Blair Underwood
Biography: Blair Underwood (born August 25, 1964) is an American television and film actor. He is perhaps best known as headstrong attorney Jonathan Rollins from the NBC legal drama L.A. Law, a role he portrayed for seven years. He has gained critical acclaim throughout his career, receiving numerous Golden Globe Award nominations, three NAACP Image Awards and 1 Grammy Award. His feature film debut was the 1985 movie Krush Groove. His 1985 appearance on The Cosby Show landed him a short stint on the ABC soap opera One Life to Live, which eventually led to his performance on the TV series L.A. Law, where he appeared from 1987 to 1994. Underwood broke into film with roles in Just Cause (1995), Set It Off (1996) and Deep Impact (1998). He also had a supporting role as a geneticist in the film Gattaca. In 2000, he played the lead role in the short-lived television series City of Angels. In 2003, he guest starred in four episodes on the HBO series Sex and the City playing Cynthia Nixon's love interest. In 2004, he played the role of Roger De Souza opposite Heather Locklear in NBC's LAX. He gained acclaim as the sexy grade school teacher in the CBS sitcom The New Adventures of Old Christine opposite Julia Louis-Dreyfus for two years. In 2007, he guest starred in an episode of the NBC series Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. His also had a role as recurring character Alex in the HBO series In Treatment. Also in 2007, Underwood co-authored the novel Casanegra: A Tennyson Hardwick Novel with husband-and-wife team Steven Barnes and Tananarive Due. He's also had recurring roles on Dirty Sexy Money, NBC's The Event, Ironside, Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., and Quantico. He has received three NAACP Image Awards, for his film work in Rules of Engagement, and his television work in L.A. Law, City of Angels, Murder in Mississippi and Mama Flora's Family. He was voted one of People's "50 Most Beautiful People" in 2000, and one of TV Guide's "Most Influential Faces of the 90s".
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Birthday: August 25, 1964
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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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Rules of Engagement
2000-04-07
Rules of Engagement
Overview: A Marine Colonel is brought to court-martial after ordering his men to fire on demonstrators surrounding the American embassy in Yemen.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-04-07
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Asunder
1998-11-06
Asunder
Overview: When a freak accident destroys everything in a man's life, he invades the troubled marriage of his best friends.
Genres: Drama Thriller Mystery Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-11-06
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Covert One: The Hades Factor
2006-01-01
Covert One: The Hades Factor
Overview: Academy Award winner Mira Sorvino, Academy and Golden Globe Award winner Anjelica Huston and Stephen Dorff star in this nail-biting tale of action and intrigue about members of an elite undercover team who race against time to locate the source of a deadly virus threatening the lives of millions of Americans.
Genres: Action Drama Science Fiction Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-01-01
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Deep Impact
1998-05-08
Deep Impact
Overview: A seven-mile-wide space rock is hurtling toward Earth, threatening to obliterate the planet. Now, it's up to the president of the United States to save the world. He appoints a tough-as-nails veteran astronaut to lead a joint American-Russian crew into space to destroy the comet before impact. Meanwhile, an enterprising reporter uses her smarts to uncover the scoop of the century.
Genres: Action Drama Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-05-08
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Origin
2023-12-08
Origin
Overview: While investigating the global phenomenon of caste and its dark influence on society, a journalist faces unfathomable personal loss and uncovers the beauty of human resilience.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-12-08
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Just Cause
1995-02-17
Just Cause
Overview: A Harvard professor is lured back into the courtroom after twenty-five years to take the case of a young black man condemned to death for the horrific murder of a child.
Genres: Action Drama Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-02-17
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Set It Off
1996-11-06
Set It Off
Overview: Four inner-city Black women, determined to end their constant struggle, decide to live by one rule — get what you want or die trying. So the four women take back their lives and take out some banks in the process.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-11-06
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Malibu's Most Wanted
2003-04-10
Malibu's Most Wanted
Overview: A senator arranges for his son, a rich white kid who fancies himself black, to be kidnapped by a couple of black actors pretending to be murderers to try and shock him out of his plans to become a rapper.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-04-10
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The Hit
2007-09-26
The Hit
Overview: The Hit is the sequel to cult favorite Straight Out of Compton, in which Blair Underwood stars as Hen, an up-and-coming record executive whose goal is to bring all rival rap record labels together and form one black-owned label that gives back to the community. While building this label he crosses paths with the Mob. Suddenly he's not just fighting for his business - he's fighting for his life
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-09-26
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Krush Groove
1985-10-25
Krush Groove
Overview: Russell Walker is a young, successful manager of rap performers, handling acts for the Krush Groove label, including Run-DMC and The Fat Boys. When Run-D.M.C. has a hit record and Russell needs more money to press more copies, he borrows it from a street hustler and soon regrets his decision.
