From 1968 to 1975, gangs ruled New York City. Beyond the idealistic hopes of the civil rights movement lay a unfocused rage. Neither law enforcement nor social agency could end the escalating bloodshed. Peace came only through the most unlikely and courageous of events that would change the world for generations to come by giving birth to hip-hop culture. Rubble Kings, the most comprehensive documentation of life during this era of gang rule to date, tells the story find out more...

Chris Rushton says: "A spliced together documentary by Swedish film maker Goran Olssen using footage of the black power movement in the US shot by Scandinavian journalists between the years 1967 and 1975. Featuring interviews with proponents of black power including such luminaries as Angela Davis and Stokely Carmichael, interspersed with commentary from the likes of Talib Kweli and Erykah Badu find out more...

This honest and affecting documentary uses news reports, archival footage and talking heads to describe the politics of the gay rights movement surrounding the election and assassination of openly homosexual San Franciscan councillor Harvey Milk. The movie concentrates on the emergence of a gay political movement within the electoral system, the 1978 fight against Proposition 6, which would have banned gay and lesbian individuals from teaching in schools, and the scandalously low sentence given find out more...