Danny Glover
Biography: Danny Lebern Glover (born July 22, 1946) is an American actor, film director, and political activist. He is best known for his co-starring lead role as Sergeant Roger Murtaugh in the Lethal Weapon film series. Glover has had a variety of film, stage, and television roles. He starred as the husband to Whoopi Goldberg's character, Celie in the celebrated literary adaptation of The Color Purple, and as Lieutenant James McFee in the film Witness. He had leading roles in other films including To Sleep with Anger, Predator 2, Angels in the Outfield, and Operation Dumbo Drop. He won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead for his starring role in Charles Burnett's To Sleep with Anger. Also, he has had prominent supporting roles in Silverado, Witness, A Rage in Harlem, Dreamgirls, Shooter, Death at a Funeral, Beyond the Lights, Sorry to Bother You, The Last Black Man in San Francisco, The Dead Don't Die, Lonesome Dove and Jumanji: The Next Level. Glover earned top billing for the first time in Predator 2, the sequel to the science fiction action film Predator. During his career, he has also made several cameos, appearing, for example, in the Michael Jackson video "Liberian Girl" of 1987. In 1994, he made his directorial debut with the Showtime channel short film Override. Also in 1994, Glover and actor Ben Guillory founded the Robey Theatre Company in Los Angeles, focusing on theatre by and about black people.
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Birthday: July 22, 1946
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Known For
Predator 2
1990-11-21
Predator 2
Overview: A police chief in the war-torn streets of Los Angeles discovers that an extraterrestrial creature is hunting down residents - and that he is the next target.
Genres: Science Fiction Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-11-21
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Saw
2004-10-01
Saw
Overview: Two men wake up to find themselves shackled in a grimy, abandoned bathroom. As they struggle to comprehend their predicament, they discover a disturbing tape left behind by the sadistic mastermind known as Jigsaw. With a chilling voice and cryptic instructions, Jigsaw informs them that they must partake in a gruesome game in order to secure their freedom.
Genres: Horror Mystery Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-10-01
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The Color Purple
1985-12-18
The Color Purple
Overview: An epic tale spanning forty years in the life of Celie, an African-American woman living in the South who survives incredible abuse and bigotry. After Celie's abusive father marries her off to the equally debasing 'Mister' Albert Johnson, things go from bad to worse, leaving Celie to find companionship anywhere she can. She perseveres, holding on to her dream of one day being reunited with her sister in Africa.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-12-18
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Lethal Weapon 2
1989-07-07
Lethal Weapon 2
Overview: In the opening chase, Martin Riggs and Roger Murtaugh stumble across a trunk full of Krugerrands. They follow the trail to a South African diplomat who's using his immunity to conceal a smuggling operation. When he plants a bomb under Murtaugh's toilet, the action explodes!
Genres: Action Adventure Comedy Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-07-07
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Lethal Weapon 3
1992-05-15
Lethal Weapon 3
Overview: Archetypal buddy cops Riggs and Murtaugh are back for another round of high-stakes action, this time setting their collective sights on bringing down a former Los Angeles police lieutenant turned black market weapons dealer. Lorna Cole joins as the beautiful yet hardnosed internal affairs sergeant who catches Riggs's eye.
Genres: Adventure Action Comedy Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-05-15
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Lethal Weapon 4
1998-07-10
Lethal Weapon 4
Overview: Officers Martin Riggs and Roger Murtaugh of the Los Angeles Police Department must stop a dangerous crime lord from China from getting his brother out of jail.
Genres: Action Adventure Comedy Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-07-10
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Lethal Weapon
1987-03-06
Lethal Weapon
Overview: Veteran buttoned-down LAPD detective Roger Murtaugh is partnered with unhinged cop Martin Riggs, who -- distraught after his wife's death -- has a death wish and takes unnecessary risks with criminals at every turn. The odd couple embark on their first homicide investigation as partners, involving a young woman known to Murtaugh with ties to a drug and prostitution ring.
Genres: Adventure Action Comedy Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-03-06
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Dreamgirls
2006-12-25
Dreamgirls
Overview: A trio of female soul singers cross over to the pop charts in the early 1960s, facing their own personal struggles along the way.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-12-25
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The Shaggy Dog
2006-03-09
The Shaggy Dog
Overview: The tale of a workaholic dad-turned-dog who finds that being man's best friend shows him the most important job - being a great dad.
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-03-09
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Manderlay
2005-06-03
Manderlay
Overview: In 1933, after leaving Dogville, Grace Margaret Mulligan sees a slave being punished at a cotton farm called Manderlay. Officially, slavery is illegal and Grace stands up against the farmers. She stays with some gangsters in Manderlay and tries to influence the situation. But when harvest time comes, Grace sees the social and economic reality of Manderlay.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: da
Release Date: 2005-06-03
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Vagabonds
2017-10-01
Vagabonds
Overview: The story of Rachel, a young woman in her early 20s who lives with her Nigerian uncle (Danny Glover) and his American wife (Edythe Davis). When her aunt has had enough of her niece's free-spirited lifestyle, she kicks Rachel out of the house. Rachel is left to figure it out on her own, but quickly runs into Skeeter, a washed-up movie star whose life is surprisingly similar to hers. Together, they decide to "play a part" in hopes of both getting what they need.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-10-01
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Switchback
1997-10-31
Switchback
Overview: After FBI agent Frank Lacrosse believes his son was kidnapped by a notorious serial killer, he travels to Amarillo, Texas, where he believes the murderer is in hiding. Although officially taken off the case because of its personal significance to him, Frank continues to pursue the killer, causing concern for local sheriff Buck Olmstead. When another victim pops up at a nearby car garage, Frank knows that he is as close as he'll ever be to tracking down the elusive killer.
Genres: Thriller Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-10-31
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Gospel Hill
2008-02-09
Gospel Hill
Overview: Gospel Hill tells the intersecting story of two men in the fictional South Carolina town of Julia. Danny Glover plays John Malcolm, the son of a slain civil rights activist. Jack Herrod (Tom Bower) is the former sheriff who never got to the bottom of the murder. Their paths begin to cross when a development corporation comes to town with plans to raze Julia's historic Gospel Hill.
Genres: Drama Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-02-09
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Be Kind Rewind
2008-01-20
Be Kind Rewind
Overview: A man whose brain becomes magnetized unintentionally destroys every tape in his friend's video store. In order to satisfy the store's most loyal renter, an aging woman with signs of dementia, the two men set out to remake the lost films.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-01-20
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A Night at the Academy Museum
2021-10-12
A Night at the Academy Museum
Overview: Exclusive look at the movies' 120-year history as well as an insight into the largest institution in the U.S. dedicated to the arts, sciences and artists of moviemaking.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-10-12
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Shooter
2007-03-22
Shooter
Overview: A top Marine sniper, Bob Lee Swagger, leaves the military after a mission goes horribly awry and disappears, living in seclusion. He is coaxed back into service after a high-profile government official convinces him to help thwart a plot to kill the President of the United States. Ultimately double-crossed and framed for the attempt, Swagger becomes the target of a nationwide manhunt. He goes on the run to track the real killer and find out who exactly set him up, and why, eventually seeking revenge against some of the most powerful and corrupt leaders in the free world.
Genres: Drama Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-03-22
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Blindness
2008-05-14
Blindness
Overview: When a sudden plague of blindness devastates a city, a small group of the afflicted band together to triumphantly overcome the horrific conditions of their imposed quarantine.
Genres: Drama Mystery Science Fiction Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-05-14
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Silverado
1985-07-10
Silverado
Overview: Four unwitting heroes cross paths on their journey to the sleepy town of Silverado. Little do they know the town where their family and friends reside has been taken over by a corrupt sheriff and a murderous posse. It's up to the sharp-shooting foursome to save the day, but first they have to break each other out of jail, and learn who their real friends are.
Genres: Western Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-07-10
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Iceman
1984-04-13
Iceman
Overview: A team of Arctic researchers find a 40,000 year-old man frozen in ice and bring him back to life. Anthropologist Dr. Stanley Shephard wants to befriend the Iceman and learn about the man's past while Dr. Diane Brady and her surgical team want to discover the secret that will allow man to live in a frozen state.
Genres: Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-04-13
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Angels in the Outfield
1994-07-15
Angels in the Outfield
Overview: Roger is a foster child whose irresponsible father promises to get his act together when Roger's favourite baseball team, the California Angels, wins the pennant. The problem is that the Angels are in last place, so Roger prays for help to turn the team around. Sure enough, his prayers are answered in the form of angel Al.
Genres: Comedy Family Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-07-15
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The Rainmaker
1997-11-18
The Rainmaker
Overview: When Rudy Baylor, a young attorney with no clients, goes to work for a seedy ambulance chaser, he wants to help the parents of a terminally ill boy in their suit against an insurance company. But to take on corporate America, Rudy and a scrappy paralegal must open their own law firm.
