Walkout
Walkout is the true story of a young Mexican American high school teacher, Sal Castro. He mentors a group of students in East Los Angeles, when the students decide to stage a peaceful walkout to protest the injustices of the public school system. Set against the background of the civil rights movement of 1968, it is a story of courage and the fight for justice and empowerment.
Director: Edward James Olmos
Stars: Alexa PenaVega David Warshofsky Douglas Spain Efren Ramirez Holmes Osborne Jonathan Hernandez Laura Harring Michael Peña Tim DeKay Yancey Arias
Vendetta
Based on a true story, Vendetta tells the shocking and tragic story of a group of Sicilian immigrants working on the New Orleans docks in the 1890's. After the Chief of Police was brutally murdered, much of the city's Sicilian population was rounded up and brought in for questioning. Eventually, thirteen were formally tried for murder and nine went to trial, and while they were acquitted, a series of brutal lynchings showed they had as much to fear from the city's general populace as they did from the corrupt police force.
Director: Nicholas Meyer
Stars: Alessandro Colla Andrea Di Stefano Andrew Connolly Bruce Davison Christopher Walken Clancy Brown Edward Herrmann Joaquim de Almeida Luke Askew Richard Libertini
The Usual Suspects
Held in an L.A. interrogation room, Verbal Kint attempts to convince the feds that a mythic crime lord, Keyser Soze, not only exists, but was also responsible for drawing him and his four partners into a multi-million dollar heist that ended with an explosion in San Pedro harbor – leaving few survivors. Verbal lures his interrogators with an incredible story of the crime lord's almost supernatural prowess.
Director: Bryan Singer
Stars: Benicio del Toro Chazz Palminteri Dan Hedaya Gabriel Byrne Giancarlo Esposito Kevin Pollak Kevin Spacey Pete Postlethwaite Stephen Baldwin Suzy Amis
United 93
A real time account of the events on United Flight 93, one of the planes hijacked on 9/11 that crashed near Shanksville, Pennsylvania when passengers foiled the terrorist plot.
Director: Paul Greengrass
Stars: David Alan Basche Gary Commock J.J. Johnson Nancy McDoniel Opal Alladin Polly Adams Richard Bekins Starla Benford Susan Blommaert Trish Gates
The Tuskegee Airmen
During the Second World War, a special project is begun by the US Army Air Corps to integrate African American pilots into the Fighter Pilot Program. Known as the "Tuskegee Airman" for the name of the airbase at which they were trained, these men were forced to constantly endure harassement, prejudice, and much behind the scenes politics until at last they were able to prove themselves in combat.
Director: Robert Markowitz
Stars: Allen Payne Andre Braugher Christopher McDonald Courtney B. Vance Cuba Gooding Jr. John Lithgow Laurence Fishburne Malcolm-Jamal Warner Mekhi Phifer Vivica A. Fox
The Town
Doug MacRay is a longtime thief, who, smarter than the rest of his crew, is looking for his chance to exit the game. When a bank job leads to the group kidnapping an attractive branch manager, he takes on the role of monitoring her – but their burgeoning relationship threatens to unveil the identities of Doug and his crew to the FBI Agent who is on their case.
Director: Ben Affleck
Stars: Ben Affleck Blake Lively Chris Cooper Corena Chase Jeremy Renner Jon Hamm Owen Burke Pete Postlethwaite Rebecca Hall Titus Welliver