmerich. Cast: Will Smith, Bill Pullman, Jeff Goldblum, Mary McDonnell, Judd Hirsch, Margaret Colin, Randy Quaid, Robert Loggia, James Rebhorn, Harvey Fierstein. Massive spaceships appear in Earth's skies and wonder turns to terror as the ships blast destructive beams of fire down on cities all over the planet. The world's only hope lies with a determined band of survivors. 153 min. DVD 1012
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- Lethal Weapon (1987)
- Directed by Richard Donner. Cast: Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Gary Busey, Mitchell Ryan, Tom Atkins, Darlene Love, Traci Wolfe.
The story of two Vietnam-vets-turned-cops who have just one thing in common: both hate to work with partners. But their partnership becomes the key to survival when a murder investigation leads to war with a heroin ring.
117 min. DVD 4564
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- Lilies of the field (1963)
- Directed by Ralph Nelson. Cast: Sidney Poitier, Lilia Skala, Stanley Adams. A free-spirited ex-G.I. stumbles upon five German refugee nuns in Arizona and stops to fix their farmhouse roof. Homer discovers that not only will the Mother Superior not pay him for the job, but she also expects him to build their chapel -- for free! 95 min. DVD 4564
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- MIB, Men in Black (1997)
- Directed by Barry Sonnenfeld. Cast: Tommy Lee Jones, Will Smith, Linda Fiorentino, Vincent D'Onofrio, Rip Torn. New York City is being threatened by a villainous bug who has inhabited the body of a farmer. The mission assigned to the agents is to locate and exterminate the bug before it destroys the planet. At their disposal is an arsenal of weapons and the assistance of an alien arms dealer. 98 min. DVD 7361; vhs 999:3055
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- Rush Hour (1998)
- Directed by Brett Ratner. Cast: Jackie Chan, Chris Tucker, Tom Wilkinson, Chris Penn, Elizabeth Pena. Jackie Chan is Inspector Lee, a Hong Kong Detective who helps confiscate millions of dollars worth of stolen Chinese artifacts from crime Lord Juntao. Seeking revenge, Juntao kidnaps the eleven-year-old daughter of the Chinese consul when he moves to America. Chan is sent as a diplomatic advisor and finds himself paired up with a New York cop -- a man who works alone, and wants to stay that way. 97 min. 999:3043
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- Shanghai Knights (2003)
- Director, David Dobkin. Cast: Jackie Chan, Owen Wilson, Donnie Yen, Aidan Gillen, Fann Wong, Tom Fisher, Kim Chan, Gemma Jones. Chon Wang and Roy O'Bannon travel to England to find out who killed Chon's father. The killer steals the Chinese Imperial Seal that Chon's father was protecting. While they are in England, they stumble upon a conspiracy to murder the entire British royal family. Only with the help of Chon's beautiful, but deadly sister, can the trio stop the assassination and return the Imperial Seal to its rightful owners. 114 min. DVD 1757
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- Shanghai Noon (2000)
- Directed by Tom Dey.Cast: Jackie Chan, Owen Wilson, Lucy Liu, Roger Yuan. Two cultures collide when East meets West in this stunt-filled, action-adventure comedy. Chinese Imperial Guard Chan goes West to rescue the beautiful kidnapped Princess Pei Pei. There he meets up with laid-back outlaw cowboy dude Roy O'Bannon: the best mismatch ever made in the rough and tumble Old West. 110 min. DVD 726 Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database
- Stir Crazy (1980)
- Director, Sidney Poitier. Cast: Richard Pryor, Gene Wilder, George Stanford Brown, JoBeth Williams. Two zany drifters are mistakenly sent to prison for a robbery they didn't commit. In prison they find they must rely on their wits in order to survive a sadistic warden, a hulking mass-murderer and worst of all, the inter-prison rodeo. 107 min. DVD 1308
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