Genres: Drama Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-11-18
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Antz
1998-10-02
Antz
Overview: A neurotic worker ant in love with a rebellious princess rises to unlikely stardom when he switches places with a soldier. Signing up to march in a parade, he ends up under the command of a bloodthirsty general. But he's actually been enlisted to fight against a termite army.
Genres: Family Animation Adventure Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-10-02
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The Royal Tenenbaums
2001-10-05
The Royal Tenenbaums
Overview: Royal Tenenbaum and his wife Etheline had three children and then they separated. All three children are extraordinary --- all geniuses. Virtually all memory of the brilliance of the young Tenenbaums was subsequently erased by two decades of betrayal, failure, and disaster. Most of this was generally considered to be their father's fault. "The Royal Tenenbaums" is the story of the family's sudden, unexpected reunion one recent winter.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-10-05
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Gone Fishin'
1997-05-30
Gone Fishin'
Overview: Two fishing fanatics get in trouble when their fishing boat gets stolen while on a trip.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-05-30
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Witness
1985-02-08
Witness
Overview: A sheltered Amish child is the sole witness of a brutal murder in a restroom at a Philadelphia train station, and he must be protected. The assignment falls to a taciturn detective who goes undercover in a Pennsylvania Dutch community. On the farm, he slowly assimilates despite his urban grit, and forges a romantic bond with the child's beautiful mother.
Genres: Crime Drama Romance Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-02-08
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Alpha and Omega
2010-09-16
Alpha and Omega
Overview: Two young wolves at opposite ends of their pack's social order are thrown together into a foreign land and need each other to return home, but love complicates everything.
Genres: Animation Family Comedy Adventure Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-09-16
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Unstable Fables: Tortoise vs. Hare
2008-09-12
Unstable Fables: Tortoise vs. Hare
Overview: This story picks up a generation after the famous race between the Hare and the Tortoise. This time it's their kids' turn to compete, and they're about to escalate their family rivalry to ridiculous new levels.
Genres: Animation Family Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-09-12
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The Drummer
2020-10-01
The Drummer
Overview: Three interwoven stories reveal the traumatic effects of war on the psyches of veterans from different generations.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-10-01
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Maverick
1994-05-20
Maverick
Overview: Maverick is a gambler who would rather con someone than fight them, and needs an additional three thousand dollars in order to enter a winner-takes-all poker game that begins in a few days, so he joins forces with a woman gambler with a marvellous southern accent, and the two try and enter the game.
Genres: Action Adventure Comedy Drama Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-05-20
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The Prince of Egypt
1998-12-16
The Prince of Egypt
Overview: The strong bond between two brothers is challenged when their chosen responsibilities set them at odds, with extraordinary consequences.
Genres: Adventure Animation Drama Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-12-16
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Operation Dumbo Drop
1995-07-28
Operation Dumbo Drop
Overview: Five Green Berets stationed in Vietnam in 1968 grudgingly undertake the mission of a lifetime -- to secretly transport an 8,000-pound elephant through 200 miles of rough jungle terrain. High jinks prevail when Capt. Sam Cahill promises the Montagnard villagers of Dak Nhe that he'll replace their prized elephant in time for an important ritual. But for Capt. T.C. Doyle, the mission becomes a jumbo-sized headache!
Genres: Action Adventure Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-07-28
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Barnyard
2006-08-04
Barnyard
Overview: When the farmer's away, all the animals play, and sing, and dance. Eventually, though, someone has to step in and run things, a responsibility that ends up going to Otis, a carefree cow.
Genres: Animation Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-08-04
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Lethal Weapon 5
Lethal Weapon 5
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Genres: Action Crime Comedy
Original Language: en
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Death at a Funeral
2010-04-15
Death at a Funeral
Overview: Aaron's father's funeral is today at the family home, and everything goes wrong: the funeral home delivers the wrong body, his cousin accidentally drugs her fiancé, and Aaron's successful younger brother, Ryan, flies in from New York, broke but arrogant. To top it all off, a mysterious stranger wants a word with Aaron.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-04-15
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Places in the Heart
1984-09-11
Places in the Heart
Overview: In 1935 rural Texas, recently widowed Edna Spaulding struggles to survive with two small children, a farm to run, and very little money in the bank - not to mention a deadly tornado and the unwelcome presence of the Ku Klux Klan. Edna is aided by her beautician sister, Margaret; a blind boarder, Mr. Will; and a would-be thief, Moze, who decides to teach Edna how to plant and harvest cotton.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-09-11
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Double Soul
2023-07-13
Double Soul
Overview: Twins, identical in appearance but different in soul. A double female point of view, narrated between Italy and the Middle East, between the affirmation of identity and the risks that people are willing to take to get what they want.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-07-13
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Grand Canyon
1991-12-25
Grand Canyon
Overview: Grand Canyon revolved around six residents from different backgrounds whose lives intertwine in modern-day Los Angeles. At the center of the film is the unlikely friendship of two men from different races and classes brought together when one finds himself in jeopardy in the other's rough neighborhood.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-12-25
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Missing in America
2005-01-01
Missing in America
Overview: A haunted Vietnam veteran, living in exile in the forests of the Pacific Northwest, is faced with a life-changing decision after he is visited by a former platoon member and his young Amerasian daughter.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-01-01
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2012
2009-10-10
2012
Overview: Dr. Adrian Helmsley, part of a worldwide geophysical team investigating the effect on the earth of radiation from unprecedented solar storms, learns that the earth's core is heating up. He warns U.S. President Thomas Wilson that the crust of the earth is becoming unstable and that without proper preparations for saving a fraction of the world's population, the entire race is doomed. Meanwhile, writer Jackson Curtis stumbles on the same information. While the world's leaders race to build "arks" to escape the impending cataclysm, Curtis struggles to find a way to save his family. Meanwhile, volcanic eruptions and earthquakes of unprecedented strength wreak havoc around the world.
Genres: Action Adventure Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-10-10
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Honeydripper
2007-09-10
Honeydripper
Overview: In 1950s Alabama, the owner of the Honeydripper juke joint finds his business dropping off and against his better judgment, hires a young electric guitarist in a last ditch effort to draw crowds during harvest time.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-09-10
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A Rage in Harlem
1991-05-03
A Rage in Harlem
Overview: A beautiful black gangster's moll flees to Harlem with a trunkload of gold after a shootout, unaware that the rest of the gang, and a few other unsavoury characters, are on her trail. A pudgy momma's boy becomes the object of her affections and the unlikely hero of the tale.
Genres: Crime Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-05-03
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Night Train
2009-04-15
Night Train
Overview: Two Passengers (Sobieski and Zahn) and the conductor (Glover), discovered that a person has passed away on their Night Train cabin. They come across valuable diamonds on his person, that they decide to keep for themselves...
Genres: Thriller Crime Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-04-15
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Keeping On
1983-02-08
Keeping On
Overview: A preacher teams up with a labor union organizer to help unionize the mill where he worked.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-02-08
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Bat★21
1988-07-21
Bat★21
Overview: Lt. Col. Iceal "Ham" Hambleton is a weapons countermeasures expert and when his aircraft is shot over enemy territory the Air Force very much wants to get him back. Hambleton knows the area he's in is going to be carpet-bombed but a temporary shortage of helicopters causes a delay. Working with an Air Force reconnaissance pilot, Capt. Bartholomew Clark, he maps out an escape route.
Genres: Action War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-07-21
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Poor Boy's Game
2007-02-11
Poor Boy's Game
Overview: Donnie Rose went to prison for beating a young man so brutally it left him handicapped for life. Nine years later, Donnie is out. He's a different man with only one place to go: back home to the same violent and racist neighborhood that created him. At the other end of town, the black community still wants revenge. The instrument of justice will be Ossie Paris, a devastatingly talented boxer who challenges Donnie to a match; a match Donnie's family and peers won't let him refuse. George Carvery has waited nine years to avenge his son's fate at the hands of Donnie. When finally they meet face to face, however, both realize they share a similar desire to overcome the past.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-02-11
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Good Fences
2003-01-22
Good Fences
Overview: Set in the 1970s, Tom Spader is an attorney who is determined to end what he has dubbed "the colored man's losing streak." When his winning of a high-profile case thrusts him into the limelight, he decides to moves his wife and their two kids out of their mixed lower-middle-class town and into the posh enclave of Greenwich, Connecticut.
