Movies and TvShows featuring "religious-bigotry" theme.
In the past, as Adalberto Rangel, he met and seduced Maria Paula. With a calculated coldheart, he married her, stole her fortune, then abandoned her, unaware she was pregnant at the time. Ten years later, accompanied by her son Renato, Maria Paula plots to recover her dignity and to find justice by getting revenge against the indignities done to her.
Charles II: The Power and The Passion is a historical drama miniseries that explores the life and reign of King Charles II of England. Set in the 17th century, the show delves into the challenges and intrigues faced by the king, including his exile, restoration to the throne, and his relationships with various women. It also touches on political and religious tensions of the time.
Paatal Lok is a gripping crime drama series that delves into the murky world of organized crime, police corruption, political conspiracies, and the deep-rooted issues of casteism, misogyny, and religious bigotry. The story follows a down-and-out cop who gets assigned to an assassination case, exposing him to a vast criminal conspiracy that threatens to unravel the fabric of society.
More Tales of the City (1998) follows the lives of the residents living in an apartment building in San Francisco during the 1970s. The show explores the themes of love, friendship, and acceptance, as well as the challenges and triumphs faced by the LGBTQ+ community. With a diverse cast of characters, the series delves into issues such as religious bigotry, gay rights, and anti-conformity, providing a compelling and poignant portrayal of life in San Francisco during that era.
The story of 'Those Half Hidden' is like a tapestry, in which the threads run obliquely between four different families in two different decades. Weaving recurrent patterns, the story unfolds upon the loom of our vulnerability in lives that are as brittle as the morning ice. This is the story of those who survived, and this is the story of those who did not survive.
A reluctant leader heads up a team of seven Christians intent on smuggling Bibles to underground churches in a future America where the Bible is illegal and danger is around every corner.
Delhi-6 is a movie about a man who returns to his hometown in Delhi and witnesses the conflicts and religious bigotry that exist in society. He learns about the complexities of religion and the importance of unity and love.
Mary, Queen of Scots (1971) is a captivating period drama that explores the tumultuous life of Mary Stuart, the Queen of Scotland. The plot revolves around Mary's struggle to maintain her power amidst political alliances, religious conflicts, and personal betrayals. As she navigates the treacherous waters of 16th-century politics, Mary faces numerous challenges, including sibling rivalry, religious bigotry, and the constant threat of execution. Through an intriguing blend of romance, deceit, and ambition, the movie offers a compelling portrayal of one of history's most captivating female rulers.
In a Spanish guesthouse, two sisters are bound and gagged by a religious zealot who believes they represent religious bigotry. As the sisters struggle to survive, they uncover the dark secrets of the innkeeper and the religious symbolism hidden within their surroundings. The movie explores themes of religious violence and Catholic hypocrisy, with graphic scenes of bloodshed and murder.
The Work and the Glory is a movie set in the 1820s and 1830s, focusing on the founding of the Mormon Church. It tells the story of a young man's journey into faith amidst religious intolerance and the rivalry between his family and the local community.
Horace Longstreet operates the most brutal drug empires in the south, dealing in peyote, cocoa leaves, laudanum and opium. When he learns a young transporter known as the 'Cat' has been skimming profits, he enlists the aid of a Pinkerton detective, now deep in the bottle and dying of tuberculosis. Against his will, Tyrone Burke must kill or capture the young offender, but the Cat has many lives and leads his pursuer or a 'Wizard of Oz'-type journey through the most dangerous and perverse opium dens, cat-houses and drag queen lairs in the 1880's south. In the end, however, is the Cat actually running for his life or has the hunted now become the hunter? A startling, final confrontation brings two forces of extreme evil face to face, gun to gun, and the result may change the entire direction of the future.
Based on the best-selling novel by Nobel-laureate Heinrich Böll, this drama is a passionate indictment of Catholicism. Hans Schnier (Helmut Griem) has earned his living as a clown, though he is in fact a very covert sort of social critic. After enduring a difficult childhood in Bonn during the Second World War, including his mother's fanatic Nazism, he is appalled to discover many of the people he knows and loves swept deeply into involvement in the Catholic Church.
Elizabeth Bayley Seton, America's first native-born saint and founder of the Sisters of Charity, is the subject of this inspiring biopic. After the tragic death of her husband, Seton converts to Catholicism. Once again, she suffers terrible loss when two of her children die, but goes on to found the American Sisters of Charity and the first American Catholic schools. Seton died in 1826 and was canonized by Pope Paul VI in 1975.
Kidnapped for Christ is a documentary that exposes the dark reality of religious abuse and hypocrisy, focusing on the stories of young individuals who were sent to evangelical reform schools in the Dominican Republic. The film delves into the disturbing tactics used by these institutions and highlights the struggles faced by the victims as they try to escape and seek justice.
A thought-provoking documentary exploring the historical and cultural connections between ancient Hebrews and the African-American community, raising questions about identity, history, and faith in a modern context.
"Skotten i Knutby - The Road Home" is entirely based on real events surrounding the drama in Knutby where the pastor Helge Fossmo manipulated nanny Sara Svensson to commit murder. The film also contains authentic interviews with former members of the church, which is still active.
A woman tries to escape from the much older man she was forced to marry.
Based on the true story of a family who opened the first videocassette rental stores in St. Louis in 1980. The family was ruined by a corrupt prosecutor who had been blackmailed by a religious group because the family refused to remove Martin Scorsese's controversial film, "The Last Temptation of Christ", from their stores.
Documentary about the experiences of filmmaker Pam Walton as she struggles to reunite with her "family values" father after a long-standing rift. Rus Walton, a radical religious fundamentalist, disowned his daughter because of her lesbian lifestyle. Although he once suggested that practicing homosexuals should be executed, Pam is willing to pay the emotional price to fulfill her longing for parental acceptance.
Giuseppe, psychologist and professor of sex education, meets Francesca, Riccardo's wife, in a private club and has a relationship with her.