Tag: sympathy

  • Gorillas in the Mist

    The story of Dian Fossey, a scientist who came to Africa to study the vanishing mountain gorillas, and later fought to protect them.

  • Killer: A Journal of Murder

    Carl Panzram is sent to Leavenworth Prison for burglary. While there, he is brutally beaten by a guard. Neophyte guard Henry Lesser feels sympathy for Panzram, befriends him, and gets him to write his life story. Lesser learns that Panzram’s past is much more violent than he thought, but also that he’s capable of being…

  • When We Were Kings

    It’s 1974. Muhammad Ali is 32 and thought by many to be past his prime. George Foreman is ten years younger and the heavyweight champion of the world. Promoter Don King wants to make a name for himself and offers both fighters five million dollars apiece to fight one another, and when they accept, King…

  • Delightfully Deceitful

    A cooperative drama between a fraudster who cannot empathize and an overly sympathetic lawyer, as well as a revenge play against absolute evil.

  • Hard Truths

    Pansy, angry and depressed, lashes out at family and strangers. Her constant criticism isolates her, except from her cheerful sister Chantal, who remains sympathetic despite their differences.