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Ghosts of Mississippi backdrop
A forgotten crime. An impossible case. A final chance... for justice.
Movie · 6.6 / 10 · 165 ratings · 20 Dec 1996 · English · 2h 10m · Released
A Mississippi district attorney and the widow of Medgar Evers struggle to bring a white supremacist to justice for the 1963 murder of the civil rights leader.
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Till
Movie · 7.3 / 10 · 14 Oct 2022 · English
The true story of Mamie Till Mobley's relentless pursuit of justice for her 14-year-old son, Emmett Till, who, in 1955, was lynched while visiting his cousins in Mississippi.
Just Mercy
Movie · 7.8 / 10 · 25 Dec 2019 · English
The powerful true story of Harvard-educated lawyer Bryan Stevenson, who goes to Alabama to defend the disenfranchised and wrongly condemned — including Walter McMillian, a man sentenced to death despite evidence proving his innocence. Bryan fights tirelessly for Walter with the system stacked against them.
Sergeant Rutledge
Movie · 7.0 / 10 · 18 May 1960 · English
Respected black cavalry Sergeant Brax Rutledge stands court-martial for raping and killing a white woman and murdering her father, his superior officer.
To Kill a Mockingbird
Movie · 8.0 / 10 · 20 Dec 1962 · English
Scout Finch, 6, and her older brother Jem live in sleepy Maycomb, Alabama, spending much of their time with their friend Dill and spying on their reclusive and mysterious neighbor, Boo Radley. When Atticus, their widowed father and a respected lawyer, defends a black man named Tom Robinson against fabricated rape charges, the trial and tangent events expose the children to evils of racism and stereotyping.
The Last of the Mohicans
Movie · 7.4 / 10 · 26 Aug 1992 · English
In war-torn colonial America, in the midst of a bloody battle between British, the French and Native American allies, the aristocratic daughter of a British Colonel and her party are captured by a group of Huron warriors. Fortunately, a group of three Mohican trappers comes to their rescue.
The Defiant Ones
Movie · 7.1 / 10 · 14 Aug 1958 · English
Two convicts—one white, one black—escape while chained to each other.
Richard Jewell
Movie · 7.4 / 10 · 13 Dec 2019 · English
Richard Jewell thinks quick, works fast, and saves hundreds, perhaps thousands, of lives after a domestic terrorist plants several pipe bombs and they explode during a concert, only to be falsely suspected of the crime by sloppy FBI work and sensational media coverage.
Rosewood
Movie · 6.5 / 10 · 21 Feb 1997 · English
Spurred by a white woman's lie, vigilantes destroy a black Florida town and slay inhabitants in 1923.
Christy
Movie · 7.1 / 10 · 27 Oct 2025 · English
Christy Martin never imagined life beyond her small-town roots in West Virginia—until she discovered a knack for punching people. Fueled by grit, raw determination, and an unshakable desire to win, she charges into the world of boxing under the guidance of her trainer and manager-turned-husband, Jim. But while Christy flaunts a fiery persona in the ring, her toughest battles unfold outside it—confronting family, identity, and a relationship that just might become life-or-death.
JFK
Movie · 7.6 / 10 · 20 Dec 1991 · English
Follows the investigation into the assassination of President John F. Kennedy led by New Orleans district attorney Jim Garrison.
No Way Out
Movie · 6.9 / 10 · 16 Aug 1950 · English
Two hoodlum brothers are brought into hospital for gunshot wounds, and when one dies, the other accuses their Black doctor of murder.
The Help
Movie · 8.2 / 10 · 9 Aug 2011 · English
Aibileen Clark is a middle-aged African-American maid who has spent her life raising white children and has recently lost her only son; Minny Jackson is an African-American maid who has often offended her employers despite her family's struggles with money and her desperate need for jobs; and Eugenia "Skeeter" Phelan is a young white woman who has recently moved back home after graduating college to find out her childhood maid has mysteriously disappeared. These three stories intertwine to explain how life in Jackson, Mississippi revolves around "the help"; yet they are always kept at a certain distance because of racial lines.