ethnic stereotype
17 movies and shows
8 Mile
Fri, 08 Nov 2002
For Jimmy Smith, Jr., life is a daily fight just to keep hope alive. Feeding his dreams in Detroit's vibrant music scene, Jimmy wages an extraordinary personal struggle to find his own voice - and earn a place in a world where rhymes rule, legends are born and every moment… is another chance.
Monster's Ball
Thu, 07 Jun 2001
A prison guard begins a tentative romance with the unsuspecting widow of a man whose execution he presided over.
Towelhead
Fri, 12 Sep 2008
A young Arab-American girl struggles with her sexual obsession, a bigoted Army reservist, and her strict father during the Gulf War.
Doin' Time
Sun, 19 May 1985
Duke Jarrett is sent to jail at the John Dillinger prison. However, the prison looks more like a zoo, more or less ruled by the prisoners themselves.
Hollywood Shuffle
Fri, 20 Mar 1987
Aspiring actor and hot-dog stand employee Bobby Taylor catches the ire of his grandmother for auditioning for a role in the regrettably titled exploitation film "Jivetime Jimmy's Revenge." When Tinseltown Studios casts Taylor in the title role, he has a series of conflicted dreams satirizing African-American stereotypes in Hollywood, and must reconcile his career goals with his desire to remain a positive role model for his little brother.
Ethnic Notions
Fri, 05 Dec 1986
This documentary traces the deep-rooted stereotypes which have fueled anti-black prejudice.
I'm Through with White Girls
Thu, 01 Feb 2007
Jay Brooks is that black guy who digs indie rock, graphic novels, and dates white chicks. After a slew of bad break-ups, Jay gives up white women, "cold turkey," and he goes on a mission: "Operation Brown Sugar". But because Jay doesn't fit the "brotha" stereotype, he fails miserably with the "sistahs." Then he meets the dynamic Catherine, a misunderstood "Half-rican Canadian", who's as righteously quirky as he is. To win her heart, Jay must confront his fears as he realizes commitment is a bigger issue than race.
Asphalt Tango
Wed, 13 Nov 1996
A desperate husband chases a bus full of beautiful women headed for Paris, France.
My Pastor Among the Thais
Wed, 13 Jul 1983
Maximin, priest in a little village in the South-West of France, inherits from his brother a brothel in Thailand, although he's always been told it was a very strict catholic school. The journey to Asia is full of surprises (a plane hi-jack, pirates...) and once in Thailand, Maximin is taken into 'political' turmoils.
Disco Beaver from Outer Space
Fri, 23 Feb 1979
National Lampoons mockery of everything that is wrong with cable TV.
Journey to the West
Fri, 04 Dec 2015
"Journey to the West" is an embedded documentary film into a bus full of Chinese tourists visiting Europe (6 countries in 10 days!) for the very first time. This road movie captures with humor, poetry and spirit the cultural differences between China and Europe in a play of mirrors and contrasts. It also destroys the stereotypes about the emerging Chinese middle class and reveals what they think about the "others" who are "us", the Westerners.
Stolen Ground
Fri, 01 Jan 1993
In US society, people of East Asian heritage are often perceived through an obscuring lens of ethnic and cultural stereotypes. In STOLEN GROUND, six Asian-American men talk about their experience of the highly racialized United States, and consider how racism has affected their lives and those of their family members.
Shuffle Off to Buffalo
Sat, 08 Jul 1933
An animated singing and dancing revue of babies (representing a variety of stereotypes) who are being prepared for delivery by stork.
If These Halls Could Talk
Wed, 01 Jan 2014
Eleven college students from different backgrounds participate in a retreat to discuss their experiences of race and racial prejudice. The circle is facilitated by Lee Mun Wah.
The Orange Child
Mon, 22 Mar 2021
In deep introspection, a Black actor sought for some answer when he found his childhood computer, he explores a video game he started creating when he was 11, when he didn't see himself as being black, but as orange.
Santa's Surprise
Fri, 05 Dec 1947
Seven children from around the world follow Santa home on Christmas Eve and decide to surprise him with some help around the house while he sleeps.
Verdacht
Fri, 28 Sep 2018
We think we know what ethnic profiling is, but what does it feel like? Dutch citizens report on at times bizarre and disconcerting experiences with police checks, where their skin colour routinely makes them suspicious. For years, the police has been aiming to proactively execute security checks in order to arrest more riff-raff. But practise shows that Dutch people with a migration background are regularly stopped without any suspicion of criminal offences. Poignantly, the teacher, the soldier, the lawyer, the rapper, the fellow police officer and other coloured Dutchmen talk about helplessness, frustration, humiliation, alienation, anger and what it feels like to be a suspect from the start. Wry, but insightful indictment of ethnic profiling.