Genres: Comedy Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-10-25
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G
2002-05-10
G
Overview: A young Hip Hop star named Summer G falls for a middle to upper class sister while in college. After she rejects him for a fellow social climber, Summer G spends ten years building a Hip Hop empire, then moves to the Hamptons where he finds the object of his affections.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-05-10
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Full Frontal
2002-08-02
Full Frontal
Overview: A day in the life of a group of men and women in Hollywood, in the hours leading up to a friend's birthday party.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-08-02
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Voices That Care
1991-02-28
Voices That Care
Overview: Behind the scenes making of the charity single "Voices That Care".
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-02-28
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Madea's Family Reunion
2006-02-24
Madea's Family Reunion
Overview: Southern matriarch Madea has a lot on her plate. Her nieces, Vanessa and Lisa, have relationship troubles - Vanessa moves into Madea's house with her 2 young children and Lisa is engaged to a controlling man that her mother set her up with. In addition, Madea has just been court-ordered to become the guardian of Nikki, a rebellious runaway teenager. Madea must keep the peace and her family together while simultaneously planning her clan's reunion.
Genres: Drama Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-02-24
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Weather Girl
2009-07-10
Weather Girl
Overview: Succumbing to the stresses of her personal and professional lives, Sylvia, a Seattle morning show weather forecaster, has a meltdown live on-air. Now, unemployed, lacking career prospects, and with a mess of a romantic life, she moves in with her little brother. She must learn how to cope with being 35-years-old and unfortunately famous for melting down on live television.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-07-10
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The Gristle
2004-05-13
The Gristle
Overview: Multiculturalism reaches the depths of the criminal underworld as eight diverse con men must learn to work together to pull off a heist that's anything but ordinary. The target of this melting pot of thieves is a kidney inside a patient who's inside a hospital. This darkly comic caper stars Orson Bean and Michael Dorn.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-05-13
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Soul of the Game
1996-04-20
Soul of the Game
Overview: In 1945, the world of baseball is divided between the Majors and the Negro Leagues - but the time has come for change. One team will be the first to sign a black player and only one player will be the first to take the field. The Brooklyn Dodgers want to make the deal that will make history. But the man they choose will have to be more than a great player - he has to have the charisma of a star. It soon comes down to three powerful and extraordinary players: legendary pitcher Satchel Paige; the greatest hitter in baseball Josh Gibson; and a rookie by the name of Jackie Robinson. Three player - three friends - three champions. Together they are unbeatable - but only one will cross the home plate into history.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-04-20
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Woman Thou Art Loosed: On the 7th Day
2012-04-13
Woman Thou Art Loosed: On the 7th Day
Overview: The Ames' seem to have built the perfect life until their six year old daughter is kidnapped; over the course of seven days they begin to uncover secrets about their past that could rip their marriage and lives apart.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-04-13
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Do Geese See God
2004-11-23
Do Geese See God
Overview: A sweating man breathes rapidly from exertion as he open a packet and pulls out a DVD with the words "Salvation comes from within" on it. Impatiently he plays the film, which appears to be a Max Fleischer cartoon of the three blind mice singing. Soon, the mice deliver a message, telling the man to go to a specific street corner. Off he runs, through modern Los Angeles crowds. At the designated corner, a street person talks to him about shoes, then a cell phone rings, which he finds and answers. A voice sends him running - to avert a tragedy, to find salvation, or because he's trapped in earthly pursuits? Is this cosmic cat and mouse? Will he stop to smell the roses?
Genres: Fantasy Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-11-23
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Bear Witness
2022-04-22
Bear Witness
Overview: The film Journeys alongside the filmmakers behind Disneynature’s “Polar Bear” as they face profound challenges 300 miles from the North Pole. The team, who created a revolutionary arctic camp on site, navigated virtually impassible snow drifts and tenuous sea ice, garnering unprecedented footage revealing adaptive behaviors that surprised even this veteran team of filmmakers.
Genres: Documentary Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-04-22
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Black Patriots: Buffalo Soldiers
2022-05-31
Black Patriots: Buffalo Soldiers
Overview: As the United States recovered from the bloody aftermath of the Civil War, Congress passed the Reorganization Act in 1866, that created the first-ever all-Black peacetime regiments. These six regiments would be reduced to four – the 9th and 10th Cavalry and the 24th and 25th Infantry – and soon earn the moniker Buffalo Soldiers. Although they never received the true and full recognition they deserved, Black Patriots: Buffalo Soldiers, will tell their remarkable story of their valor, bravery, and service. From the complicated skirmishes in the Southwest against Native Americans to the heroic battles on foreign soil to the ongoing fight to be treated as first-class citizens, the Buffalo Soldiers served with pride, dignity, and belief in defending a free America.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-05-31
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The Cover Girl and the Cop
1989-01-16
The Cover Girl and the Cop
Overview: Julia Duffy is the cover girl and Dinah Manoff the cop in this made-for-TV contrivance.