Genres: Comedy Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-01-22
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The Face of Rage
1983-03-20
The Face of Rage
Overview: Filmed in quasi-documentary fashion, the made-for-TV The Face of Rage is set in a rehabilitation facility. Here a group of rapists are required to confront their victims face-to-face. The film concentrates on the bitter verbal sparring session between assaulter Richard (Graham Bechel) and assaultee Rebecca (Dianne Weist). Director Donald Wrye co-wrote the screenplay for Face of Rage with Hal Sitowicz, drawing much of the dialogue from real-life transcripts. The film was first aired as an "ABC Theatre" presentation on March 20, 1983, preceded with an all too appropriate "parental guidance" proviso.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-03-20
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Legendary
2010-09-09
Legendary
Overview: A book-smart teenager joins his school's wrestling team as a way to reunite his surviving family members, who split apart after the death of his father, a college wrestling legend, 10 years ago.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-09-09
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Scared Straight! 20 Years Later
1999-04-15
Scared Straight! 20 Years Later
Overview: Adults meet up with the people who changed their lives twenty years ago by confronting them about their lifestyles as teenagers.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-04-15
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Down for Life
2010-10-01
Down for Life
Overview: Based on a New York Times article depicting a single dramatic day in the life of a Latina gang leader in South Central L.A.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-10-01
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Battle for Terra
2007-09-06
Battle for Terra
Overview: A peaceful alien planet faces annihilation, as the homeless remainder of the human race sets its eyes on Terra. Mala, a rebellious Terrian teenager, will do everything she can to stop it.
Genres: Action Adventure Animation Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-09-06
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Mooz-lum
2011-02-11
Mooz-lum
Overview: Thanks to a strict Muslim upbringing that largely shielded him from the outside world, Tariq's first year of college proves transformative. That is, until the 9/11 terrorist attacks invite growing suspicion and distrust from his angry classmates.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-02-11
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Beloved
1998-10-16
Beloved
Overview: After Paul D. finds his old slave friend Sethe in Ohio and moves in with her and her daughter Denver, a strange girl comes along by the name of "Beloved". Sethe and Denver take her in and then strange things start to happen...
Genres: Drama Thriller Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-10-16
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Flight of the Intruder
1991-01-18
Flight of the Intruder
Overview: U.S. Navy pilot Lt. Jake Grafton and his bombardier buddy, Lt. Cmdr. Virgil Cole, are two soldiers embedded in the Vietnam War growing frustrated by the military's constraints on their missions. Despite the best efforts of their commanding officer, Cmdr. Frank Camparelli, to re-engage them, this disillusioned pair decide to take the war effort into their own hands with an explosive battle plan that could well get them court-martialed.
Genres: Action War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-01-18
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Casting By
2012-11-01
Casting By
Overview: This essential new documentary pays tribute to the legacy of the late, legendary casting director Marion Dougherty and shines a light on one of the most overlooked and least understood crafts in filmmaking.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-11-01
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The Harimaya Bridge
2009-06-13
The Harimaya Bridge
Overview: The Harimaya Bridge is a drama about an American man who must travel to rural Japan to claim some important items belonging to his late son, from whom he was estranged. While there, he learns several secrets his son left behind.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2009-06-13
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Pure Luck
1991-08-09
Pure Luck
Overview: The daughter of a wealthy businessman has disappeared in Mexico, and all the efforts to find her have been unsuccessful. A psychologist, knowing that the girl has an ultra bad luck, persuades her father to send to Mexico one of his employees, an accountant with super bad luck, to find her. Perhaps he will be lucky, and his bad luck could help to find the unlucky girl.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-08-09
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Five Minarets in New York
2010-03-09
Five Minarets in New York
Overview: Two Turkish anti-terrorist agents are sent to New York City on a mission to find and bring back the dangerous Islamic leader codenamed "Dajjal", believed to be hiding in there. Working with the FBI and NYPD, the agents orchestrate the arrest of Hadji Gumus, a well-respected Muslim scholar and family man who years before fled to the United States after being released from a Turkish prison, where he served time for murder. This tale love, friendship, peace and prejudices, takes us on a journey seeking to answer the question of whether innocence or guilt even matters to one who lusts for vengeance.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-03-09
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American Dreamer
2022-11-04
American Dreamer
Overview: In this winsome comedy, an entitled Economics professor pursues a tactic to buy an ailing widow’s mansion for nothing, but he quickly realizes that his seemingly foolproof strategy won’t be as easy as he thought.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-11-04
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Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation
2007-06-27
Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation
Overview: Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation is a 2007 epic film on the Namibian independence struggle against South African occupation as seen through the life of Sam Nujoma, the leader of the South-West Africa People's Organisation and the first president of the Republic of Namibia.
Genres: Drama History War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-06-27
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I Want to Be a Soldier
2010-10-14
I Want to Be a Soldier
Overview: “I Want To Be A Soldier” is the story of Alex, an average 8 year old child who develops a morbid fascination for images portraying violence. He starts to have communication problems with his parents and other children at school and becomes withdrawn, inventing two imaginary friends.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2010-10-14
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The Real Eve
2002-04-21
The Real Eve
Overview: The made-for-cable documentary film The Real Eve is predicated on the theory that the human race can be traced to a common ancestor. The mitochondrial DNA of one prehistoric woman, who lived in Africa, has according to this theory been passed down from generation to generation over a span of 150,000 years, supplying the "chemical energy" to all humankind.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-04-21
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Son of Morning
2011-02-28
Son of Morning
Overview: As a solar catastrophe threatens the world, Phillip Katz (Joseph Cross), a stressed-out copywriter, is mistaken for the next messiah by an ambitious reporter (Heather Graham). Instantly becoming the most famous person on the planet, Phillip must decide how to use his newfound celebrity - for the betterment of mankind or himself!
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-02-28
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LUV
2013-01-18
LUV
Overview: Over the course of one day, a shy 13-year-old forms a bond with his troubled uncle.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-01-18
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John Henry
1986-12-01
John Henry
Overview: The story follow legendary railroad worker John Henry during the late 19th century.
Genres: Family TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-12-01
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The Saint of Fort Washington
1993-11-03
The Saint of Fort Washington
Overview: Matthew, a young schizophrenic, finds himself out on the street when a slumlord tears down his apartment building. Soon, he finds himself in even more dire straits, when he is threatened by Little Leroy, a thug who is one of the tough denizens of the Fort Washington Shelter for Men. He reaches out to Jerry, a streetwise combat veteran, who takes Matthew under his wing as a son. The relationship between these two men grows as they attempt to conquer the numbing isolation of homelessness.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-11-03
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Out
1982-01-01
Out
Overview: A self-styled "urban guerrilla" in Greenwich Village is sent on various assignments across the country by a mysterious "commander."
Genres: Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-01-01
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Dear Alice
2010-07-09
Dear Alice
Overview: Very different lives, becomes interweaved during what seems like an ordinary day. Franzis Namazi is a newly arrived immigrant from Gambia to Sweden. He is about to give up on his little store selling African art. Karin Carlsson-Said is a lawyer who is about to enter a new important step in her career as a lawyer. Her husband Moses must send money to his hospitalized father in Uganda, but there are problems with the transaction and has issues with keeping up his work as a Social Worker. Bosse is the TV star who finds out he has been fired off his own show and finds his young wife with another man, Hakan is a charming celebrity with an alcohol problem and now once again needs help from his lawyer Karin Carlsson-Said.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2010-07-09
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Bopha!
1993-09-16
Bopha!
Overview: In this story of a black policeman during South African apartheid, Danny Glover plays the cop, who believes he's trying to help his people, even while serving as a pawn of the racist government. When his son gets involved in the anti-apartheid movement, he finds himself torn between his family and what he believes is his duty.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-09-16
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3 A.M.
2001-07-01
3 A.M.
Overview: The feature film directing debut of Spike Lee protege Lee Davis takes the viewer into the world of taxi drivers. Developed in the Sundance Laboratory, this film offers dove-tailing stories centering on the lives of individual taxi drivers as they reflect on and experience romance, politics, sociology, and spirituality.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-07-01
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To Sleep with Anger
1990-10-12
To Sleep with Anger
Overview: An enigmatic drifter from the South comes to visit an old acquaintance who now lives in South-Central LA.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-10-12
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The Children's Republic
2012-10-04
The Children's Republic
Overview: In a war-torn African country, a small group of young people, led by Mão-de-Ferro, a traumatized and violent war child, arrive in a mysterious city where children, abandoned by adults, have created their own utopian republic.
Genres: Drama Fantasy War
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2012-10-04
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Mysteria
2011-10-23
Mysteria
Overview: A once famous and now a washed-up Hollywood screenwriter fighting to finish his latest script with an unrealistic deadline. He finds himself in the center of a murder investigation involving a prominent politician's wife. The surrounding events feed him inspiration for his script.
Genres: Mystery Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-10-23
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Age of the Dragons
2011-03-21
Age of the Dragons
Overview: Age of the Dragons is an adaptation of Herman Melville's classic novel Moby Dick. Set in a medieval realm where Captain Ahab and crew hunt dragons for the vitriol that powers their world, Ishmael, a charismatic harpooner and his friend Queequeg join their quest. Ahab's adopted daughter Rachel, beautiful and tough, runs the hunting vessel. Ahab's obsession to seek revenge on a great White Dragon that slaughtered his family when he was young and left his body scarred and mauled, drives the crew deeper into the heart of darkness. In the White Dragon's lair Ahab's secrets are revealed and Rachel must choose between following him on his dark quest or escaping to a new life with Ishmael.
