Phillip Penzeda, born into poverty in Brooklyn, NY. He struggles with racial prejudice, true love and loss, and finding out what it takes to survive life from the streets of New York to the military at a very young age.
Casts Phillip Penza, Lorenzo Lamas, Audrey Beth, Big Daddy Kane, Toni L. Mitchell, Paul Bartels, Jeff Beaupre, Carl Cabrese, Roberto Cordero Jr., Garry Cox
MOVIE COMMENTS
SIMILAR MOVIES
The Orange Child
Flight of the Swan
The Celebration
Hate from a Distance
Conrack
Das gläserne Haus
À la poussière
No Way Out
Green Book
Pressure Point
The Long Goodbye
Edge of the City
Naturally Native
Go Back To Your Country
Basement
We Are Young. We Are Strong.
Amarela
Diary of a Chambermaid
Do You Know My Neighbor?
Coup de Torchon
SIMILAR MOVIES
The Orange Child
IMDB 10 | Mar , 2021
In deep introspection, a Black actor sought for some answer when he found his childhood computer, he explores a video game he started creating when he was 11, when he didn't see himself as being black, but as orange.Flight of the Swan
IMDB 0 | Oct , 1992
A young girl leaves her Nigerian village to attend a ballet school in England. Fascinated by Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake, she dreams of performing as lead ballerina Princess Odette, but the girls in her close-minded ballet school mock her ideas of a 'black swan'.The Celebration
IMDB 7.7 | Jun , 1998
The family of a wealthy businessman gather to celebrate his 60th birthday. During the course of the party, his eldest son presents a speech that reveals a devastating secret that turns the night into a battle of truth and denial.Hate from a Distance
IMDB 0 | Jun , 2014
Reflects the injustices of a painful chapter of American History, while honoring the 50th anniversary (July 2, 1964) of the Civil Rights Act abolishing segregation.Conrack
IMDB 6.8 | Mar , 1974
A young, white school teacher is assigned to Yamacraw Island, an isolated fishing community off the coast of South Carolina, populated mostly by poor black families. He finds that the basically illiterate, neglected children there know so little of the world outside their island.Das gläserne Haus
IMDB 2 | Mar , 1994
A dream becomes a nightmare: Shortly after the Iranian doctor Murath Tehrani and his German wife Claudia moved into a chic villa on the outskirts of Leipzig, threatening couple flutter into the house and Claudia is harassed by anonymous callers with xenophobic slogans. First, the woman tries to hide the threat from her husband. But not even the police can help her. Suddenly, every stranger approaching the house appears as a threat. Psychological pressure is also increasing the pressure on the harmonious marriage of the young couple. But Murath and Claudia are unwilling to be driven out of their homes by aggressive racists.À la poussière
IMDB 0 | Jan , 2020
Fazia is a middle-aged cleaning woman. She appears tired and burdened by personal troubles. For the past few months, she has been starting her days working for the Martin-Pelissard family, a petty bourgeois household reluctant to officially declare her employment. One morning, an unexpected incident heightens the social pressure she endures daily, setting off a race against time to try and keep her job.No Way Out
IMDB 6.9 | Aug , 1950
Two hoodlum brothers are brought into hospital for gunshot wounds, and when one dies, the other accuses their Black doctor of murder.Green Book
IMDB 8.2 | Nov , 2018
Tony Lip, a bouncer in 1962, is hired to drive pianist Don Shirley on a tour through the Deep South in the days when African Americans, forced to find alternate accommodations and services due to segregation laws below the Mason-Dixon Line, relied on a guide called The Negro Motorist Green Book.Pressure Point
IMDB 6.5 | Oct , 1962
An African-American prison psychiatrist finds the boundaries of his professionalism sorely tested when he must counsel a disturbed inmate with bigoted Nazi tendencies.The Long Goodbye
IMDB 6.7 | Mar , 2020
A short about racism and Islamophobia in the UK.Edge of the City
IMDB 7.1 | Jan , 1957
A male army deserter and a black male dock worker join forces against a corrupt manager, in a corrupt environment, and as their connection blossoms they must face the oppressive and morally decaying city they live in.Naturally Native
IMDB 6 | Oct , 1999
Naturally Native follows the lives, loves, pain, joy and relationships of three sisters as they attempt to start their own business. Of American Indian ancestry, but adopted by white foster parents as young children, each sister has her own identity issues and each has chosen a very different career path. Now dedicated to starting a Native cosmetic business, they attempt to overcome obstacles both in the business world and in the home. A touching love story of family and culture, Naturally Native also interweaves a subtle, but strong wake-up call regarding the treatment of Native people in corporate America. Naturally Native also provides some insight into tribal infrastructure and gaming issues.Go Back To Your Country
IMDB 0 | Apr , 2025
A tense drama set during the 2024 anti-immigration riots. Written, directed and starring Islah Abdur-Rahman (Man Like Mobeen, Alma's Not Normal), it explores identity, generational trauma, and the fight for belonging in a divided Britain.Basement
IMDB 10 | May , 2025
Tensions rise when Kyle brings his friend Rashad to his cousin's UFC fight watch party.We Are Young. We Are Strong.
IMDB 6.8 | Oct , 2014
On 24th August 1992 in the eastern German city of Rostock, a rampaging mob, to the applause and cheering of more than 3,000 bystanders, besieged and set fire to a residential building containing, among others, more than 120 Vietnamese men, women, and children on what has since become known as "The Night of the Fire." The riots became a symbol of xenophobia in the just-reunited Germany. This film recounts the incident from the perspectives of three very different characters.Amarela
IMDB 6 | May , 2024
On the day of the World Cup final between Brazil and France, Erika Oguihara, a Japanese-Brazilian teenager who rejects her family's traditions, experiences a violence that seems invisible and plunges into a painful sea of emotions.Diary of a Chambermaid
IMDB 7.1 | Mar , 1964
Celestine has a new job as a chambermaid for the quirky M. Monteil, his wife and her father. When the father dies, Celestine decides to quit her job and leave, but when a young girl is raped and murdered, Celestine believes that the Monteils' groundskeeper, Joseph, is guilty, and stays on in order to prove it. She uses her sexuality and the promise of marriage to get Joseph to confess -- but things do not go as planned.Do You Know My Neighbor?
IMDB 0 | Jan , 2019
Jessica Yeboah, 27, has finished her studies for the day and is getting ready for afterwork. After talking with her classmate, she is reminded of her origins. She gets upset but chooses not to say anything. Inside the restaurant, she meets her classmates. In the middle of the conversation, Jessica once again hears a prejudiced question directed at her that separates her from them.Coup de Torchon
IMDB 7 | Nov , 1981
A pathetic police chief, humiliated by everyone around him, suddenly wants a clean slate in life, and resorts to drastic means to achieve it.