Genres: Comedy Crime TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-01-16
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Father & Son: Dangerous Relations
1993-04-19
Father & Son: Dangerous Relations
Overview: An estranged father and son are paroled from the same maximum-security prison with one unusual condition, they must become roommates. Their severed bonds are strained as the father battles to keep his son free from the lures of street life.
Genres: Drama Crime TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-04-19
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The Trip to Bountiful
2014-03-08
The Trip to Bountiful
Overview: Carrie Watts begrudgingly lives with her busy, overprotective son, Ludie and pretentious daughter-in-law, Jessie Mae. No longer able to drive and forbidden to travel alone, she wishes for freedom from the confines of the house.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-03-08
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Murder in Mississippi
1990-02-05
Murder in Mississippi
Overview: In 1964, members of the Ku Klux Klan murdered three Civil Rights workers who had traveled to the South to encourage African-American voter registration. Examines the last three weeks in the lives of the slain activists.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-02-05
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The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar
2016-01-25
The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar
Overview: Set in the African savannah, the film follows Kion as he assembles the members of the 'Lion Guard'. Throughout the film, the diverse team of young animals will learn how to utilize each of their unique abilities to solve problems and accomplish tasks to maintain balance within the Circle of Life, while also introducing viewers to the vast array of animals that populate the prodigious African landscape.
Genres: Family TV Movie Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-01-25
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Heat Wave
1990-08-13
Heat Wave
Overview: A rookie black journalist investigates the tensions of the Watts section of Los Angeles in the bloody summer of 1965.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-08-13
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First Generation
2011-01-01
First Generation
Overview: An award-winning feature-length documentary narrated by Golden Globe nominee Blair Underwood, FIRST GENERATION tells the story of four high school students - an inner city athlete, a small town waitress, a Samoan warrior dancer, and the daughter of migrant field workers - who set out to break the cycle of poverty and bring hope to their families and communities by pursuing a college education. Shot over the course of three years and featuring some of our nation’s top educational experts (Richard Kahlenberg, The Century Foundation; J.B. Schramm, College Summit; Dr. Bill Tierney, University of Southern California), this 95 minute documentary explores the problem of college access faced by first generation and low-income students and how their success has major implications for the future of our nation.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-01-01
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Longlegs
2024-07-10
Longlegs
Overview: FBI Agent Lee Harker is a gifted new recruit assigned to the unsolved case of an elusive serial killer. As the case takes complex turns, unearthing evidence of the occult, Harker discovers a personal connection to the merciless killer and must race against time to stop him before he claims the lives of another innocent family.
Genres: Crime Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-07-10
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The Golden Blaze
2005-05-10
The Golden Blaze
Overview: Two African American boys schoolyard rivalry spirals out of control when their fathers develop superpowers.
Genres: Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-05-10
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Mistrial
1996-11-02
Mistrial
Overview: When a cop-killer goes free, a detective's search for personal justice veers dangerously out of control. Declaring a mistrial, he takes the accused, the judge and the jury hostage...and begins a trial of his own.
Genres: Thriller Drama Action TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-11-02
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Tigers on the Rise
2024-04-21
Tigers on the Rise
Overview: Celebrate the remarkable comeback of tigers and the local heroes fighting to protect them.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-04-21
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The Art of Getting By
2011-06-17
The Art of Getting By
Overview: George, a lonely and fatalistic teen who's made it all the way to his senior year without ever having done a real day of work, is befriended by Sally, a popular but complicated girl who recognizes in him a kindred spirit.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-06-17
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Something New
2006-01-29
Something New
Overview: Kenya McQueen, a corporate lawyer, finds love in the most unexpected place when she agrees to go on a blind date with Brian Kelly, a sexy and free-spirited landscaper.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-01-29
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One Spoon of Chocolate
One Spoon of Chocolate
Overview: An ex-military convict leaves the city for a small town, where he ends up finding love, danger, and more trouble than he can handle.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
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Truth Be Told
2002-01-01
Truth Be Told
Overview: Rayne Johnson is a shrewd investment company assistant who turns a mob slaying into a golden opportunity for a new improved lifestyle, managing to outsmart the crooked cops who are very eager to see her disappear.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-01-01
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Mickey's 60th Birthday
1988-11-13
Mickey's 60th Birthday
Overview: This film combines live action/original animation and library animation. Mickey steals a magic hat from a Sorcerer and is put under a spell by the angry magi so that no one will recognize him until he finds his own magic within. While Mickey is on his quest, network news teams around the country desperately try to find the famous, beloved mouse who has mysteriously disappeared. On his quest, Mickey goes into the "Cheers" bar, meets up with the characters from "Family Ties", and winds up on Disneyland's Main Street the night before his Birthday celebration is to take place. It is there that he finds he has all the magic inside him that he will ever need. The spell is broken and the Birthday bash commences as the whole World celebrates the beloved Mickey Mouse.
