Chadwick Boseman
Also Known As: Chadwick Aaron Boseman, Chad Boseman, Τσάντγουικ Μπόουσμαν, چادویک بوزمن
Biography: Chadwick Boseman was an American actor, playwright, and screenwriter hailing from Anderson, South Carolina. He graduated from Howard University and went on to study at the British American Dramatic Academy in Oxford. Boseman's play "Deep Azure" was nominated for a 2006 Joseph Jefferson Award for New Work. His breakout role was playing the lead Jackie Robinson in 2013's 42. Boseman was best remembered for portraying T’Challa/Black Panther in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. He has portrayed the character in Captain America: Civil War (2016), Black Panther (2018), Avengers: Infinity War (2018), and Avengers: Endgame (2019).
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Anderson, South Carolina, USA
Adult: No
Birthday: November 29, 1976
Age: 48 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: August 28, 2020
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Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Overview: Follow the production of “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” as the cast and crew take on the incredible challenge of remembering T’Challa with a chapter befitting the late king. Through intimate behind-the-scenes footage and interviews, watch Shuri take on the mantel of Wakanda’s hero and face a new foe from the ocean’s depths in Namor.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-02-07
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Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special
Overview: Explore the Disney+ series of the MCU—past, present and future!
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-11-12
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Celebrating Marvel's Stan Lee
Overview: Filmed in part in front of a live audience at The New Amsterdam Theater in New York City, this Stan Lee tribute takes viewers on an action-packed journey throughout the life of Lee and across the Marvel Universe, sharing never-before-seen interviews and archive footage with Lee himself from deep within the Marvel and ABC News archives.
Genres: Documentary Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-12-20
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The Kill Hole
Overview: The shadow of war follows a troubled Iraq War vet as he is forced to pursue one of his own into the Pacific Northwest wilderness to finally confront a war crime that has haunted them both.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-08-28
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42
Overview: In 1946, Branch Rickey, owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers, took a stand against Major League Baseball's infamous color line when he signed Jackie Robinson to the team. The deal put both men in the crosshairs of the public, the press and even other players. Facing unabashed racism from every side, Robinson was forced to demonstrate tremendous courage and let his talent on the field wins over fans and his teammates – silencing his critics and forever changing the world by changing the game of baseball.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-04-12
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Draft Day
Overview: At the NFL Draft, general manager Sonny Weaver has the opportunity to rebuild his team when he trades for the number one pick. He must decide what he's willing to sacrifice on a life-changing day for a few hundred young men with NFL dreams.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-04-11
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Get on Up
Overview: A chronicle of James Brown's rise from extreme poverty to become one of the most influential musicians in history.
Genres: Drama Music History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-08-01
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Merchant Ivory
Overview: The first definitive feature documentary to lend new and compelling perspectives on the partnership, both professional and personal, of director James Ivory, producer Ismail Merchant, and their primary associates, writer Ruth Prawer Jhabvala and composer Richard Robbins. Footage from more than fifty interviews, clips, and archival material gives voice to the family of actors and technicians who helped define Merchant Ivory’s Academy Award-winning work of consummate quality and intelligence. With six Oscar winners among the notable artists participating, these close and often long-term collaborators intimately detail the transformational cinematic creativity and personal and professional drama of the wandering company that left an indelible impact on film culture.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-08-30
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Black Panther
Overview: King T'Challa returns home to the reclusive, technologically advanced African nation of Wakanda to serve as his country's new leader. However, T'Challa soon finds that he is challenged for the throne by factions within his own country as well as without. Using powers reserved to Wakandan kings, T'Challa assumes the Black Panther mantle to join with ex-girlfriend Nakia, the queen-mother, his princess-kid sister, members of the Dora Milaje (the Wakandan 'special forces') and an American secret agent, to prevent Wakanda from being dragged into a world war.
Genres: Action Adventure Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-02-13
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Captain America: Civil War
Overview: Following the events of Age of Ultron, the collective governments of the world pass an act designed to regulate all superhuman activity. This polarizes opinion amongst the Avengers, causing two factions to side with Iron Man or Captain America, which causes an epic battle between former allies.
Genres: Adventure Action Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-04-27
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20/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of Wakanda
Overview: Exploring the evolution of Black Panther from the comic emerging in the 1960s to the film the world fell in love with in 2018; director Ryan Coogler; Whoopi Goldberg interviews Chadwick Boseman's widow, Simone Ledward Boseman.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-11-04
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Message from the King
Overview: On a relentless quest to avenge his sister's murder, a man from Cape Town infiltrates a sprawling network of lowlifes and elites in Los Angeles.
Genres: Action Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-05-10
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Gods of Egypt
Overview: A common thief joins a mythical god on a quest through Egypt.
