12 Years a Slave

In the pre-Civil War United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery. Facing cruelty as well as unexpected kindnesses Solomon struggles not only to stay alive, but to retain his dignity. In the twelfth year of his unforgettable odyssey, Solomon’s chance meeting with a Canadian abolitionist will forever alter his life.

2013-10-18 | en

Bella

Bella strolls on the beach of her youth, reflecting on life.

2007-10-04 | en

Ningú no pot somiar per tu

2014-11-26 | es

Hovering Over the Water

Laura Rossellini, a widow from Rome, vacations on the Algarve coast one hot summer. One day while sunbathing, she finds a wounded man named Robert drifting in the surf on a rubber raft. She takes him home, and, after he is revived, learns his story. As they talk, their mutual attraction grows, until a group of armed men suddenly arrive looking for Robert.

1986-10-02 | pt

Eden

After a night out with friends, Hyun Jae accepts a late night ride home from a young fire fighter. What begins as a night of promise quickly turns into a nightmare when she is abducted and imprisoned outside Las Vegas as a sex slave.

2013-03-20 | en

Quadroon

A story of love, lust, violence and murder on a sadistic southern plantation during the slave era.

1971-11-10 | en

City of Dreams

A Mexican teenager whose dreams of becoming a soccer star are disrupted when his mother dies. He's smuggled across the border with the promise of a better life but is instead sold to a sweatshop in downtown LA.

2024-08-29 | en

What do You Want Now of This Metaphysical Love?

Struggling if the existence of his love is real or not, Matthew embarks on a train journey to find it. As he travels without a fixed destination and searches for his beloved, he begins to hallucinate between imagination and reality, trying to realize which is which. Was it true love or just metaphysical?

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Roots: The Gift

On Christmas Eve 1770, a young African warrior, who three years prior had been captured and sold into slavery in America, leads a desperate group of runaway slaves as they attempt to reach freedom in the North.

1988-12-11 | en

Traficantes de Niños

Film about child trafficking in México.

1992-05-29 | es

Slaves

A Kentucky slave (Davis) fights for his freedom from a cruel overseer whose mistress eventually joins him and the other slaves in their revolt.

1969-07-02 | en

Atlantis

When a raiding party from the city of Atlantis kidnaps a man and his two daughters for slavery, he contrives to bring about the destruction of the ruling class utilizing the powers of the mysterious crystal child.

1990-09-23 | en

Colors of Evil: Red

When a girl's body is found on a beach in Poland's Tricity, a prosecutor teams up with the victim's mother on an impassioned quest for the truth.

2024-05-29 | pl

Alice

Alice spends her days enslaved on a rural Georgia plantation, restlessly yearning for freedom. After a violent clash with plantation owner Paul, Alice flees through the neighboring woods and stumbles onto the unfamiliar sight of a highway, soon discovering the year is actually 1973.

2022-03-18 | en

The Color Purple

A decades-spanning tale of love and resilience and of one woman's journey to independence. Celie faces many hardships in her life, but ultimately finds extraordinary strength and hope in the unbreakable bonds of sisterhood.

2023-12-25 | en

Noghreh

After her addicted husband sells their 6-year-old daughter, a mother takes matters into her own hands and sets off on a desperate journey to save her child. Noghreh is a gripping Iranian short film about poverty, addiction, and maternal strength.

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Ben Hur

The first adaptation of Lew Wallace's novel, Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ.

1907-12-07 | en

Drum

A mid-19th century mulatto slave is torn between his success as a pit-fighter and the injustices of white society.

1976-07-30 | en

Sanders of the River

A British District Officer in Nigeria in the 1930s rules his area strictly but justly. He struggles with gun-runners and slavers with the aid of a loyal native chief.

1935-05-10 | en

The Legend of Nigger Charley

A trio of runaway slaves evade authorities in the Old West.

1972-03-16 | en