Kerry Washington
Also Known As: Κέρι Ουάσινγκτον, Kerry Marisa Washington, Керрі Вашингтон, کری واشینگتن
Biography: Kerry Marisa Washington (born January 31, 1977) is an American actress. She has received several accolades, including a Primetime Emmy Award and nominations for two Golden Globe Awards and a Tony Award. She was included in Time's 100 list of most influential people in 2014, and Forbes named her the eighth highest-paid television actress in 2018. Washington gained wide recognition for starring as crisis management expert Olivia Pope in the ABC drama series Scandal (2012–2018). For her role, she was twice nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series and once for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama. She was further Emmy-nominated for her roles as Anita Hill in the HBO political film Confirmation (2016) and a troubled mother in the Hulu miniseries Little Fires Everywhere (2020). Washington made her feature film debut acting in the drama Our Song (2000). She played Alicia Masters in the live-action Fantastic Four films of 2005 and 2007, and has taken roles in diverse films such as Ray (2004), Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005), The Last King of Scotland (2006), I Think I Love My Wife (2007), Mother and Child (2009), For Colored Girls (2010), and Django Unchained (2012). In 2024, she portrayed Major Charity Adams in the war film The Six Triple Eight. On stage, she made her Broadway debut in David Mamet's play Race (2009). She returned to the Broadway stage starring in the Christopher Demos-Brown play American Son and reprised her role in the 2019 television adaptation on Netflix. Description above from the Wikipedia article Kerry Washington, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: The Bronx, New York, USA
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The Last King of Scotland
Overview: Young Scottish doctor, Nicholas Garrigan decides it's time for an adventure after he finishes his formal education, so he decides to try his luck in Uganda, and arrives during the downfall of President Obote. General Idi Amin comes to power and asks Garrigan to become his personal doctor.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-01-12
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Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Overview: After five (or six) years of vanilla-wedded bliss, ordinary suburbanites John and Jane Smith are stuck in a huge rut. Unbeknownst to each other, they are both coolly lethal, highly-paid assassins working for rival organisations. When they discover they're each other's next target, their secret lives collide in a spicy, explosive mix of wicked comedy, pent-up passion, nonstop action and high-tech weaponry.
Genres: Action Comedy Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-06-07
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Ray
Overview: Born on a sharecropping plantation in Northern Florida, Ray Charles went blind at seven. Inspired by a fiercely independent mom who insisted he make his own way, He found his calling and his gift behind a piano keyboard. Touring across the Southern musical circuit, the soulful singer gained a reputation and then exploded with worldwide fame when he pioneered coupling gospel and country together.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-10-29
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Bad Company
Overview: When a Harvard-educated CIA agent is killed during an operation, the secret agency recruits his twin brother.
Genres: Action Adventure Comedy Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-06-07
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Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
Overview: The Fantastic Four return to the big screen as a new and all powerful enemy threatens the Earth. The seemingly unstoppable 'Silver Surfer', but all is not what it seems and there are old and new enemies that pose a greater threat than the intrepid superheroes realize.
Genres: Science Fiction Adventure Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-06-13
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She Hate Me
Overview: Fired from his job, a former executive turns to impregnating wealthy lesbians for profit.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-07-30
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Christoph Waltz - The Charm of Evil
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Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2021-10-02
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Good Hair
Overview: An exposé of comic proportions that only Chris Rock could pull off, GOOD HAIR visits beauty salons and hairstyling battles, scientific laboratories and Indian temples to explore the way hairstyles impact the activities, pocketbooks, sexual relationships, and self-esteem of the black community.
