Popcorn and Politics: Movie List

A collection of stimulating films, movies and documentaries that will support practitioners to deepen their understanding of the following topics.

Gender LGBTQ INCLUSION

• Brokeback Mountain, • Bend It Like Beckham, • Mr. Holland’s Opus, dir. Ang Lee dir. Gurinder Chadha dir. Stephen Herek • Shortbus, dir. John Cameron • But I’m a Cheerleader, • Rain Man, dir. Barry Levinson Mitchell dir. Jamie Babbit • Mozart and the Whale, • Sitcom, dir. François Ozon • Camp, dir. Todd Graff dir. Petter Næss • Milk, dir. Gus Van Sant • Chutney Popcorn, • Mary and Max, dir. Nisha Ganatra dir. Adam Elliot • My Life in Pink (Ma Vie en Rose), dir. Alain Berliner. • D.E.B.S., dir. Angela Robinson • The Other Sister, dir. Garry Marshall • Vagina Monologues, • The Edge of Seventeen, dir. Eve Ensler dir. David Moreton • Nell, dir. Michael Apted • Pariah, dir. Dee Rees • Floored By Love, dir. Desiree Lim • Best Boy, dir. Ira Wohl • Boys Don’t Cry, • The Incredibly True Adventure • A Beautiful Mind, dir. Kimberly Peirce of Two Girls in Love, dir. Maria dir. Ron Howard Maggenti • The Brandon Teena Story, • Digging to China, dir. Susan Muska, Gréta • Mango Souffle, dir. Timothy Hutton Olafsdóttir dir. Mahesh Dattani • The Obejct of My Affection, dir. Nicholas Hytner • Rent, dir. Chris Columbus • Saved!, dir. Brian Dannelly • To Wong Fu Thanks For Everything, dirs. Julie Newmar, Beeban Kidron • All About My Mother, dir. Pedro Almodovar • Angels In America, dir. Mike Nichols

Race Class

• Roots, David L. Wolper • Soy Cuba, dir. Mikhail Kalatozov Productions • A Class Divided, dir. David • Mississippi Masala, dir. Mira Nair Charles Sullivan, Mande Whitaker • The Wire, creator David Chase (HBO TV series) • City of Men (Cidade dos Homens), (Brazilian TV series) • The Joy Luck Club, dir. Wayne Wang • The Pianist, dir. Roman Polanski • Malcolm X, dir. Spike Lee • Capitalism: A Love Story, dir. Michael Moore • Sankofa, dir. Haile Gerima • Sicko, dir. Michael Moore • 500 Years Later, dir. Owen Alik Shahadah • Do the Right Thing, dir. Spike Lee • Black in Latin America series, dir. Henry Lewis Gates