Aasif Mandvi
Also Known As: Aasif Mandviwala, 아시프 맨드비, 阿西夫·曼迪維
Biography: Aasif Hakim Mandviwala, known professionally as Aasif Mandvi, is a British-American actor, comedian and author. He made his television debut as a doorman at the Miami Biltmore Hotel in the episode "Line of Fire" of the series Miami Vice. In 2006, Mandvi auditioned for The Daily Show. He was hired immediately and appeared on the show the same day. He began appearing as an occasional contributing correspondent on The Daily Show on August 9, 2006. On March 12, 2007, he was promoted to a regular correspondent. In October 2013, during a segment on The Daily Show, his interview with Don Yelton led to Yelton's resignation from the North Carolina Republican Party office. In 2013, he was cast in a recurring role on the FOX romantic comedy, Us & Them. Beginning in June 2015, he portrayed Rafiq Massoud in the HBO comedy series The Brink. He also served as a writer and co-producer on the series. Also in 2015, he was the lead actor, co-writer and producer of the web series Halal in the Family, which premiered on Funny or Die. In 2016, he joined the climate change documentary show Years of Living Dangerously as one of its celebrity correspondents. Beginning in 2017, he had a short recurring role on Netflix's A Series of Unfortunate Events as Montgomery "Uncle Monty" Montgomery, a herpetologist and distant relative of the Baudelaire children. In 2019, he starred in CBS' supernatural drama series Evil as Ben Shakir, a carpenter who works as a technical expert, equipment handler and debunker of supernatural phenomena. His other recurring roles include Oz, CSI, Tanner on Tanner, The Bedford Diaries, Jericho, Blue Bloods, Younger, and This Way Up. He hosted the game show Would I Lie to You? (2022). He played minor roles in the films The Siege and Die Hard with a Vengeance. He played the doctor who diagnosed Paul Vitti's (Robert De Niro) panic attacks in Analyze This, and had a role as Mr. Aziz of "Joe's Pizza" in Spider-Man 2. He played the tone deaf doorman Khan in Music and Lyrics, a dentist alongside Ricky Gervais in Ghost Town, Bob Spaulding in The Proposal, and appeared in It's Kind of a Funny Story. In M. Night Shyamalan's The Last Airbender (released in 2010) he played a major role as Commander Zhao. He played the role of Mr. Chetty in The Internship and Ash Vasudevan in Million Dollar Arm. He has appeared in other films including Random Hearts, Margin Call, Dark Horse, The Dictator, Ruby Sparks, Premium Rush, Movie 43, Mother's Day, Drunk Parents, and more.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Birthday: March 05, 1966
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Gender: Male
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Spider-Man 2
Overview: Peter Parker is going through a major identity crisis. Burned out from being Spider-Man, he decides to shelve his superhero alter ego, which leaves the city suffering in the wake of carnage left by the evil Doc Ock. In the meantime, Parker still can't act on his feelings for Mary Jane Watson, a girl he's loved since childhood. A certain anger begins to brew in his best friend Harry Osborn as well...
Genres: Action Adventure Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-06-25
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The Last Airbender
Overview: The story follows the adventures of Aang, a young successor to a long line of Avatars, who must put his childhood ways aside and stop the Fire Nation from enslaving the Water, Earth and Air nations.
Genres: Action Adventure Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-06-30
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Music and Lyrics
Overview: A washed-up '80s pop star gets a chance at a comeback when reigning pop diva Cora Corman invites him to write & record a duet with her, but there's a problem--Alex hasn't written a song in years; he's never written lyrics and he has to come up with a hit in a matter of days.
Genres: Comedy Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-02-09
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Ghost Town
Overview: Bertram Pincus, a cranky, people-hating Manhattan dentist, develops the unwelcome ability to see dead people. Really annoying dead people. Even worse, they all want something from him, particularly Frank Herlihy, a smooth-talking ghost, who pesters him into a romantic scheme involving his widow Gwen. They are soon entangled in a hilarious predicament between the now and the hereafter!
Genres: Drama Comedy Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-09-19
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Freedomland
Overview: A black police detective must solve a strange case of a kidnapped boy and deal with a big racial protest.
Genres: Drama Thriller Crime Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-02-17
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The Siege
Overview: The secret US abduction of a suspected terrorist from his Middle East homeland leads to a wave of terrorist attacks in New York. An FBI senior agent and his team attempt to locate and decommission the enemy cells, but must also deal with an Army General gone rogue and a female CIA agent of uncertain loyalties.
