Movies and TvShows featuring "ethnicity" theme.

Türkisch für Anfänger is a comedy TV show that revolves around a German-Turkish multicultural family. Lena, a German teenager, and Cem, a young Turkish boy, find themselves living together as their parents start a relationship. The show explores their cultural differences and the challenges they face as they navigate their teenage years in a multicultural environment.

Maid in Manhattan is a romantic comedy film about Marisa Ventura, a hotel maid in Manhattan who gets mistaken for a wealthy socialite by a politician staying at the hotel. As Marisa goes along with the mistaken identity, she falls in love with the politician, leading to a series of humorous and romantic situations. However, their different backgrounds and the truth about Marisa's real identity create complications in their relationship.

Multiculturalism reaches the depths of the criminal underworld as eight diverse con men must learn to work together to pull off a heist that's anything but ordinary. The target of this melting pot of thieves is a kidney inside a patient who's inside a hospital. This darkly comic caper stars Orson Bean and Michael Dorn.

Edwin promised to his sister on her death bed to find her son she gave up long time ago. Edwin's quest brought him to become a substitute teacher in Duri High School, Jakarta, a school for juvenile delinquents. There he must face the most violent students to find his nephew. When he eventually finds the boy, a city-wide riot erupts and Edwin is trapped im the school with the cruel kids out for his blood.

A Better Life tells the story of a hardworking gardener in California who is an undocumented immigrant. He faces numerous challenges as he tries to provide a better life for his son, including the theft of his truck and his constant fear of being discovered by immigration authorities. Despite these obstacles, he remains determined to create a brighter future for his family.

A detailed account of the two millennia of intolerance and persecution suffered by the Jews, from antiquity to the present day.

Jimmy P. is a biographical drama thriller that tells the story of Jimmy Picard, a Native American World War II veteran who suffers from various symptoms such as dizziness, hearing loss, and headaches. He is referred to a military hospital where he meets Georges Devereux, an anthropologist and psychoanalyst who tries to help him uncover the root cause of his symptoms. Through psychoanalysis sessions and various tests like X-rays and eye examinations, they explore Jimmy's memories and experiences. As their sessions progress, they uncover the trauma that Jimmy has been carrying with him and work towards his healing.

Harrison Lloyd is a Pulitzer-winning photojournalist. His wife, Sarah, grieves for most of a decade over his loss and then decides to get on with her life. She signs up for a photography course at a community college to fill the void in her life. The course is taught by Mrs. Eveleen Sullivan, who lives in a small, strange world of her own.

Come See the Paradise is a drama, history, romance, and war film that takes place in New York City during the 1930s and 1940s. It tells the story of a Japanese immigrant and a Caucasian woman who fall in love and elope, facing racial prejudice, internment, and the challenges of their forbidden relationship amid the backdrop of the war.

Don't Be a Sucker! is a documentary film released in 1943 that warns against the dangers of hate speech, propaganda, and the tactics used by totalitarian regimes such as Nazi Germany. It emphasizes the importance of unity, freedom of speech, and the rejection of hatred and intolerance.

An exciting drama from a detective history. In 1899 a dead girl - seamstress Anežka Hrůzová - was found between the village of Věžnička and the town of Polná. She was 19 and she had a cutting wound on the throat. There was no sexual violence involved and since the local doctors thought that there was not enough blood on the crime scene, everyone jumped to the conclusion that Jews must have killed her and added her blood to their passover matzot. There was a potential murderer at hand too - a cheeky, not very bright young Jewish rover, Leopold Hilsner…

A Japanese woman agrees to an arranged marriage and travels to Hawaii to meet her new husband. However, she faces cultural differences, a loveless marriage, and the challenges of being a Japanese woman in a foreign land. As she adapts to her new life, she forms unexpected connections and finds strength within herself.

Kebab Connection is a romantic comedy that follows the story of Ibo, a Turkish-German filmmaker who dreams of making a successful action movie. He falls in love with a Turkish waitress named Titzi and together they navigate the challenges of their multicultural relationship while dealing with their own dreams and aspirations.

Half Moon is a road movie about a Kurdish musician and his band as they travel to Iraq in search of the missing part of his life: a woman who sings while he plays the violin - singing is forbidden for women in Iran. They arrive in a Kurdish village, crossing the border from Iran into Iraq, but they find themselves in the middle of a revolution.

Edward Said's book Orientalism has been profoundly influential in a diverse range of disciplines since its publication in 1978. In this engaging and lavishly illustrated interview he talks about the context within which the book was conceived, its main themes, and how its original thesis relates to the contemporary understanding of "the Orient" as represented in the mass media. "That's the power of the discourse of Orientalism. If you're thinking about people and Islam, and about that part of the world, those are the words you constantly have to use. To think past it, to go beyond it, not to use it, is virtually impossible, because there is no knowledge that isn't codified in this way about that part of the world." -Edward Said

In this short film, an Italian-American boy grows up in a diverse neighborhood during World War II and learns valuable lessons about acceptance, tolerance, and unity.

This remarkable new documentary explores the story behind one of the most iconic images of the twentieth century: the 1932 photograph of workmen taking their lunch while perched on a girder high above New York City.

Kanak Attack is a gripping drama set in a city plagued by crime and poverty. The story revolves around a young man who finds himself caught in a dangerous web of violence and deception. As he navigates the seedy underworld, he is forced to confront his own dual identity and make difficult choices.

In 1930s Poland Christian boy Ivan goes to live with a Jewish family to learn a trade. He becomes friends with Abraham, the son of the family. However, anti-Semitism is rife in their environment, and they flee to escape an upcoming conflict. Journeying together, they demonstrate their inseparability.

In a small village near the White Sea in Russia, the lives of the residents are depicted with a mix of laughter and grief. The movie explores themes of folklore, way of life, and ethnicity in the midst of winter. It is an anthology based on myths, legends, and folklore.