Genres: Documentary Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-10-09
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Against the Ropes
Overview: A fictional story inspired by North America's most famous female boxing promoter, Jackie Kallen. Her struggle to survive and succeed in a male dominated sport.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-02-20
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Little Man
Overview: After leaving the prison, the dwarf criminal Calvin Sims joins to his moron brother Percy to steal an expensive huge diamond in a jewelry for the mobster Walken. They are chased by the police, and Calvin hides the stone in the purse of the executive Vanessa Edwards, whose husband Darryl Edwards wants to have a baby. Percy convinces Calvin to dress like a baby and be left in front of the Edwards's house to get inside the house and retrieve the diamond. Darryl and Vanessa keep Calvin for the weekend and decide to adopt him, while Walken threatens Darryl to get the stone back.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-08-31
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Miracle at St. Anna
Overview: Miracle at St. Anna chronicles the story of four American soldiers who are members of the all-black 92nd "Buffalo Soldier" Division stationed in Tuscany, Italy during World War II.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-09-15
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Fantastic Four
Overview: During a space voyage, four scientists are altered by cosmic rays: Reed Richards gains the ability to stretch his body; Sue Storm can become invisible; Johnny Storm controls fire; and Ben Grimm is turned into a super-strong … thing. Together, these "Fantastic Four" must now thwart the evil plans of Dr. Doom and save the world from certain destruction.
Genres: Action Fantasy Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-06-29
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Save the Last Dance
Overview: After the death of her mother, Sara moves to the South Side of Chicago to live with her father and gets transferred to a majority-black school. Her life takes a turn for the better when befriends Chenille and her brother Derek, who helps her with her dancing skills.
Genres: Drama Family Romance Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-01-12
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Lakeview Terrace
Overview: A young interracial couple has just moved into their California dream home when they become the target of their next-door neighbor, who disapproves of their relationship. A tightly wound LAPD officer has appointed himself the watchdog of the neighborhood. His nightly foot patrols and overly watchful eyes bring comfort to some, but he becomes increasingly aggressive to the newlyweds. These persistent intrusions into their lives cause the couple to fight back.
Genres: Drama Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-09-19
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The Dead Girl
Overview: The clues to a young woman's death come together as the lives of seemingly unrelated people begin to intersect.
Genres: Mystery Drama Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-11-07
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The United States of Leland
Overview: A withdrawn young man, Leland Fitzgerald is imprisoned for the murder of a mentally disabled boy, who also happened to be the brother of his girlfriend, Becky. As the community struggles to deal with the killing, Pearl Madison, a teacher at the prison, decides to write about Leland's case. Meanwhile, others affected by the murder, including Becky and her sister, Julie, must contend with their own problems.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-05-15
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I Think I Love My Wife
Overview: Richard Cooper is a married man and father of two who is just plain bored with married life. Not getting any sex from his wife, he resorts to ogling random women on the street to the point that he takes lunch late to look at them. When old crush Nikki Tru visits his office to get a reference letter, she becomes obsessed with Cooper and they begin a complicated relationship.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-03-07
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Mother and Child
Overview: The lives of three women have a commonality: adoption. Karen is a physical therapist who regrets that, as a teenager, she gave up her daughter for adoption. Elizabeth was an adopted child and is now a successful lawyer, but her personal life lacks warmth. Lucy and her husband have failed to conceive and now hope to adopt a baby to make their family complete.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-11-07
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2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Overview: Filmed at the Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse in Cleveland, Ohio, the 2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony honors inductees: Tina Turner, Carole King, The Go-Go's, JAY-Z, Foo Fighters, and Todd Rundgren; along with Kraftwerk, Charley Patton and Gil Scott-Heron; LL Cool J, Billy Preston and Randy Rhoads; Clarence Avant for the Ahmet Ertegun Award. The special music event also features a host of all-star presenters, performers, and special guests, including Angela Bassett, Christina Aguilera, Mickey Guyton, H.E.R., Keith Urban, Taylor Swift, Jennifer Hudson, Drew Barrymore, Paul McCartney, Lionel Richie, and many others.
Genres: Music Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-11-20
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For Colored Girls
Overview: About existence from the perspective of 20 nameless black females. Each of the women portray one of the characters represented in the collection of twenty poems, revealing different issues that impact women in general and women of color in particular.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-11-05
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Our Song
Overview: Focusing on the bonding between three female (an African American female, a half African American half Latino American female, and a Latino American female) high school members of Brooklyn's "Jackie Robinson Steppers Marching Band" and the choices the girls face once their school closes down because of the need for asbestos removal. This film is about a host of topics, not least of which is the hard-work involved in maintaining
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-01-21
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Django Unchained
Overview: With the help of a German bounty hunter, a freed slave sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal Mississippi plantation owner.
