LIBERTY HEIGHTS (1999)
BARRY LEVINSON
Plot
The year is 1954 and Van and Ben are two young Jewish brothers just discovering the joys of the opposite sex; one has fallen for the schools first black student while the other is drawn to a rich, but non-Jewish girl; Their father meanwhile has become involved in a money racket and now finds himself dangerously out of his depth. Liberty Heights is a sensitively and perceptively observed film with some fine performances.