Sharon Blackwood
Biography: Sharon Blackwood was reared in the small town of Greensboro, Georgia. This upbringing served her well in her first television guest roles, on I'll Fly Away and In the Heat of the Night. She has been fortunate to work opposite Sidney Poitier, Kenneth Branagh, Ellen Burstyn, Tom Wilkinson, Joel Edgerton, Ruth Negga, Jason Bateman and Diane Keaton. Her feature films include Robert Zemeckis' "Flight" and Boaz Yakin's , "Remember the Titans" both starring Denzel Washington; Ross Katz's The Choice; Gregory Jacobs' Magic Mike XXL; Andy Tennant's Sweet Home Alabama. She also appeared in Terence Davies' The Neon Bible and as Lola Loving in "Loving", both of which were nominated for the Palm D'or at the Cannes Film Festival. Ms. Blackwood began her acting career in the theatre. Beginning with the role of Ada in "Tobacco Road", she then did very diverse characters including Aunt Julia in "Hedda Gabler", Woman (Veronica) in "Veronica's Room" as well as performing in the musical "Side by Side by Sondheim. She received Bachelor and Master of Music degrees from West Georgia College, where she studied voice with Metropolitan Opera Soprano Inge Manski-Lundeen; with whom she studied throughout her career. Her favorite operatic roles include Dorabella in Cosi Fan Tutte and Mother in Amahl and the Night Visitors. She continues as an Oratorio soloist in Atlanta, Ga. Ms. Blackwood is a former Vice President of the League of Women Voters of Georgia and continues her work with them and other service organizations. Married to Michael Blackwood for over 45 years, she has two daughters and two grandchildren who have been her support and inspiration throughout her career.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: October 02, 1952
Deathday: N/A
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Broken Bridges
2006-09-08
Broken Bridges
Overview: A fading country music star returns to his hometown, where he reunites with his childhood sweetheart and also meets his 16-year-old daughter for the first time.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-09-08
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The Neon Bible
1995-08-23
The Neon Bible
Overview: During a train ride, a teenager recalls his upbringing in 1940s small-town Georgia and the events that have led to this point.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-08-23
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Flash
1997-12-21
Flash
Overview: A boy falls in love with a horse named Flash that's for sale. He gets a job to earn the money to buy the horse, but he's forced to sell when the family falls upon hard times.
Genres: Family Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-12-21
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Loving
2016-11-04
Loving
Overview: The story of Richard and Mildred Loving, an interracial couple, whose challenge of their anti-miscegenation arrest for their marriage in Virginia led to a legal battle that would end at the US Supreme Court.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-11-04
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Dolly Parton's Coat of Many Colors
2015-12-10
Dolly Parton's Coat of Many Colors
Overview: "Dolly Parton's Coat of Many Colors" is based on the inspiring true story of living legend Dolly Parton's remarkable upbringing. This once-in-a-lifetime movie special takes place inside the tight-knit Parton family as they struggle to overcome devastating tragedy and discover the healing power of love, faith and a raggedy patchwork coat that helped make Parton who she is today. The film is set in the Tennessee Great Smoky Mountains in 1955. It is neither a biopic nor a musical about Dolly's whole life and performing career, but rather a family-oriented faith-based story about the incidents in her and her family's life around the time she was nine years old.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-12-10
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Remember the Titans
2000-09-29
Remember the Titans
Overview: After leading his football team to 15 winning seasons, coach Bill Yoast is demoted and replaced by Herman Boone – tough, opinionated and as different from the beloved Yoast as he could be. The two men learn to overcome their differences and turn a group of hostile young men into champions.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-09-29
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Flight
2012-11-02
Flight
Overview: Commercial airline pilot Whip Whitaker has a problem with drugs and alcohol, though so far he's managed to complete his flights safely. His luck runs out when a disastrous mechanical malfunction sends his plane hurtling toward the ground. Whip pulls off a miraculous crash-landing that results in only six lives lost. Shaken to the core, Whip vows to get sober -- but when the crash investigation exposes his addiction, he finds himself in an even worse situation.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-11-02
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The Choice
2016-02-04
The Choice
Overview: Travis and Gabby first meet as neighbors in a small coastal town and wind up in a relationship that is tested by life's most defining events.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-02-04
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Sweet Home Alabama
2002-09-26
Sweet Home Alabama
Overview: New York fashion designer, Melanie Carmichael suddenly finds herself engaged to the city's most eligible bachelor. But her past holds many secrets—including Jake, the redneck husband she married in high school, who refuses to divorce her. Bound and determined to end their contentious relationship once and for all, Melanie sneaks back home to Alabama to confront her past.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-09-26
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Magic Mike XXL
2015-07-01
Magic Mike XXL
Overview: Three years after Mike bowed out of the stripper life at the top of his game, he and the remaining Kings of Tampa hit the road to Myrtle Beach to put on one last blow-out performance.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-07-01
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Miss Lettie and Me
2002-12-08
Miss Lettie and Me
Overview: Life does a 180-degree turn for bitter spinster Lettie (Mary Tyler Moore) when she takes in her 9-year-old grandniece, Travis (Holliston Coleman), in this Emmy Award-winning movie. Confused by her aunt's cold treatment, Travis attempts to uncover the reason for Lettie's self-imposed seclusion by befriending farmhand Isaiah (Charles Robinson) and Lettie's former beau Sam (Burt Reynolds). Can the three reawaken Lettie's long-gone love of life?
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-12-08
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The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn
1999-05-09
The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn
Overview: In the small Southern community of Twin Pines, GA, lives Noah Dearborn, a master craftsman and farmer who cherishes his solitude almost as much as the local townspeople cherish him — especially restaurant owner Sarah McClellan. But when greedy real estate developers set their sights on Noah's land and he rejects their six-figure offer, this taciturn man is forced to summon all his strength in order to defend not only his property and way of life, but his sanity.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-05-09
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Dirt Road To Lafayette
2018-06-24
Dirt Road To Lafayette
Overview: A musical journey from the Scottish Highlands to the southern US.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-06-24
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Poms
2019-05-09
Poms
Overview: After moving to a retirement community, loner Martha eventually befriends her fun-loving neighbor, Sheryl, and forms a cheerleading club for young-at-heart seniors, though they face roadblocks along the way.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-05-09
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Warm Springs
2005-04-30
Warm Springs
Overview: Franklin Roosevelt, left a paraplegic from polio at 39 years of age, seeks out a miracle cure in the backwoods of Georgia.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-04-30
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Adult Swim Yule Log 2: Branchin' Out
2024-12-06
Adult Swim Yule Log 2: Branchin' Out
Overview: Zoe tries to escape the horrors of the first film by fleeing to a new country, but the murder log has travel plans of its own.
Genres: Horror Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-12-06
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