Courtney B. Vance
Biography: Courtney Bernard Vance (born March 12, 1960) is an American actor. Vance started his career on the Broadway stage in the original productions of August Wilson's Fences in 1985, John Guare's Six Degrees of Separation in 1990 and Nora Ephron's Lucky Guy in 2013 for which he won a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play. He is known for his roles in films such as Hamburger Hill (1987), The Hunt for Red October (1990), The Preacher's Wife (1996), Cookie's Fortune (1999), Terminator Genisys (2015), and Isle of Dogs (2018). Vance is also known for work on television on shows such as Law & Order: Criminal Intent, where he portrayed Assistant District Attorney Ron Carver. He also guest-starred on Law & Order, Picket Fences, The Closer, Revenge, Scandal, and Masters of Sex. He won acclaim for his portrayal of Johnnie Cochran in the FX limited series The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story (2016) for which he received the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie. He recently appeared in the HBO television film, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (2017), National Geographic's limited series Genius: Aretha (2020), and the HBO drama series Lovecraft Country (2020) the latter of which earned him a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series. He has been married to actress Angela Bassett since 1997. Vance is on the Board of Directors for The Actors Center in New York City, and is an active supporter of Boys & Girls Clubs of America. In 2019, Vance was appointed as the President of the Screen Actors Guild Foundation. Description above from the Wikipedia article Courtney B. Vance, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Birthday: March 12, 1960
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Memorial: Letters from American Soldiers
1991-01-01
Memorial: Letters from American Soldiers
Overview: Memorial: Letters from American Soldiers is a 1991 American short documentary film directed by Bill Couturié. It shows footage from World War I, World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War and the Gulf War, overlaid with readings of letters from US troops fighting in each war. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-01-01
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The Hunt for Red October
1990-03-02
The Hunt for Red October
Overview: A new technologically-superior Soviet nuclear sub, the Red October, is heading for the U.S. coast under the command of Captain Marko Ramius. The American government thinks Ramius is planning to attack. Lone CIA analyst Jack Ryan has a different idea: he thinks Ramius is planning to defect, but he has only a few hours to find him and prove it - because the entire Russian naval and air commands are trying to find Ramius, too. The hunt is on!
Genres: Action Adventure Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-03-02
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Holy Matrimony
1994-04-08
Holy Matrimony
Overview: A young Hutterite boy must marry his late brother's wife who comes from outside the community.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-04-08
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Hamburger Hill
1987-08-07
Hamburger Hill
Overview: The men of Bravo Company are facing a battle that's all uphill… up Hamburger Hill. Fourteen war-weary soldiers are battling for a mud-covered mound of earth so named because it chews up soldiers like chopped meat. They are fighting for their country, their fellow soldiers and their lives. War is hell, but this is worse. Hamburger Hill tells it the way it was, the way it really was. It's a raw, gritty and totally unrelenting dramatic depiction of one of the fiercest battles of America's bloodiest war. This happened. Hamburger Hill - war at its worst, men at their best.
Genres: War Action Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-08-07
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D-Tox
2002-01-04
D-Tox
Overview: A disgraced FBI agent with a drinking problem joins nine other troubled law enforcement officers at an isolated detox clinic in the wilds of Wyoming. But the therapeutic sanctuary becomes a nightmarish hellhole when a major snowstorm cuts off the clinic from the outside world and enables a killer on the inside to get busy.
Genres: Thriller Crime Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-01-04
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Space Cowboys
2000-08-04
Space Cowboys
Overview: Frank Corvin, ‘Hawk’ Hawkins, Jerry O'Neill and ‘Tank’ Sullivan were hotdog members of Project Daedalus, the Air Force's test program for space travel, but their hopes were dashed in 1958 with the formation of NASA and the use of trained chimps. They blackmail their way into orbit when Russia's mysterious ‘Ikon’ communications satellite's orbit begins to degrade and threatens to crash to Earth.
Genres: Action Adventure Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-08-04
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The Preacher's Wife
1996-12-13
The Preacher's Wife
Overview: Good-natured Reverend Henry Biggs finds that his marriage to choir mistress Julia is flagging, due to his constant absence caring for the deprived neighborhood they live in. On top of all this, his church is coming under threat from property developer Joe Hamilton. In desperation, Biggs prays to God for help – which arrives in the form of an angel named Dudley.
