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Subgenre Sampler
Milagro Beanfield War (1988)- Dir. Robert Redford
Feat. Ruben Blades, Richard Bradford, Sonia Braga… - A New Mexican farmer triggers a feud with corporate developers keen to exploit his land. A spirited, simple fable – Redford lovingly directs a…
Running On Empty (1988)
- Dir. Sidney Lumet
Feat. Judd Hirsch, River Phoenix, Christine Lahti… - A married couple, on the run for activist crimes in the 1960s, come to terms with their childrens' right to be free. A moving story, handled with…
World Apart, A (1988)- Dir. Chris Menges
Feat. Barbara Hershey - True account of a teenage girl's isolated upbringing in aparteid–torn South Africa, whose obsessed mother is jailed for political activism in…
Cry Freedom (1987)
- Dir. Richard Attenborough
Feat. Denzel Washington, Kevin Kline - Potent political cinema based on the story of black South African activist Steve Biko (Denzel Washington), whose suspicious death was investigated by…
New Statesman, The (TV Series) (1987-1991)- Dir. Geoffrey Sax
Feat. Rik Mayall - Rik Mayall plays British Tory MP Alan B’Stard in this fairly amusing sift through the sleazy, corrupt corridors of Westminster. All four series…
Swimming to Cambodia (1987)- Dir. Jonathan Demme
Feat. Spalding Gray - Recounting his experiences in Thailand, while acting in THE KILLING FIELDS, arch–raconteur Spalding Gray whips up a verbal storm, with Laurie…
T. Dan Smith (1987)- Dir. Amber Film Collective
- Docu–drama chronicles of events leading to the imprisonment of a maverick Newcastle councillor. Made in collaboration with Smith himself, it…
American Way, The (Riders of the Storm) (1986)- Dir. Maurice Phillips
Feat. Dennis Hopper, Michael J. Pollard, James Aubrey - Varied political satire following a group of Vietnam vets on a quest to reveal the shady nature of a new electoral candidate by taking over TV…
Comrades (1986)- Dir. Bill Douglas
Feat. Keith Allen, Dave Atkins - A compelling epic exposing the hypocrisy and inequality facing the Tolpuddle Martyrs, the 1830s Dorset farmers who were deported to Australia after…
Half Moon Street (1986)- Dir. Bob Swaim
Feat. Michael Caine, Sigourney Weaver - Michael Caine and Sigourney Weaver play British diplomat and call–girl who become locked in escalating political intrigue.
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