Genres: Drama Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-12-25
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Night Catches Us
Overview: After growing up during the tumultuous 1960s, ex-Black Panther Marcus returns to his home in Philadelphia in 1976 and reconnects with Pat, the widow of a Panther leader. Marcus befriends Pat's young daughter and attempts to conquer his demons. Interfering with Marcus's good intentions are the neighborhood's continuing racial and social conflicts, as well as old enemies and friends -- both with scores to settle.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-12-03
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A Thousand Words
Overview: Jack McCall is a fast-talking literary agent, who can close any deal, any time, any way. He has set his sights on New Age guru Dr. Sinja for his own selfish purposes. But Dr. Sinja is on to him, and Jack’s life comes unglued after a magical Bodhi tree mysteriously appears in his backyard. With every word Jack speaks, a leaf falls from the tree and he realizes that when the last leaf falls, both he and the tree are toast. Words have never failed Jack McCall, but now he’s got to stop talking and conjure up some outrageous ways to communicate or he’s a goner.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-03-07
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Peeples
Overview: The story follows what happens when a child psychologist surprises his girlfriend by showing up at her political family's annual get-together at their Sag Harbor vacation home only to find them desperately in need of therapy.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-05-09
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Lift
Overview: This feature takes us into the world of "boosters" or shoplifters where a charismatic, intelligent young female booster from a dysfunctional family, notably her mother and grandmother, engages in the illegal occupation of shoplifting. A non-stereotypical view of how problematic family relations fed her foray into a criminal profession.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-01-20
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Girl Rising
Overview: Nine filmmakers each profile a young girl from a different part of the world to weave a global tapestry of youth in the 21st century.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-03-07
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Put It in a Book
Overview: When one brother is killed as the result of gang violence, the other must choose between righteousness or revenge.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-06-09
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Kerry Washington: Thicker Than Water - A Conversation with Robin Roberts
Overview: The actor, director and producer opens up about intimate details of her life, including her childhood, career, marriage, and a family secret that turned her world upside down.
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Woman In Burka
Overview: A darkly comic look at the life of an actress and the types of Middle Eastern roles available to her in a post-9/11 culture. Sarita is up for the coveted role of an Iraqi rape victim’s ghost in a new film. No one's seen the script or knows whether it's a serious drama or a cheap horror movie, but everyone seems to think it's perfect for her. Will she be the "Woman in Burka"?
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-01-01
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Wait
Overview: A short film featured in Glamour Magazine’s short film series, “Reel Moments.”
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-10-06
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Life Is Hot in Cracktown
Overview: Various stories of how crack cocaine has infiltrated the inner-city streets. Based on Buddy Giovinazzo's novel "Life is Hot in Cracktown".
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-06-26
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The Six Triple Eight
Overview: During World War II, the US Army's only all-Black, all-women battalion takes on an impossible mission: sorting through a three-year backlog of 17 million pieces of mail that hadn't been delivered to American soldiers and finish within six months.
Genres: Drama War History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-12-06
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The Standard Deviants: The Salsa-Riffic World of Spanish, Part 1
Overview: Learning how to speak Spanish is easy with The Standard Deviants. They'll begin by introducing you to the Spanish alphabet, vocabulary, and pronunciation. You will also learn greetings, punctuation, the gender of nouns and pronouns, some essential verbs, and much more.
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Original Language: en
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Sexual Life
Overview: As they seek romance and sexual gratification, the lives of eight Los Angeles natives — including a teenager, a wedding photographer and a hotel desk clerk — converge on a carousel of carnal encounters.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-01-05
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The Standard Deviants: The Deep-Fried World of Organic Chemistry, Part 3
Overview: The Standard Deviants cover everything you need to ace organic chemistry.