Genres: Family Fantasy Drama Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-12-13
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The Tuskegee Airmen
1995-08-25
The Tuskegee Airmen
Overview: During the Second World War, a special project is begun by the US Army Air Corps to integrate African American pilots into the Fighter Pilot Program. Known as the "Tuskegee Airman" for the name of the airbase at which they were trained, these men were forced to constantly endure harassement, prejudice, and much behind the scenes politics until at last they were able to prove themselves in combat.
Genres: War History Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-08-25
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12 Angry Men
1997-08-17
12 Angry Men
Overview: During the trial of a man accused of his father's murder, a lone juror takes a stand against the guilty verdict handed down by the others as a result of their preconceptions and prejudices.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-08-17
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Cookie's Fortune
1999-03-24
Cookie's Fortune
Overview: Conflict arises in the small town of Holly Springs when an old woman's death causes a variety of reactions among family and friends.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-03-24
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Extraordinary Measures
2010-01-21
Extraordinary Measures
Overview: Working-class father John Crowley is finally on the fast track to corporate success when his two young children are diagnosed with Pompe disease—a condition that prevents the body from breaking down sugar. With the support of his wife, John ditches his career and teams with unconventional specialist, Dr. Robert Stonehill to found a bio-tech company and develop a cure in time to save the lives of his children. As Dr. Stonehill works tirelessly to prove the theories that made him the black sheep of the medical community, a powerful bond is forged between the two unlikely allies.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-01-21
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The Last Supper
1995-09-08
The Last Supper
Overview: A group of idealistic, but frustrated, liberals succumb to the temptation of murdering rightwing pundits for their political beliefs.
Genres: Comedy Thriller Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-09-08
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Dangerous Minds
1995-08-11
Dangerous Minds
Overview: Former Marine Louanne Johnson lands a gig teaching in a pilot program for bright but underachieving teens at a notorious inner-city high school. After having a terrible first day, she decides she must throw decorum to the wind. When Johnson returns to the classroom, she does so armed with a no-nonsense attitude informed by her military training and a fearless determination to better the lives of her students -- no matter what the cost.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-08-11
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The Adventures of Huck Finn
1993-04-02
The Adventures of Huck Finn
Overview: Mischievous Huck Finn is unnerved when his father, reemerging after years away, kidnaps him in an attempt to take away a $600 inheritance from his late mother. Fearing for his life, Huck fakes his own death and escapes. He soon runs into his friend, Jim, a slave fleeing his master. Together, the pair embarks on a raft journey down the Mississippi River, staying ahead of pursuers who blame the slave for Huck's alleged murder.
Genres: Adventure Drama Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-04-02
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Panther
1995-05-03
Panther
Overview: Panther is a semi-historic film about the origins of The Black Panther Party for Self-Defense. The movie spans about 3 years (1966-68) of the Black Panther's history in Oakland. Panther also uses historical footage (B/W) to emphasize some points.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-05-03
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Nothing But the Truth
2008-12-19
Nothing But the Truth
Overview: When reporter Rachel Armstrong writes a story that reveals the identity of a covert CIA operative, the government demands that Rachel reveal her source. She defies the special prosecutor and is thrown in jail. Meanwhile, her attorney, Albert Burnside argues her case all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-12-19
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Joyful Noise
2012-01-13
Joyful Noise
Overview: G.G. Sparrow faces off with her choir's newly appointed director, Vi Rose Hill, over the group's direction as they head into a national competition.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-01-13
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The Divide
2012-01-13
The Divide
Overview: Survivors of a nuclear attack are grouped together for days in the basement of their apartment building, where fear and dwindling supplies wear away at their dynamic.
Genres: Horror Science Fiction Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-01-13
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Lilo & Stitch
2025-05-21
Lilo & Stitch
Overview: The wildly funny and touching story of a lonely Hawaiian girl and the fugitive alien who helps to mend her broken family.
Genres: Family Science Fiction Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2025-05-21
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Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
2003-02-10
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
Overview: When the Civil War ended in 1865, more than four million slaves were set free. Over 70 years later, the memories of some 2,000 slave-era survivors were transcribed and preserved by the Library of Congress. These first-person anecdotes, ranging from the brutal to the bittersweet, have been brought to vivid life in this unique HBO documentary special, featuring the on-camera voices of over a dozen top African-American actors.
Genres: History Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-02-10
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Beyond the Law
1993-04-22
Beyond the Law
Overview: Dan Saxon is an undercover cop who infiltrates a biker gang to nail the scum behind a drug-smuggling operation. In order to maintain the trust of the gang's leader, he must commit ever more dangerous and heinous crimes. Just how far 'beyond the law' will Saxon go?