Genres: Drama Action Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-11-06
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The Magician's Elephant
Overview: Peter is searching for his long-lost sister when he crosses paths with a fortune teller in the market square. His only question is: is his sister still alive? The answer, that he must find a mysterious elephant and the magician who will conjure it, sets Peter off on a journey to complete three seemingly impossible tasks that will change the face of his town forever.
Genres: Animation Adventure Family Fantasy Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-03-10
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Eavesdrop
Overview: Two chess players face off at a busy café, studying both the pieces on the board and the unfolding dramas at the neighboring tables. While a young couple fumbles through an uncomfortable blind date, a longtime marriage begins to crumble. Meanwhile, a pair of film noir fans suspect they're witnessing a real-life murder. This is an ensemble drama about conversations overheard in a bustling New York City bistro. With every whispered word, we gain a greater understanding of the big picture being formed all around us. From lovers' quarrels to artistic musings and hushed confessions, a crowded restaurant is the perfect place to discover just what strangers will say when they think no one else is listening.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-08-01
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Today's Special
Overview: Young Manhattan chef Samir rediscovers his heritage and passion for life through the enchanting art of cooking Indian food.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-10-14
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The Proposal
Overview: When she learns she's in danger of losing her visa status and being deported, overbearing book editor Margaret Tate forces her put-upon assistant, Andrew Paxton, to marry her.
Genres: Comedy Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-06-02
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Premium Rush
Overview: In Manhattan, a bike messenger picks up an envelope that attracts the interest of a dirty cop, who pursues the cyclist throughout the city.
Genres: Crime Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-08-24
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Margin Call
Overview: A thriller that revolves around the key people at an investment bank over a 24-hour period during the early stages of the financial crisis.
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-02-11
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The Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear
Overview: “I’m mad as hell, and I’m not going to take it anymore!” Who among us has not wanted to open their window and shout that at the top of their lungs? Seriously, who? Because we’re looking for those people. We’re looking for the people who think shouting is annoying, counterproductive, and terrible for your throat; who feel that the loudest voices shouldn’t be the only ones that get heard; and who believe that the only time it’s appropriate to draw a Hitler mustache on someone is when that person is actually Hitler. Or Charlie Chaplin in certain roles.
Genres: Comedy Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-10-30
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Dark Horse
Overview: Abe is a man who is in his thirties and who lives with his parents. He works regretfully for his father while pursuing his hobby of collecting toys. Aware that his family doesn't think highly of him, he tries to spark a relationship with Miranda, who recently moved back home after a failed literary/academic career. Miranda agrees to marry Abe out of desperation, but things go awry.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-06-08
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The Dictator
Overview: The heroic story of a dictator who risks his life to ensure that democracy would never come to the country he so lovingly oppressed.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-05-15
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Movie 43
Overview: A series of interconnected short films are the backdrop for a maniac screenwriter who pitches insane storylines featuring some of Hollywood's biggest and brightest.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-01-24
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Ruby Sparks
Overview: Calvin is a young novelist who achieved phenomenal success early in his career but is now struggling with his writing – as well as his romantic life. Finally, he makes a breakthrough and creates a character named Ruby who inspires him. When Calvin finds Ruby, in the flesh, sitting on his couch about a week later, he is completely flabbergasted that his words have turned into a living, breathing person.
Genres: Comedy Romance Fantasy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-07-25
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Random Hearts
Overview: After losing their spouses in a plane crash, an internal affairs cop and a congresswoman find each other's keys in each other's loved ones' possessions and discover that the two were having an affair.
