Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "school-integration"

1. Freedom Writers (2007)

PG-13 | 123 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

A young teacher inspires her class of at-risk students to learn tolerance, apply themselves and pursue education beyond high school.

Director: Richard LaGravenese | Stars: Hilary Swank, Imelda Staunton, Patrick Dempsey, Scott Glenn

Votes: 85,545 | Gross: $36.61M

2. The Best of Enemies (2019)

PG-13 | 133 min | Biography, Drama, History

Civil rights activist Ann Atwater faces off against C.P. Ellis, Exalted Cyclops of the Ku Klux Klan, in 1971 Durham, North Carolina over the issue of school integration.

Director: Robin Bissell | Stars: Taraji P. Henson, Sam Rockwell, Babou Ceesay, Anne Heche

Votes: 19,675 | Gross: $10.21M

3. Dheepan (2015)

R | 115 min | Crime, Drama

Dheepan is a Sri Lankan Tamil warrior who flees to France and ends up working as a caretaker outside Paris.

Director: Jacques Audiard | Stars: Jesuthasan Antonythasan, Kalieaswari Srinivasan, Claudine Vinasithamby, Vincent Rottiers

Votes: 16,871 | Gross: $0.25M

4. Skin (I) (2008)

PG-13 | 107 min | Biography, Drama

Based on the true story of a black girl who was born to two white Afrikaner parents in South Africa during the apartheid era.

Director: Anthony Fabian | Stars: Sophie Okonedo, Sam Neill, Alice Krige, Tony Kgoroge

Votes: 3,728

5. Ask Me, Don't Tell Me (1961)

22 min | Documentary, Short

San Francisco gang members contribute to society working on community service projects.

Director: David Myers | Stars: Stanley Mosk, William Winters, Carl May, John Bird

Votes: 114

6. Good Times (1974–1979)
Episode: Crosstown Buses Run All Day, Doodah, Doodah (1974)

TV-PG | 26 min | Comedy

Michael is selected to be bussed to a school in a more affluent and predominantly white section of Chicago. However, he is against it due to his strong views. James does convince him, in ... See full summary »

Director: Herbert Kenwith | Stars: Esther Rolle, John Amos, Ja'net DuBois, Ralph Carter

Votes: 86

7. Eyes on the Prize (1987–1990)
Episode: Fighting Back: 1957-1962 (1987)

TV-PG | 57 min | Documentary, History

Following the U.S. Supreme Court's Brown Vs the Board of Education decision, the civil rights movement presses the issue of desegregation in schools. From Little Rock High School and ... See full summary »

Director: Judith Vecchione | Stars: Lindsay Almond Jr., Melvin Bailey, Ross Barnett, Lucius Christopher Bates

Votes: 42

8. Eyes on the Prize (1987–1990)
Episode: The Keys to the Kingdom: 1974-1980 (1990)

TV-PG | 57 min | Documentary, History

In the 1970s, anti-discrimination rights are put to the test. Boston whites violently resist federal school desegregation order. Atlanta's mayor Jackson proves affirmative action can work, but Bakke decision challenges that policy.

Directors: Jacqueline Shearer, Paul Stekler | Stars: Muhammad Ali, Tracy Amalfitano, Tom Atkins, Ruth M. Batson

Votes: 17

9. Longines Chronoscope (1951–1955)
Episode: Episode dated 23 June 1954 (1954)

News, Talk-Show

Lesueur and Heckscher interview Senator Samuel J. Ervin Jr., a Democrat from North Carolina. Topics include his duties as a new senator, his views on school integration and his observations of Washington D.C. as a political town.

Stars: Sam Ervin, August Heckscher, Larry LeSueur

10. The Kennedys (2011)
Episode: Life Sentences (2011)

TV-14 | 44 min | Drama, History, Romance

Riots over desegregation in the South force JFK to act. Jackie's use of amphetamines continues. Joe Sr. suffers a stroke.

Director: Jon Cassar | Stars: Greg Kinnear, Barry Pepper, Katie Holmes, Tom Wilkinson

Votes: 228

11. Inside (2007– )
Episode: Bullets over Boston: The Irish Mob (2008)

46 min | Documentary

The investigation of south Boston crime boss James "Whitey" Bulger, who's been on the run since 1995, is chronicled. He's the FBI's second most-wanted man, behind only Osama bin Laden.

Director: Chris Lent | Stars: Kevin Weeks, Howie Carr, Pat Nee, Howie Winter

12. Trail of History (2016– )
Episode: Civil Rights Attorney Julius Chambers (2020)

25 min | History

Trail of History explores the life and legacy of civil rights attorney Julius Chambers and traces how he fought for change in Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools as well as every school in the ... See full summary »

Stars: Jason Terzis, Willie Griffin, James Ferguson, Derrick Chambers

13. Quarry (2016)
Episode: Figure Four (2016)

TV-MA | 56 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Moses arrives to town. Joni fears the worst about Mac when her lover turns up dead. Meanwhile, Mac helps Buddy with a gun deal that turns into a violent confrontation in another bit of work for The Broker.

Director: Greg Yaitanes | Stars: Logan Marshall-Green, Jodi Balfour, Damon Herriman, Edoardo Ballerini

Votes: 672

14. Quarry (2016)
Episode: Coffee Blues (2016)

TV-MA | 48 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

After not contacting him for a month, The Broker shows up at Mac and Joni's house, asking Mac to drive him somewhere.

Director: Greg Yaitanes | Stars: Logan Marshall-Green, Jodi Balfour, Damon Herriman, Edoardo Ballerini

Votes: 518