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Original Language: en
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The Standard Deviants: The Really Big World of Astronomy, Part 1
Overview: This series also covers the essential concepts of astronomy: gravity, the light spectrum, Earth's magnetic field, the solar system, the sun, Kepler's Law, the universal law of gravitation, the Doppler Effect, and much more!
Genres: Documentary Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-08-28
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The Standard Deviants: The Wrinkle-Free World of English Composition
Overview: The Standard Deviants use comedy to help students grasp the skills needed to write a paper. They cover everything from stating and supporting a position, to collecting information, and revising a thesis.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
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The Standard Deviants: The Deep-Fried World of Organic Chemistry, Part 2
Overview: Organic Chemistry is a branch of chemistry that deals specifically with the structures, synthesis, and reactions of carbon-containing compounds. This organic chemistry tutorial will help you understand the various structures and reactions, as well as acids, bases, nomenclature, alkene and cycloalkene conformations, functional groups, Markovinkov's Rule, hydroxylation reactions and cis- and trans- isomers.
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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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Confirmation
Overview: Judge Clarence Thomas' nomination to the United States' Supreme Court is called into question when former colleague, Anita Hill, testifies that he had sexually harassed her.
Genres: Drama History TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-04-16
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Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
Overview: Benoit Blanc returns for his most dangerous case yet. Sequel to 'Glass Onion (2022)'.
Genres: Comedy Crime Mystery Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
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The Human Stain
Overview: Coleman Silk is a worldly and admired professor who loses his job after unwittingly making a racial slur. To clear his name, Silk writes a book about the events with his friend and colleague Nathan Zuckerman, who in the process discovers a dark secret Silk has hidden his whole life. All the while, Silk engages in an affair with Faunia Farley, a younger woman whose tormented past threatens to unravel the layers of deception Silk has constructed.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-10-29
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Olmsted and America's Urban Parks
Overview: Frederick Law Olmsted designed New York City's Central Park with Calvert Vaux over 150 years ago, and it remains an undisputed haven of tranquility amidst one of the largest, tallest, and most unnatural places on earth. This film examines the creation of America's great city parks in the late 1800s through the enigmatic eyes of Frederick Law Olmsted, visionary urban planner and landscape architect. In his own words, Olmsted and America's Urban Parks weaves together Olmsted's engaging and poignant personal story with those of the lasting masterpieces he left for us today, featuring Academy Award-winning actor Kevin Kline as the voice of Frederick Law Olmsted.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-04-17
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The Standard Deviants: The Salsa-Riffic World of Spanish, Part 2
Overview: The talented and lively Standard Deviants crew teaches viewers ways to understand the nature of language instead of guiding them by rote memorization. Learn the intricacies of grammar, numbers, verbs, conjugation, adjectives and more. How? Along with skits, musical performances and other creative programs designed by a team of educators, learners do drills and quizzes at the end of each segment, as well as a comprehensive exam.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-01-01
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Cars 3
Overview: Blindsided by a new generation of blazing-fast racers, the legendary Lightning McQueen is suddenly pushed out of the sport he loves. To get back in the game, he will need the help of an eager young race technician with her own plan to win, inspiration from the late Fabulous Hudson Hornet, and a few unexpected turns. Proving that #95 isn't through yet will test the heart of a champion on Piston Cup Racing’s biggest stage!
Genres: Family Comedy Adventure Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-06-15
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Sin
Overview: Retired cop Eddie Burns gave 15 years and the use of his left arm to the Reno homicide squad. When his wayward sister, Kassie, goes missing Eddie Burns finds himself subjected to a fiendish and ingenious campaign of revenge by the mysterious Charlie Strom. In order to protect his sister, Eddie - disabled, betrayed and alone - journeys into the heart of his own darkness: where he discovers that the reason for his ordeal lies in his own past sins and those of his adversary Charlie Strom.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-01-01
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The Words That Built America
Overview: In recognition of the 4th of July, several celebrities and politicians of differing ideologies join to read the historic documents which laid the foundation for the United States of America.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-07-04
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Black Panther
Overview: Black Panther is the ruler and protector of the African nation of Wakanda. Using technology, wits, and extraordinary fighting ability he must protect his nation from an invasion led by Ulysses Klaw, the man who killed his father.