Genres: Family Animation TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-11-13
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The Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry
1991-01-01
The Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry
Overview: American Experience
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-01-01
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The Wishing Tree
1999-01-01
The Wishing Tree
Overview: When her storyteller mother (Mary Alice) dies, attorney Clara Collier (Alfre Woodard) returns to her Georgia hometown and is soon captivated by a local legend of the "Magic Man" (Blair Underwood). While looking for the source of the tale, Clara uncovers suprising family secrets. Czech filmmaker Ivan Passer directs this family drama that delves into the storytelling tradition of the Deep South. Blair Underwood and Helen Shaver co-star.
Genres: Fantasy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-01-01
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Olympic Pride, American Prejudice
2016-08-05
Olympic Pride, American Prejudice
Overview: In 1936, 18 African American athletes dubbed the "black auxiliary" by Hitler defied Nazi Aryan Supremacy and Jim Crow Racism to win hearts and medals at the 1936 Summer Olympic Games in Berlin. The world remembers Jesse Owens. But, Olympic Pride American Prejudice shows how all 18 are a seminal precursor to the modern Civil Rights Movement.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-08-05
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The After Party
2018-08-24
The After Party
Overview: When an aspiring rapper goes viral for the wrong reasons, he thinks his career is sunk. But a wild party gives him one more chance to make it right.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-08-24
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Gattaca
1997-09-07
Gattaca
Overview: Vincent is an all-too-human man who dares to defy a system obsessed with genetic perfection. He is an "In-Valid" who assumes the identity of a member of the genetic elite to pursue his goal of traveling into space with the Gattaca Aerospace Corporation.
Genres: Thriller Science Fiction Mystery Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-09-07
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Juanita
2019-03-08
Juanita
Overview: Fed up with her deadbeat grown kids and marginal urban existence, Juanita takes a Greyhound bus to Paper Moon, Montana - where she reinvents herself and finds her mojo.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-03-08
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Posse
1993-05-14
Posse
Overview: A group of mostly black infantrymen return from the Spanish-American War with a cache of gold. They travel to the West where their leader searches for the men who lynched his father.
Genres: Action Adventure Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-05-14
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Bad Hair
2021-05-05
Bad Hair
Overview: In 1989, an ambitious young woman gets a weave in order to succeed in the image-obsessed world of music television. However, her flourishing career may come at a great cost when she realizes that her new hair may have a mind of its own.
Genres: Horror Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-05-05
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Penguins: Life on the Edge
2020-04-03
Penguins: Life on the Edge
Overview: A witty and tenacious team of filmmakers brave the Antarctic to film Disneynature's "Penguins."
Genres: Documentary Adventure Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-04-03
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Mr. SOUL!
2018-04-27
Mr. SOUL!
Overview: On the heels of the Civil Rights Movement, one fearless black pioneer reconceived a Harlem Renaissance for a new era, ushering giants and rising stars of black American culture onto the national television stage. He was hip. He was smart. He was innovative, political, and gay. In his personal fight for social equality, this man ensured the Revolution would be televised. The man was Ellis Haizlip. The Revolution was soul!
Genres: Documentary Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-04-27
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Viral
Viral
Overview: Written by Joe McClean, the story centers on a man named Andrew (Underwood) who falls into paranoia after his wife (Mason) goes missing, and finds the only way out of a years-long spiral in his new girlfriend Emilia (Silverman).
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
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A Soldier's Play
2021-02-25
A Soldier's Play
Overview: In a segregated army camp in Louisiana in 1944, a black sergeant is shot dead after crying out "they still hate you." As the play examines the murder, the truth of it becomes more shocking and hateful than the murder itself.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-02-25
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The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU
2020-01-02
The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU
Overview: Go back to the beginning of television's longest-running primetime drama with behind-the-scenes footage, memorable scenes and exclusive interviews with the actors, creators and crew members.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-01-02
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Really Love
2020-10-16
Really Love
Overview: A rising black painter tries to break into a competitive art world while balancing an unexpected romance with an ambitious law student.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-10-16
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Clinton: Portrait of a Presidency
2024-11-03
Clinton: Portrait of a Presidency
Overview: Examining the unprecedented time of prosperity in America under the leadership of President Clinton.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-11-03
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Three Women
Three Women
Overview: Writer Gia convinces three women to tell her their stories; entrepreneur Sloane, homemaker Lina and student Maggie are on a crash course to radically overturn their lives.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
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