Genres: Adventure Action Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-03-21
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Rise Like Lions
2011-10-12
Rise Like Lions
Overview: Scott Noble's film Rise Like Lions takes the people, actions, and words from the camps and streets of Occupy Wall Street and provides a radical, compelling and inspiring account of what the movement is about. Watch it. Share it. Do it!
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-10-12
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Chasing Shakespeare
2014-02-03
Chasing Shakespeare
Overview: Two souls are so deeply in love with one another that they are entangled beyond life itself.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-02-03
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Boesman and Lena
2000-11-03
Boesman and Lena
Overview: Intense love and hate bring a man and woman through personal tragedy.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-11-03
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The Peace!
2005-09-20
The Peace!
Overview: Amid an escalating war in Iraq, rising terror levels and the threat of nuclear attack, a growing body of intellectuals, religious leaders and community organizers are getting tough with their questions about peace -- and that's no oxymoron. To shed light on the answers, filmmakers Gabriele Zamparini and Lorenzo Meccoli record a variety of speakers, including Noam Chomsky, Desmond Tutu, Scott Ritter, Pete Seeger, Howard Zinn and Gore Vidal.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-09-20
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Hannah's Law
2012-06-09
Hannah's Law
Overview: Hannah keeps the law in "the wickedest city on earth:" Dodge City, Kansas. with the help of young Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday and Stagecoach Mary.
Genres: Western TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-06-09
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Donovan's Echo
2011-09-17
Donovan's Echo
Overview: A series of uncanny déjà vu events force a man to re-examine his tragic past, memory, instinct, and future.
Genres: Fantasy Mystery Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-09-17
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Full Disclosure Report
2005-10-31
Full Disclosure Report
Overview: A faux documentary set in the world of 'Saw' that sees reporters investigate the mysterious case around Jigsaw. Universe expanding video and extra-feature on the DVD of "Saw"
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-10-31
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Highland Park
2013-06-08
Highland Park
Overview: A high school faculty lotto pool places its fate in the lucky numbers they've played for ten years after hearing budget cuts have eliminated all their jobs.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-06-08
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Tula: The Revolt
2013-07-04
Tula: The Revolt
Overview: Tula, a slave on the island of Curacao, is becoming more and more aware of the injustice existing between his people and the white oppressors. His peaceful resistance inspires his people to unite in a passionate struggle for equality, freedom and brotherhood.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-07-04
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Sins
2012-05-05
Sins
Overview: David begins experiencing cloudy memories of a long-lost life amidst the violent Cortello family in Sicily ââ'¬Â¦ a family he ultimately betrayed. And the wages of sin are deadly.
Genres: Thriller Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-05-05
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Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
2013-10-04
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
Overview: Muhammad Ali’s historic Supreme Court battle from behind closed doors. When Ali was drafted into the Vietnam War at the height of his boxing career, his claim to conscientious objector status led to a controversial legal battle that rattled the U.S. judicial system right up to the highest court in the land.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-10-04
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Space Warriors
2013-04-26
Space Warriors
Overview: The son of a retired astronaut competes to win a seat on the next space shuttle.
Genres: Family Adventure Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-04-26
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The Bouquet
2013-02-05
The Bouquet
Overview: Two estranged sisters torn apart by their differences suddenly find themselves working together towards a common goal in this heartwarming drama...For years, overachiever Terri (Kristy Swanson) and her idealistic sister, Mandy (Alberta Mayne), have kept their distance from each other, as well as from their parents' struggling florist business. But when a tragic turn of events brings both women home, they discover just how much they need one another in order to continue their family legacy. Filled with romance, humor and hope, it's an endearing story about making time for the ones you love.
Genres: Drama Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-02-05
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Buffalo Soldiers
1997-12-07
Buffalo Soldiers
Overview: They've ridden dusty miles without end and fought fierce battles. Yet when these brave African-American cavalrymen enter a scraggly frontier town, they must walk through it instead of ride. The town dishonors them but the soldiers' Native-American foes do not. Apache leader Victoria and other warriors give the horsemen a name of honor and strength: "Buffalo Soldiers". The troopers' daring hunt for Victorio frames this stirring tribute to the former slaves and other African-Americans of the 9th and 10th U.S. Calvary Regiments. Danny Glover, Mykelti Williamson, Glynn Turman, Carl Lumbly and Michael Warren star in an adventure bringing to light that largely unknown story and the unique moral dilemma the men faced. Atten-hut! "Buffalo Soldiers are riding" through town.
Genres: Drama History TV Movie Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-12-07
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After Fact
2020-06-15
After Fact
Overview: A cinema verite documentary about the lives of four journalists in the midst of an industry-wide crisis.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-06-15
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The Robeson Effect
2019-01-01
The Robeson Effect
Overview: The extraordinary story of Danny Glover and his lifetime friendship with fellow actor Ben Guillory.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-01-01
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Extraction
2013-09-05
Extraction
Overview: A major feature exclusively for digital, EXTRACTION follows a U.S. Black Ops team member who finds himself the only survivor of a botched prisoner extraction mission. Forced to fight his way out of a maximum-security Chechen prison, he must keep his target alive in order to catch a terrorist arms-dealer who is a threat to thousands of lives.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-09-05
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Can't You Hear the Wind Howl? The Life & Music of Robert Johnson
1998-09-26
Can't You Hear the Wind Howl? The Life & Music of Robert Johnson
Overview: An in-depth, award-winning documentary on the life and music of legendary bluesman Robert Johnson. Mixing rare photographs, exclusive interviews, and dramatic re-creations, it presents a compelling portrait of this enigmatic figure.
Genres: Music Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-09-26
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Beyond the Lights
2014-11-14
Beyond the Lights
Overview: Noni Jean is a hot new rising star. But not all is what it seems, and the pressure causes Noni to nearly fall apart - until she meets Kaz Nicol, a promising young cop and aspiring politician who's been assigned to her detail. Can Kaz's love give Noni the courage to find her own voice and break free to become the artist she was meant to be?
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-11-14
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The Exonerated
2006-03-06
The Exonerated
Overview: Six people tell their stories on a single subject - how they got wrongfully convicted to death penalty, but later got exonerated.
Genres: Drama TV Movie Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2006-03-06
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The Naughty Nine
2023-11-09
The Naughty Nine
Overview: Fifth-grader Andy finds himself without a present from Santa on Christmas morning. Realizing he must have landed on the “naughty list” and feeling unfairly maligned, Andy pulls together a team of eight other naughty-listers to help him execute an elaborate heist on Santa’s Village at the North Pole to get the presents they feel they deserve.
Genres: Family Adventure Comedy TV Movie Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-11-09
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Bad Ass 2: Bad Asses
2014-04-08
Bad Ass 2: Bad Asses
Overview: Vietnam vet Frank Vega now runs an East L.A. community center where he trains young boxers to survive in and out of the ring. But when his prize student falls in with the wrong crowd and turns up dead, Frank teams up with his pal Bernie to take matters into their own fists and prove that justice never gets old.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-04-08
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Howard
2018-04-22
Howard
Overview: Though legendary lyricist Howard Ashman died far too young, his impact on Broadway, movies, and the culture at large were incalculable. Told entirely through rare archival footage and interviews with Ashman’s family, friends, associates, and longtime partner Bill Lauch, Howard is an intimate tribute to a once-in-a-generation talent and a rousing celebration of musical storytelling itself.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-04-22
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Monster Trucks
2016-12-21
Monster Trucks
Overview: Tripp is a high school senior with a knack for building trucks who makes an incredible discovery - a gas-guzzling creature named Creech. To protect his mischievous new friend, Tripp hides Creech under the hood of his latest creation, turning it into a real-life super-powered Monster Truck. Together, this unlikely duo with a shared taste for speed team up on a wild and unforgettable journey to reunite Creech with his family.
Genres: Action Comedy Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-12-21
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Mandela
1987-09-20
Mandela
Overview: Nelson Mandela becomes South Africa's first Black President, and was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his leadership in negotiating a bloodless revolution in that country.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-09-20
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The Talking Eggs
1993-06-01
The Talking Eggs
Overview: When a young girl named Selina befriends a mystical elderly woman, magical things happen - not the least of which is the surprise of three talking eggs. When her selfish brother Wade gets involved, he's in for some surprises too, but of a different kind.
Genres: Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-06-01
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Rage
2014-05-09
Rage
Overview: When the Russian mob kidnaps the daughter of a reformed criminal, he rounds up his old crew and seeks his own brand of justice.
Genres: Action Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-05-09
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2047: Sights of Death
2014-06-13
2047: Sights of Death
Overview: The year is 2047. Our planet is ruled by the repressive Confederate Central Government (CCG). Ryan is a Green War rebel agent sent on a mission by Sponge to collect evidence against the CCG for its heinous crimes. Ryan soon faces the sinister Colonel Asimov, Major Anderson and a group of mercenaries lead by Lobo. His mission quickly turns chaotic when he meets Tuage, a mutant survivor of the CCG rebellion who swears to help Ryan save what is left of their world … or does she?