Genres: Drama Romance Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-10-08
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The Understudy
Overview: A perennial understudy takes matters into her own hands to achieve fame at any price.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-03-16
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Hook'd Up
Overview: Romance - Keith, a freelance journalist, knows sex sells. With the help of a personal ad, he decides to combine business and pleasure through a piece of freelance investigative reporting on the dating scene: 30 dates in 30 days, A Personal Journal. The research takes him beyond his wildest expectations. Keith's world begins to unravel when he meets a girl who sees right through him. Can his cool be liquefied by a funny thing called love? Is this true happiness or is it the prelude to a core meltdown? - Malik Yoba, Stacey Dash, Monteria Ivey
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-01-01
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Peroxide Passion
Overview: When his wealthy fiancée, Ashley (Karen Travis), dumps him at the altar and runs off with a Mormon man to Salt Lake City, poor Jersey guy Jed (James Tupper) teams up with ambitious, voluptuous sex hotline talker Mimi (Lorri Bagley) and crooner Johnny Pompano Jr. to break up the union. Will Jed win back Ashley's love? Monty Diamond produces and directs this screwball romantic comedy, while Billy Campion and Aasif Mandvi co-star.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-01-01
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Crush
Overview: When an aspiring young artist is forced to join her high school track team, she uses it as an opportunity to pursue the girl she's been harboring a long-time crush on. But she soon finds herself falling for an unexpected teammate and discovers what real love feels like.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-04-29
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The Internship
Overview: Two recently laid-off men in their 40s try to make it as interns at a successful Internet company where their managers are in their 20s.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-06-07
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ABCD
Overview: The only goal of an ageing Indian-American widow is to see her son and rebellious daughter (described as an American Born Confused Desi or ABCD) married off to respectable Indian families.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-11-06
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Million Dollar Arm
Overview: In a last-ditch effort to save his career, sports agent JB Bernstein dreams up a wild game plan to find Major League Baseball’s next great pitcher from a pool of cricket players in India. He soon discovers two young men who can throw a fastball but know nothing about the game of baseball. Or America. It’s an incredible and touching journey that will change them all — especially JB, who learns valuable lessons about teamwork, commitment and family.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-05-09
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The Muslims Are Coming!
Overview: The Muslims Are Coming follows a band of Muslim-American comedians as they visit big cities, small towns, rural villages, and everything in between to combat Islamophobia! These Muzzies not only perform standup at each tour stop but create ridiculous interventions in unsuspecting town squares, like the ol' classic, "Ask a Muslim Booth."
Genres: Documentary Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-09-13
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Analyze This
Overview: Countless wiseguy films are spoofed in this film that centers on the neuroses and angst of a powerful Mafia racketeer who suffers from panic attacks. When Paul Vitti needs help dealing with his role in the "family," unlucky shrink Dr. Ben Sobel is given just days to resolve Vitti's emotional crisis and turn him into a happy, well-adjusted gangster.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-03-05
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Eddie
Overview: Eddie is a New York limo driver and a fanatical follower of the New York Knicks professional basketball team. The team is struggling with a mediocre record when, in mid-season, "Wild Bill" Burgess, the new owner, as a public relations gimmick, stages an 'honorary coach' contest, which Eddie wins. The fans love it, so "Wild Bill" fires the coach and hires her. She takes the bunch of overpaid prima
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-05-31
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The Response
Overview: THE RESPONSE is a courtroom drama based on the actual transcripts of the Guantanamo Bay military tribunals. Conceived in the vein of "12 Angry Men", the film revolves around the trial of a suspected enemy combatant and the military judges who must decide his fate.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-08-08
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Pretty Bird
Overview: A comic tale of three would-be entrepreneurs who set out to invent a rocket belt. The clash of their mismatched personalities soon dissolves the business into a morass of recriminations and retaliations, kidnapping, and murder in this parable of American dreams and delusions.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-08-08
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Mother's Day
Overview: Sandy is a stressed-out, single mom who learns that her ex-husband is marrying a younger woman. Her friend Jesse's parents don't know that she has a family or that her sister, Gabi is married to a woman. Jesse's friend, Kristin, is juggling motherhood of a toddler, a patient boyfriend who keeps proposing, and searching for her biological mother. Bradley is a widower who's trying to raise two daughters on his own, while Miranda is too busy with her career to worry about children. When their respective problems intersect and start coming to a head, the Mother's Day holiday takes on a special meaning for all.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-04-28
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Lennon or McCartney
Overview: 550 artists were interviewed over ten years. At some point during those interviews, they were asked a question and told to answer with one word only. Some stuck to one, some said more, some answered quickly, some thought it through, and some didn't answer at all. That question… Lennon or McCartney?
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-12-12
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The War Within
Overview: A Pakistani involved in a planned attack in New York City experiences a crisis of conscience.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2005-09-30
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3 A.M.
Overview: The feature film directing debut of Spike Lee protege Lee Davis takes the viewer into the world of taxi drivers. Developed in the Sundance Laboratory, this film offers dove-tailing stories centering on the lives of individual taxi drivers as they reflect on and experience romance, politics, sociology, and spirituality.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-07-01
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Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank
Overview: A hard-on-his-luck hound finds himself in a town full of cats in need of a hero to defend them from a ruthless villain's wicked plot to wipe their village off the map. With help from a reluctant mentor, our underdog must assume the role of town samurai and team up with the villagers to save the day.
