* Amistad, film about slavery
Amistad is a 1997 Steven Spielberg film based on the true story of a slave mutiny that took place aboard a ship of the same name in 1839, and the legal battle that followed. It shows how, even though the case was won at the federal district court level, it was appealed by President Martin Van Buren to the Supreme Court, and how former President John Quincy Adams took part in the proceedings.
The Amistad trailler:
* Monster's Ball
Hank Grotowski (Billy Bob Thornton) and his son Sonny (Heath Ledger) work together in a prison located in the southern United States. Hank is extremely racist and needs to deal with this feeling every day, due to the presence of blacks in prison. One of them, Lawrence Musgrove (Sean Combs), periodically receives a visit from his wife Leticia (Halle Berry). After Lawrence run, Leticia follows his life with his obese son Tyrell. However, just two tragedies by making the lives of Hank and Leticia are crossing.
The Monster's Ball trailler:
* Miracle at St. Anna
Miracle at St. Anna follows four black soldiers of the all-black 92nd Infantry Division who get trapped near a small Tuscan village on the Gothic Line during the Italian Campaign of World War II after one of them risks his life to save an Italian boy.
The group is made up of:
The idealistic Staff Sergeant Stamps, who believes fighting in World War II will help American Negroes to win the same rights as whites; the world-wise Sergeant Bishop, whose ambitions are much more prosaic and personal: survival, economic gain, female company, etc.; Corporal Negron, a Puerto Rican, whose perception of the racial issue is somewhat different due to his Hispanic upbringing; and the hulking, but naive, Private First Class Train, whose childlike attitude bridges the gap with the rescued Italian child, himself suffering from the after effects of a terrible trauma.[2]
The story is inspired by the August 1944 Sant'Anna di Stazzema massacre perpetrated by the Waffen-SS. There is also a reference to a sculpted head from Ponte Santa Trinita in Florence that acts as a Macguffin.
These sound interesting to watch, especially Monster's Ball. I think I'm going to give it a try :)
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