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-04-22
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The Boys Next Door
1996-02-04
The Boys Next Door
Overview: Kind-hearted social worker Jack Palmer feels guilty about not spending enough time with his wife due to the pressures of his job taking care of four developmentally disabled men: obsessive-compulsive Norman, bipolar Arnold, childlike Lucien, and schizophrenic Barry. When Jack announces his decision to leave his job, his four charges react quite unexpectedly to the news.
Genres: Comedy Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-02-04
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On Broadway
2019-10-12
On Broadway
Overview: An all-star cast tells the inside story of the Broadway theater, and how it came back from the brink thanks to innovative work, a new attention to inclusion and a sometimes uneasy balance between art and commerce. Legends of the stage and screen—including Helen Mirren, Christine Baranski, August Wilson, James Corden, Alec Baldwin, John Lithgow, Viola Davis, Hugh Jackman and Ian McKellen—take us behind the scenes of Broadway's most groundbreaking and beloved shows, from A Chorus Line to Hamilton. Iconic performances by Lin Manuel Miranda, Patti LuPone, Bernadette Peters, James Earl Jones and Mandy Patinkin lead the way on a hurly burly ride through Times Square, once again the main street of American show business in this documentary directed by Academy-Award nominee Oren Jacoby.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-10-12
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The Affair
1995-10-14
The Affair
Overview: A black soldier in World War II England begins an affair with a white woman whose husband is a soldier currently overseas in battle and in doubts of her relationship with him as she discovered he had been having an affair with his secretary.
Genres: Drama Romance TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-10-14
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Ambushed
1998-06-20
Ambushed
Overview: Jim Natter, the leader of a violent Kuk Klux Klan lodge, is shot dead. His teenage son Eric Natter is found nearby, and taken into police custody for his protection pending the investigation. While four cops drive him to a safe-house, they are ambushed. Three of them shot dead, including Deputy Lawrence, and his black partner Jerry Robinson is accused of the murders.
Genres: Thriller Action TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-06-20
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Let It Shine
2012-06-15
Let It Shine
Overview: A young teenage rapper must use his musical talent to help his friend out and win the girl of his dreams by going through several events of betrayal, trust and agreement while his religious parents have strictly dislike his interests.
Genres: Family Music TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-06-15
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Heist 88
2023-10-01
Heist 88
Overview: A criminal mastermind recruits a group of young bank employees to steal 80 million dollars in one of the largest bank heist in US history.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-10-01
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Blind Faith
1998-11-23
Blind Faith
Overview: In 1957, black lawyer John Williams has to defend his nephew Charlie, who is accused of strangling a white boy to death. John doesn't believe Charlie did it, and although Charlie confesses, John wants to find out the real truth.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-11-23
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Nonsense and Lullabyes: Nursery Rhymes
1992-02-01
Nonsense and Lullabyes: Nursery Rhymes
Overview: This animated anthology is comprised of eighteen updated nursery rhymes and features such celebrity narrators as Eli Wallach, Linda Hunt and Karen Allen.
Genres: Animation Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-02-01
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Nonsense and Lullabyes: Poems
1992-06-10
Nonsense and Lullabyes: Poems
Overview: This animated anthology is comprised of eighteen updated nursery rhymes and features such celebrity narrators as Eli Wallach, Linda Hunt and Karen Allen.
Genres: Animation Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-06-10
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Percy & Thunder
1993-09-07
Percy & Thunder
Overview: A veteran trainer takes a promising fighter under his wing and lives his dreams through his protégé.
Genres: Action Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-09-07
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Naked City: Justice with a Bullet
1998-10-04
Naked City: Justice with a Bullet
Overview: A pair of taxi-driving NYC detectives take up the case of tourists who are robbed of their money and luggage by a shady limo driver. Things get dicey when the tourists accidentally get mixed up in a drug dealer's murder and money heist, while the detectives go after a hit man posing as a friend from the `hood'.
Genres: Drama Crime TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-10-04
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Race to Freedom: The Underground Railroad
1994-02-19
Race to Freedom: The Underground Railroad
Overview: A number of slaves risk their lives to escape their masters with their only help coming from the famous secret slave escape network.
