Films like For Colored Girls
A film about existence from the perspective of 20 nameless black females. Each of the women portray one of the characters represented in the collection of twenty poems, revealing different issues that impact women in general and women of color in particular.
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Ginger & Rosa
Film · 2012 · also dramaA look at the lives of two teenage girls - inseparable friends Ginger and Rosa -- growing up in 1960s London as the Cuban Missile Crisis looms, and the pivotal event the...
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Xiu Xiu: The Sent-Down Girl
Film · 1998 · also dramaYoung teen girl Xiu Xiu is sent away to a remote corner of the Sichuan steppes for manual labor in 1975 (sending young people to there was a part of Cultural Revolution i...
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The Poker House
Film · 2008 · also dramaAgnes and her two sisters struggle through a day in a home overrun by gamblers, thieves, and johns.
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Goodbye June
Film · 2025 · also dramaFour siblings' lives change drastically when their ailing mother takes a turn for the worse over the holiday season.
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Lorelei
Film · 2020 · also dramaA man is released from prison after 15 years. He reunites with his high school girlfriend, now a single mother of three. What follows is a lyrical take on love, regret an...
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Bird
Film · 2024 · also drama12-year-old Bailey lives with her single dad Bug and brother Hunter in a squat in North Kent. Bug doesn’t have much time for his kids, and Bailey, who is approaching pube...
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Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire
Film · 2009 · also dramaIn Harlem in 1987, Claireece "Precious" Jones is a 16-year-old African American girl born into a life no one would want. She's pregnant for the second time by her absent...
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Nymphomaniac: Vol. II
Film · 2013 · also dramaThe continuation of Joe's sexually dictated life delves into the darker aspects of her adult life and what led to her being in Seligman's care.
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Bastard Out of Carolina
Film · 1996 · also dramaA poor, struggling South Carolinian mother and daughter face painful choices with their resolve and pride. Bone, the eldest daughter, and Anney her tired mother, grow bot...
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The Color Purple
Film · 1985 · also dramaAn epic tale spanning forty years in the life of Celie, an African-American woman living in the South who survives incredible abuse and bigotry. After Celie's abusive fat...
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