Historically important drama from director Michael Roemer that was the first film with a mainly black cast aimed at a mixed-race audience. Reflecting the era of the civil rights movement during the early 1960s, the story, set in Alabama, follows the trials of railroad worker Duff (Ivan Dixon) who falls in love with, & marries, preacher's daughter Josie (Abbey Lincoln). Trying to settle down to life in the town, Duff soon comes face-to-face with the ingrained racial hostility of his bosses, & is forced to come to terms with the lack of respect & dignity afforded him by the town's population. As the couple attempt to surmount their problems & live their lives, they realise that their love for each other can overcome even the sturdiest of barriers. ...

Knud is growing up in Faster, a small Danish town in the 1960s. The war is over but the Germans are still hated & Knud has a German mother. Bullied & persecuted at school, he retreats into the world of his family's history
- but he can't escape the fact that, for him, his parents, & his paternal grandparents, the war is still being fought.
...

When Jay arrives at Glenwood Primary, Paul is assigned to look after him & be his 'buddy', but looking after Jay proves harder than he expected. Jay's family are travellers & the new boy doesn't say much or seem interested in making friends. But Paul soon discovers Jay has a secret. ...