Genres: TV Movie History Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-02-19
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Whitewash: The Clarence Brandley Story
2002-04-21
Whitewash: The Clarence Brandley Story
Overview: Based on the true story of Clarence Brandley, a black man wrongly accused in 1980 of the murder of a 16-year-old white high school girl named Cheryl Ferguson. Brandley worked at Conroe High School, where Ferguson was visiting as a member of the Belleville High School volleyball team. Three days after her body was discovered, Brandley was arrested as the murderer. Jew Don Boney, a popular activist and Houston city council member, leads the fight to uncover the truth about the Ferguson murder. Mike DeGeurin, a Texas attorney, is brought in to act as the head defense attorney for Brandley, and is joined by a former minister, Jim McCloskey. The lawyers discover that not only is there a complete lack of evidence against Brandley, but the District Attorney, James Keeshan, has been strategizing with the presiding judge. After nine years in prison, three trials and a stay of execution that saved Brandley's life, justice finally prevails as Brandley is granted his freedom.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-04-21
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Naked City: A Killer Christmas
1998-12-13
Naked City: A Killer Christmas
Overview: An ambitious reporter gets in the way of two cops assigned to investigate a serial killer who becomes active around Christmas time..
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-12-13
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The Groveland Four
2018-06-25
The Groveland Four
Overview: July, 1949: four young black men are wrongly accused of rape by a 17-year-old farm wife in rural Lake County, Florida. The case of “The Groveland Four” included a race riot, torture, multiple murders, two trials and a Supreme Court reversal. Though widely covered by the national press, the case has been largely forgotten... even though it helped lay a foundation for the Civil Rights Movement.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-06-25
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Terminator Genisys
2015-06-23
Terminator Genisys
Overview: The year is 2029. John Connor, leader of the resistance continues the war against the machines. At the Los Angeles offensive, John's fears of the unknown future begin to emerge when TECOM spies reveal a new plot by SkyNet that will attack him from both fronts; past and future, and will ultimately change warfare forever.
Genres: Science Fiction Action Thriller Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-06-23
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Hollywood's Architect: The Paul R. Williams Story
2020-02-06
Hollywood's Architect: The Paul R. Williams Story
Overview: Nicknamed “Architect to the Stars,” African American architect Paul R. Williams had an incredible life. Orphaned at the age of four, Williams grew up to build mansions for movie stars and millionaires in Southern California. From the early 1920s until his retirement 50 years later, Williams was one of the most successful architects in the country. His clients included Frank Sinatra, Cary Grant, Barbara Stanwyck, William Holden, Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz. His name is associated with icons like the Beverly Hills Hotel, the original MCA Headquarters Building and LAX Airport. But at the height of his career Paul Williams wasn’t always welcome in the restaurants and hotels he designed or the neighborhoods where he built homes, because of his race. “Hollywood’s Architect: The Paul R. Williams Story” tells the compelling, but little known story, of how he used talent and perseverance to beat the odds and create a body of work that can be found from coast to coast.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-02-06
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Final Destination 5
2011-08-12
Final Destination 5
Overview: Death is just as omnipresent as ever, and is unleashed after one man’s premonition saves a group of coworkers from a terrifying suspension bridge collapse. But this group of unsuspecting souls was never supposed to survive, and, in a terrifying race against time, the ill-fated group frantically tries to discover a way to escape Death’s sinister agenda.
Genres: Horror Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-08-12
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Office Christmas Party
2016-11-25
Office Christmas Party
Overview: When Carol Vanstone, CEO of the technology company Zenotek, expresses her intention to close the Chicago branch, run by her brother Clay, he and his co-workers organize a Christmas party in an effort to impress a potential client and save their jobs. But the party gets out of control…
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-11-25
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The Mummy
2017-06-06
The Mummy
Overview: Though safely entombed in a crypt deep beneath the unforgiving desert, an ancient queen whose destiny was unjustly taken from her is awakened in our current day, bringing with her malevolence grown over millennia, and terrors that defy human comprehension.
Genres: Fantasy Thriller Action Adventure Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-06-06
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Isle of Dogs
2018-03-23
Isle of Dogs
Overview: In the future, an outbreak of canine flu leads the mayor of a Japanese city to banish all dogs to an island used as a garbage dump. The outcasts must soon embark on an epic journey when a 12-year-old boy arrives on the island to find his beloved pet.
Genres: Adventure Comedy Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-03-23
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
2017-04-22
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Overview: An African-American woman becomes an unwitting pioneer for medical breakthroughs when her cells are used to create the first immortal human cell line in the early 1950s.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-04-22
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In the Line of Duty: Street War
1992-10-25
In the Line of Duty: Street War
Overview: In this gritty cops-and-crooks drama, two detectives hunt a gang leader suspected of murdering a New York cop. The detectives enlist the help of the dead cop's partner, who is also the brother of the gangster. There's nothing civil about this war that has two brothers squaring off against each other. The strong cast includes Mario Van Peebles, Ray Sharkey and Peter Boyle.