Genres: Action Adventure Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-02-25
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Denzel Washington: A Model American
Overview: In 30 years of a deeply committed career and 50 roles, Denzel Washington, double-Oscar winner, placed the figure of the Black man in all its complexity at the heart of the American paradoxes: from Black activist, rebel soldier to gangster torn between violence and charity. Voted best actor of the 21st century by the New York Times a few months ago, Denzel Washington, 65, has risen to the top of American cinema. As an Actor, director and producer, he has shaken up a "color line" as immutable as it is subtle. Often identified with his characters, he reveals himself to be disconcerting and paradoxical. As if he were holding up a mirror to America in which all of its contradictions and failings were reflected. A documentary that chronicles the extraordinary career of the world-renowned African-American actor.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2022-10-15
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9 Kisses
Overview: 2014's best actors pair up in a series of intimate encounters.
Genres: Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-12-11
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Marshall
Overview: Thurgood Marshall, the first African-American Supreme Court Justice, battles through one of his career-defining cases.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-10-13
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Avengers: Infinity War
Overview: As the Avengers and their allies have continued to protect the world from threats too large for any one hero to handle, a new danger has emerged from the cosmic shadows: Thanos. A despot of intergalactic infamy, his goal is to collect all six Infinity Stones, artifacts of unimaginable power, and use them to inflict his twisted will on all of reality. Everything the Avengers have fought for has led up to this moment - the fate of Earth and existence itself has never been more uncertain.
Genres: Adventure Action Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-04-25
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The Express
Overview: Follow the inspirational life of college football hero Ernie Davis, the first African-American to win the Heisman Trophy.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-10-10
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21 Bridges
Overview: An embattled NYPD detective, is thrust into a citywide manhunt for a pair of cop killers after uncovering a massive and unexpected conspiracy. As the night unfolds, lines become blurred on who he is pursuing, and who is in pursuit of him.
Genres: Crime Action Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-10-24
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Da 5 Bloods
Overview: Four African-American Vietnam veterans return to Vietnam. They are in search of the remains of their fallen squad leader and the promise of buried treasure. These heroes battle forces of humanity and nature while confronted by the lasting ravages of the immorality of the Vietnam War.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-06-12
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Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Overview: Tensions rise when the trailblazing Mother of the Blues and her band gather at a Chicago recording studio in 1927. Adapted from August Wilson's play.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-11-25
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Avengers: Endgame
Overview: After the devastating events of Avengers: Infinity War, the universe is in ruins due to the efforts of the Mad Titan, Thanos. With the help of remaining allies, the Avengers must assemble once more in order to undo Thanos' actions and restore order to the universe once and for all, no matter what consequences may be in store.
Genres: Adventure Science Fiction Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-04-24
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Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King
Overview: A tribute to Chadwick Boseman, celebrating his life and legacy.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-08-30
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Date
Overview: Frustrated by a long wait for her tardy boyfriend, a young woman is unsatisfied by the candle he sheepishly offers in retribution, then sulks at the armfuls of roses he snaps up from a deli. Her brooding evaporates at the turn of a corner, when she and her ruefully silent companion are confronted by a wall adorned with flyers depicting people still regarded as missing after the September 11th terrorist attacks.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-07-28
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The Appointment
Overview: Doug Klar is not happy how his life is going. His job pays barely enough for rent and food. He thinks his girlfriend, Andrea, is disappointed with him. And he is about to be evicted from his apartment. After all this Doug just wishes to die. However his life turns around when he wins the Mega Millions for $31,000,000.00. Now his life has been turned around for the better. But his appointment with a man name Mr. Calaway will turn his life around again.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-03-01
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LadyLike
Overview: A film by Safiya Songhai.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-05-01
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Love Is A Fallacy
Overview: The plot centers on a young university student who tries to win the affections of an attractive coed by impressing her with his mastery of logic. To his chagrin, the young man discovers that logic can be a two-edged sword. Several common fallacies that we encounter in our daily lives are humorously presented. The film underscores the importance of learning to think logically and analytically.
Genres: Drama Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-03-21
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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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Ma Rainey's Black Bottom: A Legacy Brought to Screen
Overview: Viola Davis, Denzel Washington, George C. Wolfe and more share the heart, soul and history that brought August Wilson's timeless play to the screen.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-12-18
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Chadwick Boseman: Portrait of an Artist
Overview: An intimate look at the Oscar-nominated actor’s incomparable artistry, and the acting process which informed his transformative performances. Viola Davis, Denzel Washington, Spike Lee, George C. Wolfe, Branford Marsalis, Phylicia Rashad and more take us behind the scenes to explore Boseman's extraordinary commitment to his craft.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-04-17
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The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: 10th Anniversary Special
Overview: Jimmy Fallon celebrates 10 years as host of The Tonight Show in a two-hour primetime special, featuring highlights from monologues, sketches, guest interviews, games, musical performances and more from the last decade.
Genres: Comedy Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-05-14
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