Genres: Action Thriller Science Fiction
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2014-06-13
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Supremacy
2014-06-12
Supremacy
Overview: The story centers on paroled white supremacist who has just killed a cop, and takes a black family hostage. Within hours of being released from 14 years of solitary confinement in maximum-security Pelican Bay State Prison, Garrett Tully is on the run again. When he finds a house off a dirt road and takes a family hostage, he thinks the Aryan Brotherhood has his back–and his kidnap victims are black. The family’s patriarch, Mr. Walker, is a jaded ex-con who hates cops so much he disavowed his own son for becoming one. Seeing a familiar desperation in Tully, Walker refuses to call the authorities for help, causing familial tensions to escalate, and soon grave missteps are made.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-06-12
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De Quanta Terra Precisa o Homem?
2022-10-20
De Quanta Terra Precisa o Homem?
Overview:
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2022-10-20
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Encyclopedia of Martial Arts: Hollywood Celebrities
1995-08-28
Encyclopedia of Martial Arts: Hollywood Celebrities
Overview: The first video to combine international martial arts together with interviews and demonstrations by celebrities of Hollywood.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-08-28
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Yellowbird
2014-10-17
Yellowbird
Overview: Yellowbird lives in the ruins of an old house. He lacks the confidence to leave his home, no matter how much Bug, his labybird friend, tries to convince him to go out into the world. Attempts to toughen him up have had little success, so Bug seizes an opportunity that leaves Yellowbird unexpectedly finding himself the new leader of the flock that is migrating to Africa. Still, lacking faith in his own abilities and with danger and imminent failure lurking around every corner, our feathered hero is forced to either find the strength required to work with the team or bow out and stay hidden away forever.
Genres: Animation Family Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-10-17
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Day of the Mummy
2014-10-20
Day of the Mummy
Overview: Welcome to Egypt, land of the Pharaohs. A place steeped in history and legend; Gods and spiritual guides; untold wealth – and the bone-cracking, blood-spilling guardians of its riches. Jack Wells has arrived in Egypt in search of the famous diamond known as The Codex Stone. His journey leads him to the tomb of the cursed King Neferu, cursed not by name but by nature. With his centuries-old slumber disturbed by timeless human greed, the King rises from the dead with a blood-lust that cannot be quenched and a raging fury that will shred flesh from bone, bringing terrible and tormented death to all who dare witness the Day of the Mummy.
Genres: Adventure Horror Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-10-20
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Shuffleton's Barbershop
2013-06-01
Shuffleton's Barbershop
Overview: Famous country singer Trey Cole is finally returning home after cruelly abandoning the town many years ago and never looking back, even when his brother died serving in the military. Now, realizing he's lost himself along the way, Trey remembers getting his first haircut in the cracked brown leather chair in Charlie's shop, and hopes to find guidance from the man who was a father to him when his own dad, General Wes Cameron, was coldly absent during his childhood.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-06-01
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Our Friend, Martin
1999-01-12
Our Friend, Martin
Overview: Two teens are sent back in time to meet Martin Luther King Jr. at several points during his life.
Genres: Drama Family Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-01-12
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Bad Asses on the Bayou
2015-03-06
Bad Asses on the Bayou
Overview: The third installment in the successful Bad Ass action-comedy franchise. Bad Asses on the Bayou reunites the dynamic duo, Frank Vega (Danny Trejo) and Bernie Pope (Danny Glover), as they travel to Louisiana to attend the wedding of their dear friend Carmen Gutierrez (Loni Love). What was pictured as a wedding weekend escape to the south turns violently ugly as madness and mayhem ensue, pressing our senior heroes to once again serve justice.
Genres: Comedy Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-03-06
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Toxin
2015-01-29
Toxin
Overview: A pharmaceutical company recruits a well-known scientist to help develop a vaccine against a deadly virus.
Genres: Drama Science Fiction Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-01-29
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Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth
2013-05-13
Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth
Overview: The compelling story of an extraordinary woman's journey from her birth in a paper thin shack in the cotton fields of Georgia to her recognition as a key writer of the twentieth Century.Walker made history as the first black woman to win a Pulitzer Prize for her groundbreaking novel, The Color Purple.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-05-13
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The Lighthouse
2012-09-07
The Lighthouse
Overview: In 1972 two men and two women fell to the bottom of the old lighthouse. Carrie, Trip, Nick, Kevin, Samantha,Derek, and Jessica have decided to go on a camping trip culminating at the lighthouse itself. Things have a way of happening to this group of adventurers real or imaginary, they will find out.
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-09-07
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The Shift
2013-04-05
The Shift
Overview: The Shift is the story of one 12 hour night shift in the ER and the life and death decisions that have to be made. With the issue of euthanasia in the headlines this is a timely and compelling story.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-04-05
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We Are Many
2014-06-08
We Are Many
Overview: The story of the biggest demonstration in human history, which took place on 15th February 2003, against the impending war on Iraq.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-06-08
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Consumed
2015-06-01
Consumed
Overview: When Sophie's son, Garrett, develops a mysterious illness, she embarks on a search for answers. This leads her into the controversial world of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) where a sociopolitical battle rages between organic farmers and big biotech corporations. As her desperation grows, so too does her quest for knowledge. And the deeper she goes, a more heightened sense of danger develops that preys on her state of mind, as she attempts to discover the root cause of her son's illness.
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-06-01
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About Scout
2015-04-25
About Scout
Overview: A rebellious Goth girl embarks on a road trip across Texas with a suicidal young man in an effort to find her little sister.
Genres: Family Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-04-25
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Freedom Song
2000-02-27
Freedom Song
Overview: Freedom Song is a made-for-TV film based on true stories of the Civil Rights Movement in Mississippi in the 1960s. It tells the story of the struggle of African Americans to register to vote in the fictional town of Quinlan. In the midst of the Freedom Summer, a group of high school students in the small town are eager to make grassroots changes in their own community. The young activists meet resistance not only from white southerners, but from their parents, who have experienced firsthand the violence that can result from speaking out. As high school students band together with the support of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, they make strides in registering African-American voters and gaining awareness for their cause.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-02-27
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San Francisco State: On Strike
1969-01-01
San Francisco State: On Strike
Overview: A need for national ethnic studies in colleges and social justice led to strikes at San Francisco State University.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-01-01
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Checkmate
2015-07-03
Checkmate
Overview: Six people are thrown together during an elaborate bank heist where any move can alter the outcome. Is it coincidence, or are they merely pawns in a much bigger game.
Genres: Thriller Action Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-07-03
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The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995-06-05
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
Overview: Based on the first centenary of the largest exporter of films in the world, that is Hollywood, is the story told by its protagonists, actors and writers and other people who made life in this business, interspersing images of famous movies.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-06-05
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Back in the Day
2016-05-20
Back in the Day
Overview: A young boxer is taken under the wing of a mob boss after his mother dies and his father is run out of town for being an abusive alcoholic.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-05-20
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The Ninja Immovable Heart
2014-02-27
The Ninja Immovable Heart
Overview: Reese, an elite member of a covert unit of Ninja Warriors, is captured. Being tortured for information, Reese recalls the lessons learned from his training in order to fight his way free and stop an evil conglomerate from arming a dangerous weapon.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-02-27
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Complete Unknown
2016-08-26
Complete Unknown
Overview: Tom’s birthday dinner party is turned upside down by the unexpected arrival of Alice, an old flame who changed her identity and vanished without a trace 15 years prior.
Genres: Drama Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-08-26
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Diablo
2016-01-08
Diablo
Overview: A young civil war veteran is forced on a desperate journey to save his kidnapped wife.
Genres: Action Adventure Thriller Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-01-08
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Chu Chu and the Philly Flash
1981-08-28
Chu Chu and the Philly Flash
Overview: Flash used to be a talented baseball player, but he took to drinking and now he sells stolen watches in the streets. One day he meets Chu Chu, who, before falling into alcoholism like him, was a successful entertainer. Now she still dances, but in the streets, for no more than a cent or two. Luck seems to smile at them the day stolen government documents literally fall from the sky. They decide to return them to their legal owners, but instead of the expected reward money, all they get is a load of trouble.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-08-28
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Bamako
2006-06-21
Bamako
Overview: Caught in the stranglehold of debt and structural adjustment, Africa is fighting for its survival. In the face of disaster, representatives of African society bring an action against international financial institutions. The trial takes place in Bamako, in the yard of a house, among its inhabitants.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: bm
Release Date: 2006-06-21
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Dirty Grandpa
2016-01-20
Dirty Grandpa
Overview: Jason Kelly is one week away from marrying his boss's uber-controlling daughter, putting him on the fast track for a partnership at the law firm. However, when the straight-laced Jason is tricked into driving his foul-mouthed grandfather, Dick, to Daytona for spring break, his pending nuptials are suddenly in jeopardy. Between riotous frat parties, bar fights, and an epic night of karaoke, Dick is on a quest to live his life to the fullest and bring Jason along for the ride.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-01-20
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Saw V
2008-10-23
Saw V
Overview: Following Jigsaw's grisly demise, Detective Mark Hoffman is commended as a hero, but Agent Strahm is suspicious, and delves into Hoffman's past. Meanwhile, another group of people are put through a series of gruesome tests.
