GENDER

Tootsie (1982) -- A male actor who cannot find a job poses as a woman, and becomes more successful in his job and in his personal relationships. Gender, friendship, sexuality.

Mrs. Doubtfire (1993) -- A man who is separated from his wife poses as a nanny so that he can spend time with his kids. Gender, family.

Just One of the Guys (1985) -- A high school girl avoids sexism by dressing as a guy and enrolling in another high school. Gender, stereotypes.

Yentl (1983)-- A Jewish woman, blocked from education because whe is a woman, poses as a man. Gender, family, frendship, sexuality.

Virtual Sexuality (1999) -- A young woman in a video arcade designs her ideal boyfriend, and an accident brings her ideal to life. Gender.

PREJUDICE

Prejudice: Eye of the Storm -- Documentary about Jane Elliott's classroom experiment in which the teacher tells children that blue-eyed or brown-eyed kids are superior. Prejudice.

A Class Divided -- Follow-up interviews 14 years later with students who participated in Jane Elliott’s classroom experiment in which students were given privileges and stereotypes based on having blue eyes or brown eyes. Prejudice.

American History X (1998)-- A powerful film about a white supremacist, his experiences in prison,and his brother’s involvement in a white supremacist group. Prejudice, ethnicity.

Starman (1984) -- Alien from another planet takes the form of a woman's deceased husband and is pursued by the military. Assimilation, prejudice, romance.

ETHNICITY & FAMILY

Fakin’ da funk (1998) -- An Asian American, adopted by an African American family, thinks he is Black, but his new peers in LA treat him differently. Ethnicity, stereotypes.

Smoke Signals (1998) -- Film by Native Americans about family relationships on a reservation in Idaho. Ethnicity, family.

Mi Familia -- Three generations of a family that migrated from Mexico to Los Angeles. Ethnicity, family, prejudice.

The Joy Luck Club (1993) -- Four Chinese women who immigrated to America, and their daughters raised in America. Ethnicity, gender, friendship, family, and conflicts between cultures.

The Wedding Banquet (1993) -- A Chinese American man, pressured by his parents to marry, arranges a marriage of convenience to gain resident status for a woman. But then his parents come for the wedding, not knowing that he is actually gay. Ethnicity, family, sexuality.

Mississippi Masala (1992) -- A man of Asian Indian descent raise in Uganda is forced to leave when the Africans gain independence. In the US, his daughter begins dating an African American, creating problems on both sides. Ethnicity, place, biracial dating.

RELIGION

Devils' Arithmetic (1999) -- A contemporary teenage girl who doesn't understand the signiticance of being Jewish is transported back in time to the Holocaust. Religion, prejudice.

Schindler's List (1993) -- Catholic factory owner in Poland saves 1000 Jews from the Holocaust. Religion, prejudice.

Fiddler on the Roof (1971) -- Jewish community in Russia is uprooted by nationalism just prior to the Communist Revolution. Religion, family.

SOCIAL CLASS

Taylor's Campaign -- Documentary about homelessness.

The Outsiders (1983) -- High school student cliques in Oklahoma. Social class, school identities.

7 Up -- First in a series of documentaries about a group of individuals in England studied every 7 years of their lives.

SEXUALITY

Priest (1995) -- Conflicts between celibacy and sexuality experienced by two Roman Catholic priests in Ireland. Religion, sexuality.

Get Real (1999) -- Sensitive portrayal of the problems of being gay in high school. Sexuality, school identities.

Beautiful Thing (1996) -- Two working-class adolescent boys in London, neighbors with very different home lives, become romantically involved as they discover their sexuality. Sexuality, family, social class.

Fire (1997) -- Attraction between a long-married woman and her newlywed sister-in-law, set in India. Sexuality, family.

Three to Tango (1999) -- A man's employer thinks he is gay, and asks him to spy on his mistress. He falls in love with her, but has to pretend he is gay. Sexuality.

AGE & DISABILITY

On Golden Pond (1969) -- Relationships between an eighty-year-old man, who is angry at being old, and his loving wife, a lonely boy, and his resentful daughter. Age, family, friendship.

Butterflies Are Free (1972) -- A blind man, attempting to live independly, and his relationships with the girl next door and his overprotective mother. Disability, family, romance.

At First Sight (1999) -- A blind man regains sight after surgery but has difficulty connecting with what he sees. Disability, romance.