Movies and TvShows featuring "la-rebellion" theme.

Killer of Sheep is a poetic and poignant exploration of life in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles. The film follows Stan, a slaughterhouse worker, as he navigates the challenges of poverty, family relationships, and the struggles of everyday life. Through a series of vignettes, the film captures the beauty and hardship of life in the inner city, highlighting themes of hope, resilience, and the human spirit.

Daughters of the Dust tells the story of a Gullah family as they face the challenges of preserving their culture and traditions in the face of change. Set in 1902, the film explores themes of slavery, mysticism, and the complex relationships between family members. Told through the perspective of the great-great-grandmother and great-great-granddaughter, the film delves into the struggles and triumphs of the Gullah people.

To Sleep with Anger follows the story of a drifter who brings chaos and disrupts the lives of a family in Los Angeles. The film explores themes of domestic abuse, sibling rivalry, and the complexities of family relationships.

In 'Penitentiary,' a boxer finds himself in a corrupt prison system where he must fight to survive. With themes of deception, homosexuality, and false accusation, the film explores the dark underbelly of prison life.

A naive young woman moves from the South to stay with her aunt and uncle in Compton. As an outsider, she struggles at first to find her footing, but soon falls into the middle of a community of rebellious youth. She soon becomes more and more aware of the social injustices of the big city.

A man is faced with a moral dilemma when his estranged brother asks him to be his best man at his wedding. As he navigates through the wedding preparations, he is forced to confront his own issues and reevaluate his priorities.

Harvest: 3,000 Years is a drama film set in Ethiopia, depicting the hardships faced by a peasant family living in poverty. The film explores their struggles against an oppressive landlord, as well as their effort to make a living through farming. The story takes a dark turn when a murder occurs, leading to a tense police chase. The film is a docudrama with elements of drama, providing an insight into the reality of life in Ethiopia.

Charlie Banks, chronically unemployed, struggles to find dignity and a meaning for life in the impoverished Los Angeles neighborhood of Watts.

The story of Dorothy and her husband T.C. He is a discharged Vietnam veteran who thought he would return home to a "hero's welcome." Instead he is falsely arrested and imprisoned for a crime he didn't commit. Her life revolves around the welfare office and a community facing poverty and unemployment. As a result of the film's events, both the main characters become radicalized and Dorothy eventually turns to violence.

Eddie Warmack, an African American jazz musician, is released from prison for the killing of a white gangster. Not willing to play for the mobsters who control the music industry, including clubs and recording studios, Warmack searches for his mentor and grandfather, the legendary jazz musician Poppa Harris.

Ashes and Embers is an original screenplay by Haile Gerima, about a Vietnam veteran, who, several years after the war, is struggling to come to terms with his role in the war, and his role as a Black person in America. He survives by working odd jobs in Washington, D.C. and living with his girlfriend and her son. When criticism of his alienated behavior come from her and a father figure too often, he runs to the streets or to his grandmother's rural house in Virginia. Her criticism and his memories of the past both send him fleeing again to Los Angeles, where he is surrounded by superficial people who have forgotten how to be compassionate human beings. It is here that the advice of his friends and grandmother combine to transform him from an embittered ex-soldier to a strong and confident man.

Daydream Therapy is set to Nina Simone’s haunting rendition of “Pirate Jenny” and concludes with Archie Shepp’s “Things Have Got to Change.” Filmed in Burton Chace Park in Marina del Rey by activist-turned-filmmaker Bernard Nicolas as his first project at UCLA, this short film poetically envisions the fantasy life of a hotel worker whose daydreams provide an escape from workplace indignities. —Allyson Nadia Field

Filmed in response to the LAPD’s shooting of Eulia Love in 1979, Gidget Meets Hondo opens with stills taken by Bernard Nicolas of a demonstration against Love’s killing. Nicolas’ Gidget is a self-absorbed young white woman who remains clueless to the violence erupting around her, ultimately to her own peril. The film asks whether such police brutality would be tolerated if the victim were a middle-class white woman.