Genres: Horror Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-10-23
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Darkweb
2016-03-08
Darkweb
Overview: A mysterious group has created a sadistic venture. Kidnapping young women, they auction the rights to hunt them to millionaires with a thirst for blood - and broadcast the hunt on the dark web for the world to see.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-03-08
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Waffle Street
2015-09-24
Waffle Street
Overview: The true story of Jimmy Adams, a V.P. of a $30 billion hedge fund, who loses his job and winds up working as a waiter at a waffle shop. Amidst the greasy madness of the 24-hour diner, Jimmy befriends Edward, an ex-con grill master who serves up hard lessons about life, finance, and grits.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-09-24
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Wild America
1997-07-02
Wild America
Overview: Three brothers - Marshall, Marty and Mark dream of becoming naturalists and portraying animal life of America. One summer their dream comes true, they travel through America, filming alligators, bears and moose.
Genres: Adventure Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-07-02
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Andron
2015-11-08
Andron
Overview: A group of people are plunged into a dark, claustrophobic maze, where they must fight to survive, as the outside world watches.
Genres: Action Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-11-08
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Dreadtown: The Steel Pulse Story
Dreadtown: The Steel Pulse Story
Overview: They have raged on for forty years, cutting a swath across continents and lighting the fuse of revolutionary thought. From the pressure-cooker ghettos of England to the mighty gates of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, one band has forged an enduring legacy. This is their story.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
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Mr. Pig
2016-07-22
Mr. Pig
Overview: On a mission to sell his last remaining prize hog and reunite with old friends, an aging farmer abandons his foreclosed farm and journeys to Mexico. After smuggling in the hog, his estranged daughter shows up, forcing them to face their past and embark on an adventurous road trip together.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2016-07-22
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Gridlocked
2016-06-14
Gridlocked
Overview: Former SWAT leader David Hendrix and hard-partying movie star Brody Walker must cut their ride-along short when a police training facility is attacked by a team of mercenaries.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-06-14
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Pushing Dead
2016-09-29
Pushing Dead
Overview: When a struggling writer, HIV positive for 20+ years, accidentally deposits a $100 birthday check, he is dropped from his health plan for earning too much. In this new era of sort-of universal care, can he take on a helpless bureaucracy or come up with $3000 a month to buy meds on his own?
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-09-29
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Arista Records' 25th Anniversary Celebration
2000-06-06
Arista Records' 25th Anniversary Celebration
Overview: Arista's greatest recording artists of the last 25 years gather for this May 15th concert in honor of the record label's 25th anniversary. The highly significant place that Arista Records holds in rock history is highlighted here by the high quality of the music performances and the excitement of the celebrities who introduce each segment. Packed with celebrity guests and classic music, this is a once-in-a-lifetime concert.
Genres: Music Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-06-06
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Death Race: Beyond Anarchy
2018-10-02
Death Race: Beyond Anarchy
Overview: Black Ops specialist Connor Gibson infiltrates a maximum security prison to take down legendary driver Frankenstein in a violent and brutal car race.
Genres: Action Thriller Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-10-02
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A Place at the Table
1988-03-20
A Place at the Table
Overview: A young student is determined to motivate her community after a friend of hers is found to be suffering from hunger.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-03-20
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P.N.O.K.
2005-01-01
P.N.O.K.
Overview: Chronicles a day in the life of 2 soldiers on Casualty Notification Duty as they bear the grim news of 3 soldiers killed in Iraq to 3 families back home.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-01-01
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Extortion
2017-01-02
Extortion
Overview: A doctor desperately tries to save his wife and their 5 year old son after their vacation in the Bahamas takes an unexpected turn.
Genres: Action Adventure Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-01-02
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Almost Christmas
2016-11-11
Almost Christmas
Overview: A dysfunctional family gathers together for their first Christmas since the death of their matriarch.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-11-11
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Escape from Alcatraz
1979-06-22
Escape from Alcatraz
Overview: San Francisco Bay, January 18, 1960. Frank Lee Morris is transferred to Alcatraz, a maximum security prison located on a rocky island. Although no one has ever managed to escape from there, Frank and other inmates begin to carefully prepare an escape plan.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-06-22
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Caffeinated
2015-01-31
Caffeinated
Overview: This documentary explores a vivid and unmatched perspective to the existence of coffee in our daily lives. Expanding production to United States, Italy, India, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua, the film takes coffee enthusiasts on a trip that will transcend their knowledge of the beverage and get them close to a human reality they haven't experienced before.
Genres: Documentary Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-01-31
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America's Dream
1996-02-17
America's Dream
Overview: Made especially for the HBO cable network, this well-wrought feature is comprised of three short stories by three noted black American authors, each of which is directed by a respected black director.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-02-17
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Redeeming Uncle Tom: The Josiah Henson Story
2019-02-04
Redeeming Uncle Tom: The Josiah Henson Story
Overview: A documentary about the little-known Josiah Henson, the escaped slave who inspired Harriet Beecher Stowe's "Uncle Tom's Cabin."
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-02-04
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93 Days
2016-04-24
93 Days
Overview: Bimbo Akintola, Danny Glover and TIFF Rising Star Somkele Iyamah-Idhalama star in director Steve Gukas’ riveting real-life thriller about courageous health-care workers in Lagos battling the Ebola outbreak of 2014.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-04-24
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Red Wind
1995-11-26
Red Wind
Overview: In 1940s, sympathetic African American L.A. shamus Philip Marlowe helps a dame in trouble whose lovers are offing each other over a possibly fake pearl necklace. He must also deal with a racist cop that's investigating the murders.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-11-26
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Memorial Day
1983-11-23
Memorial Day
Overview: An attorney finds himself at the center of a surprise reunion with the veterans of his platoon from Vietnam.The reunion stirs up painful memories and disturbing secrets for all involved.
Genres: War Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-11-23
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Come Sunday
2018-01-21
Come Sunday
Overview: Evangelist Carlton Pearson is ostracized by his church for preaching that there is no Hell.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-01-21
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Birth of a Movement
2017-02-06
Birth of a Movement
Overview: In 1915, Boston-based African American newspaper editor and activist William M. Trotter waged a battle against D.W. Griffith’s technically groundbreaking but notoriously Ku Klux Klan-friendly The Birth of a Nation, unleashing a fight that still rages today about race relations, media representation, and the power and influence of Hollywood. Birth of a Movement, based on Dick Lehr's book The Birth of a Movement: How Birth of a Nation Ignited the Battle for Civil Rights, captures the backdrop to this prescient clash between human rights, freedom of speech, and a changing media landscape.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-02-06
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The People Speak
2009-12-13
The People Speak
Overview: A look at America's struggles with war, class, race and women's rights. based on Howard Zinn's "A People's History of the United States."
Genres: History Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-12-13
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The Old Man & the Gun
2018-09-27
The Old Man & the Gun
Overview: The true story of Forrest Tucker, from his audacious escape from San Quentin at the age of 70 to an unprecedented string of heists that confounded authorities and enchanted the public. Wrapped up in the pursuit are a detective, who becomes captivated with Forrest’s commitment to his craft, and a woman, who loves him in spite of his chosen profession.
Genres: Comedy Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-09-27
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The Adventures of Brer Rabbit
2006-03-21
The Adventures of Brer Rabbit
Overview: Get ready for all of the laughs, adventure and hip-hopping good times in this all-new imaginative and modern retelling of Uncle Remus' best-loved tales. Parents and kids alike will delight in the escapades of the most mischievous and clever Brer Rabbit as he gleefully outwits Brer Fox, Brer Bear and a whole cast of other critters!
Genres: Family Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-03-21
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Proud Mary
2018-01-12
Proud Mary
Overview: Mary is a hit woman working for an organized crime family in Boston, whose life is completely turned around when she meets a young boy whose path she crosses when a professional hit goes bad.
Genres: Thriller Action Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-01-12
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The Good Catholic
2017-09-08
The Good Catholic
Overview: An idealistic young priest is dedicated to his calling until he meets a woman at confession. After the meeting, he seeks guidance from his fellow priests.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-09-08
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Dead Man Out
1989-03-12
Dead Man Out
Overview: A psychiatrist is sent to evaluate if a convicted multiple murderer who's awaiting execution on Death Row for eighth year now and whose behavior during that time got more and more erratic is still mentally fit to be executed.
