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Un giovane afroamericano cresce e diventa uomo nel contesto urbano del quartiere di South Side di Chicago, dove vive con la madre e i fratelli. Determinato a migliorare la sua esistenza, accetta un lavoro come autista per conto della famiglia del ricco Will Dalton. Un tragico evento lo costringerà a fare i conti con i pregiudizi sociali e razziali.
Vai alla scheda del filmPaura / 1986
In 1940s Chicago, a young black man takes a job as a chauffeur to a white family, which takes a turn for the worse when he accidentally kills the teenage daughter of the couple and then tries to cover it up.
Vai alla scheda del filmNative Son / 1951
Author Richard Wright portrays his novel's Bigger Thomas, a young chauffeur trapped in an accidental murder.
Native Son / 2010
John, lives in a remote area of Scotland. The primary industry is potato farming and John is a picker who lives for the harvests; it is all he has in his life. He yearns for a life that he does not know how to make for himself - a home and family. John exhibits all the signs of someone who has suffered unknown tragedies in his life, but those reasons are hidden from the viewer. While driving back to town on a dark and isolated road, John comes upon a car stopped up ahead. He immediately can see a hose attached to the exhaust pipe. He has come upon a suicide. Suddenly, headlights appear in the opposite direction and John's immediate reaction is to hide, though he has done nothing wrong. That choice leads John to take the body of the dead young woman to a shed in the woods.
Native Son / 2014
The film documents the making of the seven-foot tall “Tupelo Elvis” bronze statue by sculptor Bill Beckwith, modeled on Elvis’ pose in the Roger Marshutz photograph shot at the 1956 Tupelo Fair and slated to be unveiled at Fairpark in Tupelo on August 9.
French Man, Native Son / 1997
When 16-year-old Jean-Luc Battuz met Lonnie and Theresa Selam's family on the Yakima Reservation in Washington State, he immediately felt he was where he belonged. Over a decade later they would adopt him as their son, and he would move to British Columbia in order to live near them. Though he is white and European, Jean-Luc's affinity with the spiritual values of North American Native cultures drew him into a relationship with the Selam family. French Man, Native Son recounts the unique exchange between Jean-Luc, now 28, and his adoptive parents. He will always retain his original heritage, even while actively participating in the life, responsibilities, and traditions of the family who have welcomed him into their lives.
Native Sons: Palestinians In Exile / 1985
Martin Sheen narrates this examination of the lives of three Palestinian families who fled their homes in 1948 and have lived as refugees in Lebanon ever since. Utilizing archive footage dating from as early as 1935, Native Sons probes the roots of the Palestine/Israel conflict through lives of individual people.
Bill Pope: Portrait of a Native Son / 1985
An autobiographical account by a gay San Franciscan covering his childhood in the city, his memories of the 60's, and experiences in the Peace Corps in Latin America, as well as his response to being diagnosed with ARC and what he has been doing since that time.
Richard Wright: Native Son, Author and Activist / 2009
RICHARD WRIGHT was an African-American author of novels, short stories and non-fiction that dealt with powerful themes and controversial topics. Much of his works concerned racial themes that helped redefine discussions of race relations in America in the mid-20th century. Born on a plantation in Mississippi, Wright was a descendent of the first slaves who arrived in Jamestown Massachusetts. This program follows his arduous path from sharecropper to literary giant. Through authors like H.L. Menken, Sinclair Lewis, Theodore Dreiser, he discovered that literature could be used as a catalyst for social change. In 1937 Wright moved to New York and his work began to garner national attention for it's political and social commentary. Much of Wright's writing focused on the African American community and experience; his novel Native Son won him a Guggenheim Fellowship and was adapted to the Broadway stage with Orson Welles directing in 1941.
Reflections of A Native Son / 1989
a vivid look at the teenage subculture of South Bronx.
The Son of Native Land / 1941
The film is about Kamal Gasimov's heroic fighting at the front.
Let's Go Native / 1964
The adventures of three tourists in a nudist camp in Corsica.
Melodies of Byelorussia / 1948
A filmed concert of song and/or dance numbers filmed largely in natural, exterior locations.