Genres: Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-01-18
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Wide-Awake
Overview: Ingénues, icons, action heroes, divas and the world's next great comedy star: 13 actresses who gave the dreamiest performances of 2012.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-12-07
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Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons"
Overview: Celebrities re-create an original episode each from "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons."
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-05-22
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American Son
Overview: Time passes and tension mounts in a Florida police station as an estranged interracial couple awaits news of their missing teenage son.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-09-12
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24-7
Overview: A group of women accountants in a firm who band together against a similar male group in order to solve a fraud case that will save their jobs.
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The Prom
Overview: After the PTA of a conservative high school in Indiana bans same-sex couples from attending the annual prom, a gang of flamboyant Broadway stars try to boost their image by showing up to support two lesbian students.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-12-02
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One World: Together at Home
Overview: A global broadcast & digital special organized by Global Citizen and the World Health Organization featuring comedians, musicians, and actors to raise funds in support of front line health workers in the global response to COVID-19.
Genres: Music Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-04-18
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Shadow Force
Overview: Kyrah and Isaac were once the leaders of a multinational special forces group called Shadow Force. They broke the rules by falling in love, and in order to protect their son, they go underground. With a large bounty on their heads, and the vengeful Shadow Force hot on their trail, one family's fight becomes all-out war.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2025-05-01
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Every Vote Counts: A Celebration of Democracy
Overview: A star-studded, bipartisan special featuring appearances and performances from a variety of entertainment luminaries. Co-hosted by America Ferrera, Alicia Keys and Kerry Washington
Genres: Music Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-10-29
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Strip Search
Overview: Strip Search follows several parallel stories examining personal freedoms vs. national security in the aftermath of 9/11; two main subplots involve an American woman detained in China and an Arab man detained in New York City.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-04-27
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The Disney Holiday Singalong
Overview: Returning for a third iteration, “The Disney Holiday Singalong” features more music and magic just in time for the holidays. The one-hour festive musical event includes star-studded performances, animated on-screen lyrics, more favorite Disney melodies and classic holiday songs.
Genres: Music Comedy Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-11-30
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The Standard Deviants: The Twisted World of Trigonometry, Part 1
Overview: This edition of Trigonometry includes such topics as radians, the special angles, right triangles, the Pythagorean Theorem, sine, cosine, tangent, law of cosines and law of sines.
Genres: Documentary Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-01-20
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The Standard Deviants: The Really Big World of Astronomy, Part 2
Overview: In Astronomy Part 2, you will learn all about the planets, asteroids, comets, meteoroids, the layers of the sun, fusion, and more. The Standard Deviants make learning astronomy easier with their unique teaching style, which incorporates humor, mnemonics, and sophisticated computer graphics.
Genres: Documentary Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-12-12
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The Standard Deviants: The Twisted World of Trigonometry, Part 2
Overview: Part 2 starts off with a quick review of graphing as well as sine, cosine and tangent. From there, this video charts new territory as we dive into amplitude, curves, double-angle formulas, sum-to-product-formulas and identities. Using computer graphics and animation, the Standard Deviants illustrate these complicated concepts far better than any blackboard!
Genres: Documentary Family Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-01-20
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The School for Good and Evil
Overview: Best friends Sophie and Agatha navigate an enchanted school for young heroes and villains — and find themselves on opposing sides of the battle between good and evil.
Genres: Fantasy Comedy Adventure Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-10-19
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The Details
Overview: When a family of raccoons discover worms living underneath the sod in Jeff and Nealy's backyard, this pest problem begins a darkly comic and wild chain reaction of domestic tension, infidelity and murder.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-11-02
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Animals
Overview: When the son of an L.A. mayoral candidate is kidnapped, he and his wife have a few hours to come up with the ransom payment. With most of their money spent on his political campaign, they have to get their hands dirty and expose a side of their lives they never intended to see the light of day.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
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