Genres: Animation Adventure Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-07-14
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Undecided: The Movie
Overview: A camera crew follows two "undecided" voters along the actual campaign trail, and no Presidential candidate - on either side of the aisle - is spared.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-10-18
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It's Kind of a Funny Story
Overview: A clinically depressed teenager gets a new start after he checks himself into an adult psychiatric ward.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-10-08
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Drunk Parents
Overview: Two drunk parents attempt to hide their ever increasing financial difficulties from their daughter and social circle through elaborate neighborhood schemes.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-02-08
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The Problem with Apu
Overview: In the history of “The Simpsons,” few characters outside the title family have had as much cultural impact as Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, the Springfield convenience store owner. Comedian Hari Kondabolu is out to show why that might be a problem.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-11-19
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Night of Too Many Stars: America Unites for Autism Programs
Overview: Jon Stewart returns to television to host a live show presented from The Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York. Benefiting NEXT for Autism, the special features stand-up performances, sketches and short films.
Genres: Comedy Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-11-18
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Die Hard: With a Vengeance
Overview: New York detective John McClane is back and kicking bad-guy butt in the third installment of this action-packed series, which finds him teaming with civilian Zeus Carver to prevent the loss of innocent lives. McClane thought he'd seen it all, until a genius named Simon engages McClane, his new "partner" -- and his beloved city -- in a deadly game that demands their concentration.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-05-19
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Human Capital
Overview: Ian begins a relationship with Drew's daughter, who works in the financial sector. The couple gets involved in a tragic accident that will change their lives forever. At the same time, the accident has a major impact on both their families who, despite the class difference, cross paths.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-07-17
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It Takes a Lunatic
Overview: The extraordinary life of beloved acting teacher and theatre producer Wynn Handman is recalled in this portrait of a provocative, innovative artist.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-05-03
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The Mystic Masseur
Overview: Circa 1940 in Trinidad, still a British Colony, lives Ganesh Ramseyor, of East Indian origin, along with his wife, Leela. He longs to reach out to people, especially to Hindus, in order to promote the Hindu Faith, and be known as a writer. He does get considerable success, so much so that he becomes famous as a miracle worker, having cured a man of sharing intimacy with his bicycle; prevented a man from believing that he can fly; and convincing a young woman to end her fast. His fame spreads all over the island and thousands throng to seek his blessings, which he does dole out quite benevolently, without charging any fees from the poor and the needy. He then decides to spread his wings by challenging the local politician Pandit Narayan Chandrashekhar alias Cyrus T., and takes over The Hindu Organization, thence opening his way to a seat in the prestigious Member of the Legislative Assembly
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-10-05
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A Kid Like Jake
Overview: On the eve of the admissions cycle for New York City kindergartens, Alex and Greg Wheeler have high hopes for four-year-old Jake. The director of Jake's preschool encourages them to accentuate Jake's gender expansive behavior to help him stand out. As Alex and Greg navigate their roles as parents, a rift grows between them, one that forces them to confront their own concerns about what's best for Jake, and each other.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-06-01
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Beat Cops
Overview: A pilot about a pair of slacker beat cops that Conan O'Brien produced for Fox.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-09-01
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Jake's Women
Overview: Jake is a writer. He is married to Maggie, but his marriage is in trouble. He cannot stop thinking about other women in his life, characters he invents conversations with. He is constantly talking to: his deceased wife Julie, his daughter Molly, his sister Karen, and his psychiatrist Edith. All he does is have imaginary conversations with real people that are at the moment out of his life. Maggie cannot stand his mind wandering off all the time and decides to separate for six months and at the end of six months they will decide whether or not to remain together. Jake has a few girl friends, but spends the six months, while waiting for Maggie, only talking to these imaginary people, and a few times to real people.
Genres: Comedy Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-01-02
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East of Main Street: Taking the Lead
Overview: The acclaimed documentary series East of Main Street returns with a celebration of Asian Americans working in the film and television industries.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-05-01
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Book of Kings
Overview: A short film by Chris Terrio.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-05-10
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Too Soon: Comedy After 9/11
Overview: From the immediate aftermath of 9/11 to today stand-up comedians, talk-show hosts, sketch performers, television animators and other entertainers have used often-controversial jokes to unite and heal in the face of tragedy.
Genres: Documentary Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-09-11
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White with Fear
Overview: Told by the operatives in the rooms where it happened, White With Fear is an explosive deep dive into the decades-long quest by America's conservative political machine to amass power by exploiting racial fault lines and stoking narratives of White victimization.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-10-19
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Gods Behaving Badly
Overview: Greek gods living in modern-day New York intervene in the lives of a young couple.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-11-13
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