Movies and TvShows featuring "begins-with-quotation" theme.

As Cecil Gaines serves eight presidents at the White House, the civil rights movement, Vietnam, and other major events shape his life, family, and American society. This film tells the story of Cecil Gaines, a White House butler who served eight American presidents over three decades. The film traces the dramatic changes that swept American society during this time, from the civil rights movement to Vietnam and beyond, and how those changes affected this man's life and family.

In 1987 Britain, a British Asian teenager struggles with racial discrimination and a domineering father as he finds solace and inspiration in the music of Bruce Springsteen.

Lux Æterna is a drama-horror-thriller film that explores the chaotic and suspenseful filming process of a witch-themed movie. It delves into the conflicts and intense emotions experienced by the film director, actresses, and crew members. The story showcases themes of voyeurism, confusion, and love, intertwined with a parallel narrative. The film set becomes a stage for tension, as the characters navigate through flashing lights, split-screens, and strobe effects. Lux Æterna takes a unique avant-garde approach, blurring the boundaries between reality and a film-within-a-film.

In Los Angeles, a neurotic writer is in trouble. He has no dog. His dog therapist suggests getting one, and recommends a foul-tempered East European dwarf pug. The writer is now angry at everyone, including his therapist, as he beats his dog for slights real and imagined. Things go downhill from there: dog-napping, comedy defined as Shakespearean tragedy, and a dog of our own. What keeps the writer together is love: for poetry, for the dog's affection, for the surprise of the writer's sooner-than-expected response to the dog and for a stripper who reads Neruda. Can he write the play - and find the dog and get it back home - and nurture his dignity and dreams, and coach his therapist, through her insecurities?

In the year 2044, two men find themselves trapped in a dystopian world where a totalitarian matriarchy controls everything. They must navigate through gender issues and sexism while trying to find a way back home.

A documentary about the life of Nina Simone, a legendary singer and civil rights activist, focusing on her struggles with racism, domestic abuse, and mental health issues.

Despite her friends' warnings, a woman travels to the Sahara, determined to find her missing archaeologist father and the magical tower he was searching for. Aided by a mysterious prince, she battles outlaws and the desert's harsh conditions.

After meeting at a party, Luciana and Pedro... embark on a spur of the moment journey together that takes them to the forest. Asthey explore the beauty in the nature that surrounds them, they camp out under the stars, go on hikes, indulge in the passions of their encounter, and discuss their personal beliefs surrounding love, obligations, and attraction. Lensed in lush black-and-white cinematography amidst the gorgeous backdrop of the Costa Rican forest, an honest and genuine relationship story unfolds, lending a feeling of realism to their storybook romance in a refreshing and youthful way.

School for Seduction is a comedy drama set in Newcastle, where a group of women attend a seduction course run by an enigmatic female teacher. The women, each with their own reasons for attending, navigate through humorous and awkward situations as they try to master the art of seduction.

Up the Yangtze is a documentary that explores the effects of the construction of the Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River in China. It follows the lives of people who are affected by the dam, including a young girl forced to leave her home and work on a cruise ship.

In Search of Fellini follows Lucy, a shy and sheltered young woman who has spent her whole life watching the films of Federico Fellini. Inspired by his movies, she decides to travel to Italy in search of the acclaimed filmmaker. Along the way, Lucy discovers herself and experiences adventures she never imagined, and ultimately learns the importance of living life to the fullest.

A young man is thrown back into the past and has to figure out why he is there and what’s the reason for his existence. A first class production and quality special effects lead the way in this complex fast paced adventure about time travel and the preservation of the Word of God.

Though Godard got a little money from his family, he admitted that the money that went into Rivette’s film came from stealing and selling books from his grandfather Monod’s “Valérianum”. The film featured four actors: two women and two men, one of them Godard. According to Rivette, “It ran 40 minutes and nothing happens. It’s just four people sitting around a table, looking at each other. After ten minutes, people started to leave, and at the end, the only ones who stayed were Jean-Luc and a girl.” (Richard Brody)

Boys and girls from the colourful West-African Fulani people are raised separately on the savannah. Their daily activities are regularly interrupted by rituals that lead to adulthood. Filmed up close, you can almost feel the pain and endurance that accompany the rituals and daily experiences.