Genres: Crime Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-03-12
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Tour de Pharmacy
2017-07-08
Tour de Pharmacy
Overview: A mockumentary that chronicles the prevalence of doping in the world of professional cycling.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-07-08
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Agents of Change
2017-06-24
Agents of Change
Overview: From the well-publicized events at San Francisco State in 1968 to the image of black students with guns emerging from the takeover of the student union at Cornell University in April, 1969, the struggle for a more relevant and meaningful education, including demands for black and ethnic studies programs, became a clarion call across the country in the late 1960's. Through the stories of these young men and women who were at the forefront of these efforts, Agents of Change examines the untold story of the racial conditions on college campuses and in the country that led to these protests. Agents of Change links the past to the present and the present to the past--making it not just a movie but a movement.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-06-24
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The Curse of Buckout Road
2017-11-24
The Curse of Buckout Road
Overview: A college class project on creation and destruction of modern myth, turns terrifying when a trio of young people come to realize the urban legends surrounding the famed Buckout Road may, in fact, be REAL.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-11-24
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Oscar Micheaux, Film Pioneer
1981-01-01
Oscar Micheaux, Film Pioneer
Overview: Oscar Micheaux, Film Pioneer is one of seven films in the "Were You There" series produced by Carol Lawrence (the others include The Black West, The Cotton Club, The Facts of Life, Portrait of Two Artists, Sports Profile, and When the Animals Talked). This film's story revolves around Bee Freeman's (the Sepia Mae West) and Lorenzo Tucker's (the black Valentino) recollections of their relationships with Micheaux and their perceptions of his character. Danny Glover plays the role of Oscar Micheaux, Richard H arder is shown as the young Lorenzo Tucker, and Janice Morgan portrays the vamp that was Bee Freeman in Shuffle Along.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-01-01
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The Christmas Train
2017-11-25
The Christmas Train
Overview: Forced to take the intercontinental trip to Los Angeles by train, and determined to chronicle his adventure, disillusioned journalist Tom Langdon finds himself westbound with a variety of characters. While all passengers on the Christmas train appear to be headed for the same destination, Tom has no idea that the rugged locomotives taking him across America will instead detour straight into his heart.
Genres: Family TV Movie Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-11-25
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Bàttu
2000-09-24
Bàttu
Overview: The star-stubbed cast includes Issac de Bankolè as Saar, a blind beggar, and Danny Glover as a corrupt president. In this often hilarious mix of politics and superstition, the beggars hamper the tourist industry yet play a necessary role opposite the lives of devout and wealthy Muslims. The agitated Minister of Public Health and Sanitation imposes a novel way of eliminating the problem.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2000-09-24
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Union Time: Fighting for Workers’ Rights
2016-04-28
Union Time: Fighting for Workers’ Rights
Overview: Union Time: Fighting for Workers’ Rights follows the story of workers at the Smithfield Pork Processing plant in Tar Heel, North Carolina, who fought for safe, fair working conditions – and won. It goes beyond hype about unions (from both sides) to show how people standing together can break the cycle of poverty and injustice.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-04-28
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I'm Still Here
2010-09-10
I'm Still Here
Overview: I'm Still Here is a portrayal of a tumultuous year in the life of actor Joaquin Phoenix. With remarkable access, the film follows the Oscar-nominee as he announces his retirement from a successful film career in the fall of 2008 and sets off to reinvent himself as a hip-hop musician. The film is a portrait of an artist at a crossroads and explores notions of courage and creative reinvention, as well as the ramifications of a life spent in the public eye.
Genres: Music Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-09-10
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Sorry to Bother You
2018-07-06
Sorry to Bother You
Overview: In an alternate present-day version of Oakland, black telemarketer Cassius Green discovers a magical key to professional success – which propels him into a macabre universe.
Genres: Fantasy Science Fiction Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-07-06
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The Last Black Man in San Francisco
2019-06-07
The Last Black Man in San Francisco
Overview: Jimmie Fails dreams of reclaiming the Victorian home his grandfather built in the heart of San Francisco. Joined on his quest by his best friend Mont, Jimmie searches for belonging in a rapidly changing city that seems to have left them behind.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-06-07
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Ulysses: A Dark Odyssey
2018-06-14
Ulysses: A Dark Odyssey
Overview: Taurus City, The United States of Europe, 2023. Uly, a disillusioned soldier riddled with amnesia, returns home from a war in the Middle East, knowing only that he must desperately comb the city to find his beloved wife, Penelope. Fate fills this endless night with a series of chance meetings. Whether it be the wealthy Alcyde, the beastly cyclops Popov, Aeo the Gyspy, or Cici the Sorceress, good or evil that they be, each encounter fills in a missing piece of Uly's memory, so that he can finally face his past.
Genres: Action Drama Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-06-14
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Survivor's Guide to Prison
2018-02-23
Survivor's Guide to Prison
Overview: Today, you're more likely to go to prison in the United States than anywhere else in the world. So in the unfortunate case it should happen to you - this is the Survivors Guide to Prison.
Genres: Documentary Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-02-23
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The Cookout
2004-09-03
The Cookout
Overview: When Todd Anderson signs a $30 million deal with his hometown team, the New Jersey Nets, he knows that his life is set for a big change. To keep things real, he decides to throw a barbeque at his place -- just like the ones his family used to have. But when you have new and old friends, family, agents, and product reps in the same house, things are bound to get crazy.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-09-03
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Shadows of Liberty
2012-06-12
Shadows of Liberty
Overview: Shadows of Liberty presents the phenomenal true story of today's disintegrating freedoms within the U.S. media, and government, that they don't want you to see. The film takes an intrepid journey through the darker corridors of the American media landscape, where global media conglomerates exercise extraordinary political, social, and economic power. The overwhelming collective power of these firms raises troubling questions about democracy. Highly revealing interviews, actuality, and archive material, tell insider accounts of a broken media system, where journalists are prevented from pursuing controversial news stories, people are censored for speaking out against abuses of government power, and individual lives are shattered as the arena for public expression has been turned into a private profit zone
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-06-12
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Always in Season
2019-01-26
Always in Season
Overview: When 17-year-old Lennon Lacy is found hanging from a swing set in rural North Carolina in 2014, his mother's search for justice and reconciliation begins while the trauma of more than a century of lynching African Americans bleeds into the present.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-01-26
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A Raisin in the Sun
1989-02-01
A Raisin in the Sun
Overview: A substantial insurance payment could mean either financial salvation or personal ruin for a poor black family.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-02-01
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Christmas Break-In
2018-12-27
Christmas Break-In
Overview: Izzy is an energetic 9-year-old. Overscheduled and running late, Izzy's parents can't pick her up on-time the last day of school before Christmas break. A blizzard complicates the matter, but not as much as a pair of bad guys who are freezing in an ice cream truck. The school's janitor is kidnapped by the intruders, and it's up to Izzy to save the day.
Genres: Family Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-12-27
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Jumanji: The Next Level
2019-12-04
Jumanji: The Next Level
Overview: As the gang return to Jumanji to rescue one of their own, they discover that nothing is as they expect. The players will have to brave parts unknown and unexplored in order to escape the world’s most dangerous game.
Genres: Adventure Comedy Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-12-04
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Mississippi Inferno
2015-02-16
Mississippi Inferno
Overview: They risked their land and their lives by joining the battle against white supremacy and sheltering those who lead the charge. This is the untold story of Mississippi's African-American landowners of the 1960s and their vital role in a paving the way for the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Narrated by Danny Glover, this two-part series recounts a seminal moment in civil rights history. Through rare archival footage and interviews, see how the farmers, activists, and volunteers dared to challenge racial repression in Mississippi and changed America.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-02-16
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The Dead Don't Die
2019-05-15
The Dead Don't Die
Overview: In a small peaceful town, zombies suddenly rise to terrorize the town. Now three bespectacled police officers and a strange Scottish morgue expert must band together to defeat the undead.
Genres: Comedy Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-05-15
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And the Children Shall Lead
1985-01-01
And the Children Shall Lead
Overview: Mississippi in the early '60s is the setting for this story of a 12-year-old African-American girl who, along with her white friends, tries to ease increasing racial tensions.
Genres: Drama Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-01-01
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Abderrahmane Sissako: Beyond Territories
2017-01-01
Abderrahmane Sissako: Beyond Territories
Overview: To be somewhere precise yet stand nowhere at all, to embody one’s convictions, yet never miss the essential, to rise up and be present at the critical moment, to bear witness to a world waiting to tell itself and be retold, to come and go, both at once, abandoning reckless speed, but rather gently touching the human soul with images, with whispered words, the cracks in the wall of life: this is the choreography masterfully created in the film Beyond Territories, Valerie Osouf’s portrait of the world acclaimed filmmaker Abderrahmane Sissako.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2017-01-01
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The Revolutionist: Eugene V. Debs
2019-09-27
The Revolutionist: Eugene V. Debs
Overview: A documentary about American socialist politicization and labor leader Eugene V. Debs made by Indianapolis public TV station WFYI and narrated by Danny Glover.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-09-27
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Read You Like a Book
2006-10-01
Read You Like a Book
Overview: A magical book transforms all who come into contact with it. Meet Dante, a bookstore manager with a crippling secret; Gina, a customer, who knows everything but love; Zoe, and among others, Dante's former lover who's life is falling apart.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-10-01
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The Hunters and the Hunted: The Making of 'Predator 2'
2005-01-25
The Hunters and the Hunted: The Making of 'Predator 2'
Overview: The Hunters and the Hunted: The Making of Predator 2 is a 2005 documentary that details the production of the 1990 film Predator 2. Created for the Predator 2: Special Edition DVD set, it uses interviews with the film's cast and crew, as well as behind the scenes footage and imagery, to examine the development, filming and release of the movie.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-01-25
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Press Play
2022-06-16
Press Play
Overview: Laura and Harrison have the picture-perfect romance built on the foundation of a shared love of music. After a deadly accident, Laura gets the chance to save the love of her life when she discovers that their mixtape can transport her back in time.
