Paul Rusesabagina was a hotel manager who housed over a thousand Tutsi refugees during their struggle against the Hutu militia in Rwanda.Ī Muslim man living in England has to face some tough criticism in his own community after a personal crisis.Ī documentary about child soldiers in Uganda.Ī film about Pakistani Muslims and religious struggles in a post 9/11 world.Ĭovering the U.S. Some have relocated to the US this film shows their adjustment and continued connection to their families and the Sudan.Ī comic allegory about a traveling Bushman who encounters modern civilization and its stranger aspects, including a clumsy scientist and a band of revolutionaries.Ī black family gets a first-hand look at the trials and tribulations of upward mobility and suburban segregation in this pointed comedy. Several ordinary high school students go through their daily routine as two others prepare for something more malevolent.īoys who fled Sudan and moved to Ethiopia and Kenya because of political unrest.
One of the first films to portray faithfully the plight of Central American political refugees, El Norte is a remarkable fusion of documentary realism and visual poetry. This film is a portrait of a group of unforgettable children in Calcutta's red light district.Ī summer musical theater camp for teenagers –explores identity development and isolation.Ī congenitally blind boy in a small town in Iran and the impact of both his father’s shame about his son’s condition and his grandmother’s love.Ī third generation Filipino teenager deals with cultural identity issues in the U.S. Mexican-American migrant workers during the Korean War and their family lives.Ī young man in the navy is required to see a psychiatrist after becoming violent with a fellow crewman.Ī filmmaker follows the lives of four infants from childbirth through the first year of life in Mongolia, Namibia, San Francisco and Tokyo.Ī Woody Allen comedy about American Culture, centered on urban, middle-class, Jewish life.Ĭultural identity development issues for an South Asian teenaged Sikh female soccer player raised in Great Britain.Īmerican women open a beauty school in post-Taliban Kabul as community service project. raised Southeast Asian kids in a college setting. Movies that may be useful in teaching about culture