Movies and TvShows featuring "burning-books" theme.

Educating Rita follows the story of Rita, a hairdresser in Liverpool who dreams of a better life through education. She enrolls in an Open University course taught by a literature professor who helps her navigate the challenges of class differences, alcoholism, and a troubled marriage. As Rita's knowledge and confidence grow, she begins to question the values and constraints of her working-class background.

In the midst of the Red Scare and McCarthyism, a dedicated librarian takes a stand against censorship in her small town. When a children's book causes controversy and leads to the possibility of her losing her job, she must fight to protect the freedom to read. Along the way, she deals with personal relationships, political tensions, and the power of knowledge.

Four different Alices wander through mazes constructed from 40 years of Spanish history in this post-Franco meditation. Loosely related to the "Alice" of Alice in Wonderland, in one episode of this film, Alice (who is clearly a metaphor for the Spanish people) is raped by some multinational corporations. Told in a somewhat confusing manner, especially for those unfamiliar with the nuances of Spain's history in the period between 1936 and 1975, this is director Jorge Feliu's first feature film.

Wunderkind horror novelist Stephen Grimes is hard at work coming up with new ways to kill people when, on a late-night drive, he hits a young man and rushes him to the hospital. A tentative friendship between the two men erupts into a heated affair. Stephen is soon trapped in a dangerous plot, as Emett and Emett's friends reveal a sinister side that could be a storyline from one of his own novels.

This Nazi propaganda film tells the story of a young truck driver who is having trouble making ends meet until he is exposed to the teachings of Adolf Hitler, and he joins the S.A., aka Storm Troopers, and manages to convert his father--a former soldier with Marxist leanings--and his girlfriend of the rightness of the Nazi cause.

Interviews with those who were there and their family members. A Unique insight into the Nazi's first Concentration Camp.

In post-WWII Hungary, a group of Communist college students arrive at a Catholic seminary hoping to engage in peaceful debate with its students.