Genres: Music Romance Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-06-16
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2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic
2010-03-02
2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic
Overview: This documentary features the 2012 film's cast and crew praising the work, vision, and style of the famed Disaster movie director (i.e. Roland Emmerich.)
Genres: Documentary Action Drama Thriller Science Fiction Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-03-02
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Q85: A Musical Celebration for Quincy Jones
2018-12-09
Q85: A Musical Celebration for Quincy Jones
Overview: “Q85: A Musical Celebration for Quincy Jones,” is a star-studded evening that celebrates the life and legacy of the icon. In celebration of such a legendary figure, some of the biggest stars came to share in on the celebration. Performers such as Stevie Wonder, Gladys Knight, Brian McKnight, John Legend, Gloria Estefan, Fantasia, Charlie Wilson, Jennifer Hudson, Ne-Yo, Sam Smith, Meghan Trainor, Patti Austin, Yolanda Adams, Ledisi, and Cynthia Erivo all hit the stage to pay tribute to Quincy Jones by performing his classic works. Additionally, Oprah Winfrey, Will Smith, Danny Glover, Eddie Murphy, Dave Chappelle, LL Cool J, Rashida Jones, and Ludacris shared their personal stories of how Quincy has impacted them throughout the years. The special was taped in September at the Microsoft Theater at L.A. Live in Los Angeles.
Genres: Music Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-12-09
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Worth the Price? Joe Biden and the Launch of the Iraq War
2020-02-16
Worth the Price? Joe Biden and the Launch of the Iraq War
Overview: Worth the Price? Joe Biden and the Launch of the Iraq War is a documentary short reviewing the role of then-Senator Joe Biden (D-DE) in leading the United States into the most devastating foreign policy blunder of the last twenty years. Produced and directed by Mark Weisbrot and narrated by Danny Glover, the film features archival footage, as well as policy experts who provide insight and testimony with regard to Joe Biden’s role as the Chair of the United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations in 2002.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-02-16
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The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective
2010-03-02
The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective
Overview: A short piece that looks at the 2012 film's ensemble cast and the strengths they brought to the project.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-03-02
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Strive
2019-05-19
Strive
Overview: Kalani (Joi Campbell), is a teenager living in Harlem with her older brother Jacob, and her younger sister, Bebe, while her mother struggles to make ends meet. Her college counselor Mr. Rose (Danny Glover) sees great promise in her educational future. As Kalani's siblings get caught in a myriad of hardships, Kalani teeters on the brink of ruin as she struggles to keep both her family and her dream intact. Strive reminds us that hard work, optimism, and perseverance, in the face of overwhelming adversity, is the essence of what it is to be American.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-05-19
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We the People: From Crispus Attucks to President Barack Obama
2014-02-11
We the People: From Crispus Attucks to President Barack Obama
Overview: The Election of President Barack Obama began on March 5, 1770 at the Boston Massacre with the death of Crispus Attucks.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-02-11
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Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
2014-06-22
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
Overview: In this open-letter style documentary, Ruby Dee & Ossie Davis' rich lives guide their grandson on his personal quest to master lasting love, conscious art, and undying activism.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-06-22
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The John Garfield Story
2003-02-03
The John Garfield Story
Overview: This documentary looks at the life and career of John Garfield, whose career was cut short when he died at age 39. His difficult childhood in the rough neighborhoods of New York City provided the perfect background for the tough-guy roles he would play on both stage and screen.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-02-03
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The Stand-In
1985-06-01
The Stand-In
Overview: "The brilliant Danny Glover stars as Apples Finnerty, a low budget film producer whose life is crumbling. Finnerty can't get work, he's been evicted, and his wife is unfaithful. As he drives into the hills, he gets a flat. A "helpful" stranger turns out to be an armed robber. Apples kills his assailant in self defense and switches identities with him, escaping his own disastrous past. Unfortunately, his new identity is in hot water with the mob. Despite a bright new love interest, Apple looks like a two-time loser until a crime boss creates a surprise ending! Made possible by grants from the American Film Institute and the Rockefeller Foundation."
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-06-01
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Chuck Berry: Brown Eyed Handsome Man
2020-09-11
Chuck Berry: Brown Eyed Handsome Man
Overview: "Chuck Berry-Brown Eyed Handsome Man" is a collection of performances by the greatest rock icons in history performing their favorite songs by their self-proclaimed hero Chuck Berry. For the first and possibly the only time ever you will see full performances from the legends of rock and roll honoring the man they agree started it all. The program is a historic record of the decades-long and continuing impact for the father of Rock 'N Roll. We are proud to present in just one program these superstars of Rock; The Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Bruce Springsteen, Tom Petty, Jimi Hendrix, Jeff Lynne, and more, all filmed at the heights of their own careers performing the work of Chuck Berry.
Genres: Music Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-09-11
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Sam Cooke: Crossing Over
2010-01-11
Sam Cooke: Crossing Over
Overview: In 1958, when Sam Cooke crossed over from gospel to popular music, he ran the risk of alienating his gospel fans by embracing "the devil's music." Instead, he set in motion a chain of events that altered the course of popular music and race relations in America.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-01-11
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The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong
1999-08-27
The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong
Overview: Louis Armstrong is one of the most recognizable figures in jazz, with his incomparable trumpet playing and beaming smile. This video profiles Armstrong from his humble beginnings in New Orleans through his career as America's Ambassador of Good Will. Film clips, vintage photographs and interviews with family, friends, fellow musicians and Armstrong himself are woven together to tell the story of this legendary personality.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-08-27
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Maximum Impact: The Legacy of 'Lethal Weapon'
2012-07-04
Maximum Impact: The Legacy of 'Lethal Weapon'
Overview: This documentary showcases producer Joel Silver, Donner, Gibson, Glover, Rene Russo and other members of all four films' production teams as they examine the franchise, look at the various social issues each film tackled, attempt to measure the series' cultural impact and, of course, touch on its legacy, for the actors, the filmmakers and audiences the world over.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-07-04
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The Prince of Egypt: From Dream to Screen
1999-09-14
The Prince of Egypt: From Dream to Screen
Overview: The making of The Prince of Egypt (1998).
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-09-14
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Hollywood on Horses
1989-01-01
Hollywood on Horses
Overview: Hosted by celebrity horse enthusiast, Tab Hunter, visits the stables and homes of the Hollywood movie set, where you'll see first hand how Hollywood's biggest stars ride, train and discuss their passion for these magnificent animals.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-01-01
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The Power to Heal: Medicare and the Civil Rights Revolution
2018-04-26
The Power to Heal: Medicare and the Civil Rights Revolution
Overview: Tells the poignant chapter in the historic struggle to secure equal and adequate access to healthcare for all Americans. Central to the story is the tale of how a new national program, Medicare, was used to mount a dramatic, coordinated effort that desegregated thousands of hospitals across the country in a matter of months.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-04-26
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PoliWood
2009-07-03
PoliWood
Overview: An in-depth look at the Democratic and Republican national conventions held during the 2008 U.S. Presidential election year.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-07-03
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Rabbit Ears - How the Leopard Got His Spots
1989-09-01
Rabbit Ears - How the Leopard Got His Spots
Overview: When all the animals in the forest has fled to the jungle to avoid being eaten, the Leopard and the Ethiopian both have to change their colors in order to blend in with the jungle and find the animals.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-09-01
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Rabbit Ears - Brer Rabbit and the Wonderful Tar Baby
1990-08-17
Rabbit Ears - Brer Rabbit and the Wonderful Tar Baby
Overview: When Brer Fox gets tired of Brer Rabbit's sassiness, he decides to make a Tar Baby that will trap Brer Rabbit for sure. But Brer Fox soon finds out that Brer Rabbit is trickier than he looks.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-08-17
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Rabbit Ears - Moses in Egypt
1990-09-01
Rabbit Ears - Moses in Egypt
Overview: Read by Danny Glover
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-09-01
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Rabbit Ears - Brer Rabbit and Boss Lion
1992-08-17
Rabbit Ears - Brer Rabbit and Boss Lion
Overview: Told by Danny Glover
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-08-17
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