Genres: Action Drama Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-10-25
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Ben Is Back
2018-12-05
Ben Is Back
Overview: 19-year-old Ben Burns unexpectedly returns home to his family's suburban home on Christmas Eve morning. Ben's mother, Holly, is relieved and welcoming but wary of her son staying clean. Over a turbulent 24 hours, new truths are revealed, and a mother's undying love for her son is tested as she does everything in her power to keep him safe.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-12-05
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The Fight
2005-01-24
The Fight
Overview: Explores the famous 1938 heavyweight bout between German Max Schmeling and American Joe Louis and finds two men who, in the shadow of war, became reluctant symbols of equality and supremacy, democracy and fascism.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-01-24
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The Piano Lesson
1995-02-05
The Piano Lesson
Overview: 1930's Pittsburgh, a brother comes home to claim "my half of the piano", a family heirloom; but his sister is not wanting to part with it. This is a glimpse of the conditions for African-Americans as well as some of the attitudes and influences on their lives. But whether he is able to sell the piano so that he can get enough money to buy some property and "no longer have to work for someone else" involves the story (or lesson) that the piano has to show him.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-02-05
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Love and Action in Chicago
1999-09-15
Love and Action in Chicago
Overview: Just when covert assassin Eddie Jones decides to ditch his dangerous job to settle down with his girlfriend, his superiors convince him to kill a renegade drug cartel hit man -- leading to nothing but trouble. Complicating matters is Eddie's vow of celibacy and the fact that Lois is unaware of his murderous lifestyle.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-09-15
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The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
2006-05-02
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
Overview: The Great White Way comes into your living room via this disc of rare performances from some of Broadway's brightest luminaries. Culled from clips from the Tony Awards shows, this unique collection features acting powerhouses James Earl Jones, Annette Bening, Joan Allen, Joe Mantegna, Gary Sinise and Maggie Smith, among others, performing works by such playwrights as August Wilson, David Mamet, Wendy Wasserstein and more.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-05-02
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Project Power
2020-08-14
Project Power
Overview: An ex-soldier, a teen and a cop collide in New Orleans as they hunt for the source behind a dangerous new pill that grants users temporary superpowers.
Genres: Action Crime Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-08-14
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Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
2004-09-04
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
Overview: The story of Jack Johnson, the first African American Heavyweight boxing champion.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-09-04
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Partners of the Heart
2002-06-01
Partners of the Heart
Overview: Recounts the extraordinary segregation-era partnership between two surgeons--one black and one white--who defied the medical establishment and changed the course of cardiac surgery.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-06-01
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The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story
2000-05-31
The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story
Overview: Documents the race riot of 1921 and the destruction of the African-American community of Greenwood in Tulsa, Oklahoma. With testimony by eyewitnesses and background accounts by historians.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-05-31
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The Photograph
2020-02-14
The Photograph
Overview: When famed photographer Christina Eames dies unexpectedly, she leaves her estranged daughter, Mae, hurt, angry and full of questions. When Mae finds a photograph tucked away in a safe-deposit box, she soon finds herself delving into her mother's early life -- an investigation that leads to an unexpected romance with a rising journalist.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-02-14
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Uncorked
2020-03-27
Uncorked
Overview: Elijah must balance his dream of becoming a master sommelier with his father's expectations that he carry on the family's Memphis BBQ joint.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-03-27
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Between the World and Me
2020-11-21
Between the World and Me
Overview: Based on Ta-Nehisi Coates’ #1 New York Times bestseller and originally adapted and staged by the Apollo Theater, this special combines elements of that production - including powerful readings from Coates’ book - with documentary footage from the actors’ home life, archival footage, and animation.
Genres: Documentary Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-11-21
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Hurricane Season
2009-12-08
Hurricane Season
Overview: Based on true events amid the wreckage and chaos dealt by Hurricane Katrina; one basketball coach in Marrero, Louisiana just will not give up. Coach Al Collins, gathers other players from hard-hit schools and builds a team actually worthy enough to go to the state playoffs.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-12-08
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The Acting Class
2000-04-29
The Acting Class
Overview: A comedy about an exceptionally dysfunctional acting class. Playing unsuspecting college students, Liz and Jill set off to find the most influential acting teacher of the decade and soon discover a heralded guru named Kenneth LaPoubelle. After a visit to Ken's class and a series of interviews with his present and former students, they realize that Ken's reputation might exceed his talent.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-04-29
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First Affair
1983-10-25
First Affair
Overview: A young girl attending Harvard on a scholarship finds herself falling for the husband of her English professor.
Genres: Drama Romance TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-10-25
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