Louis Mahoney
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Biography: Gambian Louis Felix Danner Mahoney came to England ostensibly to train as a doctor. However, he abandoned medicine for the stage, probably his original intention. He enrolled at acting school in the 1970s and was a tireless campaigner for racial equality in his profession.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: The Gambia
Birthday: September 08, 1938
Deathday: June 30, 2020
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Gender: Male
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Women and Men: Stories of Seduction
Overview: This trio of tales, based on classic short stories, chronicles the complicated relations between the sexes.
Genres: Romance Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-04-02
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Victoria Falls: The Smoke That Thunders
Overview: A tale of life on the Zambezi River, set against the epic backdrop of Victoria Falls. The story is told from the point of view of a local fisherman, Mr White, who has fished these waters for 69 years, and whose riverside companions are elephants, baboons, hippos and kingfishers. Follow the fortunes of these animals through his eyes, and learn how their lives are ruled by the moods of the river and the rains.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-11-04
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Jonah
Overview: Mbwana and his best friend Juma are two young men with big dreams. These dreams become reality when they photograph a gigantic fish leaping out of the sea and their small town blossoms into a tourist hot-spot as a result. But for Mbwana, the reality isn't what he dreamed – and when he meets the fish again, both of them forgotten, ruined and old, he decides only one of them can survive. Jonah is a big fish story about the old and the new, and the links and the distances between them. A visual feast, shot though with humour and warmth, it tells an old story in a completely new way.
Genres: Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-01-16
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Guns at Batasi
Overview: An anachronistic martinet RSM on a remote Colonial African army caught in a local coup d'etat must use his experience to defend those in his care.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-10-30
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Random
Overview: Interspersed with a commentary by a female narrator,who at times assumes their roles,the father,mother and daughter and son of a black,South London family commence their day and we follow them through it in all its mundanity until it climaxes in a random act of violence,killing one of the family and taking up the after-math.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-08-23
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Life for Christine
Overview: A teenage girl is sent to a women's prison, but should she really be there?
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-12-02
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Captain Phillips
Overview: The true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the US-flagged MV Maersk Alabama, the first American cargo ship to be hijacked in two hundred years.
Genres: Action Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-10-10
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A Son of Africa: The Autobiography of a Slave
Overview: A documentary following the life of Olaudah Equiano, based on his autobiography "The Interesting Narration of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa the African".
Genres: Documentary Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-01-29
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All In The Game
Overview: A passionate manager is torn apart between loyalty to his son, a dodgy football agent, and his hometown club. This football drama gives you insight to the dark side of the game.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-05-11
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A Woman Called Golda
Overview: The story of the Russian-born, Wisconsin-raised woman who rose to become Israel's prime minister in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
Genres: TV Movie Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-04-26
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The Plague of the Zombies
Overview: Sir James Forbes arrives in a remote Cornish village to identify a mysterious plague afflicting the population. Local squire Charles, a disciple of Haitian witchcraft, is using the voodoo magic to resurrect the dead to work in his decrepit and unsafe tin mines that are shunned by the local population. But his magic relies on human sacrifice and he unleashes his army of the undead on the unsuspecting village with horrific consequences.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-01-09
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Kiss and Tell
Overview: Quin and Sophie are happily married but haven't been abroad since their honeymoon. When Quin is sent to Paris on business he finds the experience unsettling - and decides to look up an old flame.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-08-05
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White Mischief
Overview: A millionaire past his prime and his young wife arrive in Kenya circa 1940 to find that the other affluent British expatriates are living large as the homefront gears up for war. They are busy swapping partners, doing drugs, and attending lavish parties and horse races. She begins a torrid affair with one of the bon vivants, and her husband finds out and confronts them. The husband and wife decide to break up peacefully, but the bon vivant is murdered and all the evidence points to the husband.
Genres: Crime Drama Romance Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-11-10
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Rise and Fall of Idi Amin
Overview: The chronicle of Ugandan dictator Idi Amin and his tyranic rule from 1971 to his overthrow in 1979.
Genres: Drama History Crime Thriller War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-07-16
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Praise Marx and Pass the Ammunition
Overview: A Marxist-Leninist expelled from the British Communist Party joins the Revolutionary Party of the Third World, sleeps around, and attempts to rethink his place within the revolution after the events of the 1968 May uprising in Paris.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-01-01
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Doctor Who: Planet of Evil
Overview: Picking up a distress call from the edge of the known universe, the Doctor and Sarah Jane find themselves on Zeta Minor where a geological team has run afoul of some strange goings on...
Genres: Science Fiction Drama Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-10-18
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Shooting Fish
Overview: Two con artists hire an unwitting medical-school student as a secretary for their latest scam.
Genres: Crime Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-08-22
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Desert of Lies
Overview: The fortunes of two expeditions a century and a half apart become mysteriously linked in the same desolate stretch of Kalahari Desert. In 1848 the Broon family are sent by the London Missionary Society to look for and convert a legendary race of strangely deformed savages. In 1983, a team of three people go off in search of what really happened.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-03-13
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National Theatre Live: Allelujah!
Overview: Filmed live at London’s Bridge Theatre during its limited run. The Beth, an old fashioned cradle-to-grave hospital serving a town in Yorkshire, is threatened with closure as part of an efficiency drive. A documentary crew, eager to capture its fight for survival, follows the daily struggle to find beds on the Dusty Springfield Geriatric Ward, and the triumphs of the old people’s choir.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-11-01
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Curse of the Voodoo
Overview: In Africa, a professional hunter kills a male lion which is sacred to a local tribe which also practices voodoo; and when he returns to England, he finds himself deteriorating under the influence of a curse which they have placed on him for his sacrilege.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-05-01
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One Foot in the Algarve
Overview: The Meldrews go on holiday to Portugal with Mrs Warboys, who is hoping for romance with her penpal Alfonso. Photographer Martin Trout follows them there, believing they have a roll of film that belongs to him.
Genres: Comedy Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-12-26
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Sheena
Overview: Sheena's parents are killed while on Safari. She is raised by the mystical witch woman of an African tribe. When her foster mother is framed for the murder of a political leader, Sheena and a newsman, Vic Casey, are forced to flee while pursued by the mercenaries hired by the real killer, who hopes to assume power. Sheena's ability to talk to the animals and knowledge of jungle lore give them a chance against the high tech weapons of the mercenaries.
Genres: Action Adventure Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-08-17
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The Final Conflict
Overview: Damien Thorn has helped rescue the world from a recession, appearing to be a benign corporate benefactor. When he then becomes U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom, Damien fulfills a terrifying biblical prophecy. He also faces his own potential demise as an astronomical event brings about the second coming of Christ.
Genres: Horror Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-03-20
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Doctor Who: Frontier in Space
Overview: In the 26th century, the Doctor and Jo uncover a plot by the Master to provoke an interplanetary war between Earth and Draconia.
Genres: Science Fiction Drama Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-03-31
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