David Oyelowo
Also Known As: David Oyetokunbo Oyelowo, 데이빗 오예로워, 大衛·歐洛沃, دیوید اویلوو
Biography: David Oyetokunbo Oyelowo (/oʊˈjɛloʊwoʊ/ oh-YEL-oh-woh; Yoruba pronunciation; born 1 April 1976) is a British actor, director and producer. His accolades include a Critics' Choice Award, two NAACP Image Awards, and nominations for three Golden Globe Awards, two Primetime Emmy Awards, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and a BAFTA Award. In 2016, he was appointed as an officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for his services to drama. Oyelowo rose to prominence for portraying Martin Luther King Jr. in the biographical drama Selma (2014) and Peter Snowden in the HBO film Nightingale (2014), which garnered him critical acclaim. He also achieved praise for his roles as Louis Gaines in The Butler (2013), Seretse Khama in A United Kingdom (2016) and Robert Katende in Queen of Katwe (2016). He has also played supporting roles in the films Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011), The Help (2011), Lincoln (2012), Red Tails (2012), and Jack Reacher (2012). On television, Oyelowo has played MI5 officer Danny Hunter in the British drama series Spooks (2002–2004) and Javert in the BBC miniseries Les Misérables (2018). He also provided the voice for Agent Alexsandr Kallus in the Lucasfilm Animation series Star Wars Rebels (2014–2018) and Holston Becker in the Apple+ drama series Silo. He stars in and co-produces the 2023 Paramount+ western series Lawmen: Bass Reeves. Description above from the Wikipedia article David Oyelowo, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK
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Birthday: April 01, 1976
Age: 49 years old
Gender: Male
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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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A Sound of Thunder
Overview: When a hunter sent back to the prehistoric era runs off the path he must not leave, he causes a chain reaction that alters history in disastrous ways.
Genres: Thriller Science Fiction Adventure Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-05-15
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A Raisin in the Sun
Overview: Dreams can make a life worth living, but they can also be dashed by bad decisions. This is the crossroads whare the Younger family find themselves when their father passes away and leaves them with $10,000 in life insurance money. Should they buy a new home for the family? Perhaps a liquor store? While no choice is easy, life on the South Side of Chicago in the 1950s is even harder.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-02-25
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Rage
Overview: A schoolboy uses his cellphone camera to shoot intimate interviews with people working at a New York fashion house and secretly posts them on the internet. Result: a bitterly funny expose of an industry in crisis, during a week in which an accident on the runway becomes a murder investigation, and denial leads to devastation.
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-09-24
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Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Overview: A highly intelligent chimpanzee named Caesar has been living a peaceful suburban life ever since he was born. But when he gets taken to a cruel primate facility, Caesar decides to revolt against those who have harmed him.
Genres: Thriller Action Drama Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-08-03
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The Help
Overview: Aibileen Clark is a middle-aged African-American maid who has spent her life raising white children and has recently lost her only son; Minny Jackson is an African-American maid who has often offended her employers despite her family's struggles with money and her desperate need for jobs; and Eugenia "Skeeter" Phelan is a young white woman who has recently moved back home after graduating college to find out her childhood maid has mysteriously disappeared. These three stories intertwine to explain how life in Jackson, Mississippi revolves around "the help"; yet they are always kept at a certain distance because of racial lines.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-08-09
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As You Like It
Overview: Witty, playful and utterly magical, the story is a compelling romantic adventure in which Rosalind and Orlando's celebrated courtship is played out against a backdrop of political rivalry, banishment and exile in the Forest of Arden - set in 19th-century Japan.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-09-01
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Dog Eat Dog
Overview: A group of twenty-somethings, one of whom is a single father with a precious daughter, have been unsuccessful in getting into a certain club so they can have a chance to DJ there and start a career out of it. A series of events has lumbered them with a dog napping scheme gone badly wrong, ending up with them owning a particular pooch belonging to a dog-loving local drug dealer.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-12-07
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The Paperboy
Overview: As investigative reporter Ward Jansen and his partner Yardley Acheman chase a sensational, career-making story with the help of Ward's younger brother Jack and sultry death-row groupie Charlotte Bless, the pair tries to prove violent swamp-dweller Hillary Van Wetter was framed for the murder of a corrupt local sheriff.
Genres: Thriller Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-09-14
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Red Tails
Overview: The story of the Tuskegee Airmen, the first African-American pilots to fly in a combat squadron during World War II.
Genres: Drama Action Adventure History War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-01-19
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Middle of Nowhere
Overview: When her husband is sentenced to eight years in prison, Ruby drops out of medical school in order to focus on her husband's well-being while he's incarcerated - leading her on a journey of self-discovery in the process.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-10-12
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Jack Reacher
Overview: One morning in an ordinary town, five people are shot dead in a seemingly random attack. All evidence points to a single suspect: an ex-military sniper who is quickly brought into custody. The interrogation yields one written note: 'Get Jack Reacher!'. Reacher, an enigmatic ex-Army investigator, believes the authorities have the right man but agrees to help the sniper's defense attorney. However, the more Reacher delves into the case, the less clear-cut it appears. So begins an extraordinary chase for the truth, pitting Jack Reacher against an unexpected enemy, with a skill for violence and a secret to keep.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-12-20
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96 Minutes
Overview: The story of 4 lives slammed together in a shocking moment. Intercutting between a carjacking and the separate stories of the 4 kids, we watch as they hurtle toward a life-changing end.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-10-14
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Rahab
Overview: A slave, a spy, a city under siege and a choice to be made that will change their world forever.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-05-04
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The Butler
Overview: A look at the life of Cecil Gaines, who served eight presidents as the White House's head butler from 1952 to 1986, and had a unique front-row seat as political and racial history was made.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-08-16
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Interstellar
Overview: The adventures of a group of explorers who make use of a newly discovered wormhole to surpass the limitations on human space travel and conquer the vast distances involved in an interstellar voyage.
Genres: Adventure Drama Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-11-05
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Complicit
Overview: An MI5 officer's attempts to foil a possible terrorist plot are undermined by bureaucracy and moral dilemmas. Will he make the world a safer place or be complicit in making a tense situation even worse?
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-02-16
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The After
Overview: After losing a family member to a violent crime, a shattered rideshare driver picks up a passenger that forces him to confront his grief.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-02-16
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A Most Violent Year
Overview: A thriller set in New York City during the winter of 1981, statistically one of the most violent years in the city's history, and centered on the lives of an immigrant and his family trying to expand their business and capitalize on opportunities as the rampant violence, decay, and corruption of the day drag them in and threaten to destroy all they have built.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-12-31
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Come Away
Overview: Before Alice went to Wonderland, and before Peter became Pan, they were brother and sister. When their eldest brother dies in a tragic accident, they each seek to save their parents from their downward spirals of despair until finally they are forced to choose between home and imagination, setting the stage for their iconic journeys into Wonderland and Neverland.
Genres: Fantasy Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-11-12
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Role Play
Overview: Emma has a wonderful husband and two kids in the suburbs of New Jersey – she also has a secret life as an assassin for hire – a secret that her husband David discovers when the couple decide to spice up their marriage with a little role play.
Genres: Action Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-12-14
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Nightingale
Overview: A dangerously unstable man addresses the unseen followers of his video log about his obsession with an old army buddy.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-06-17
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Shoot the Messenger
Overview: Shoot the Messenger follows one man's painful journey towards self-discovery. On the way he finds both his own attitudes and the expectations of his community challenged.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-04-26
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Star Wars Rebels: Spark of Rebellion
Overview: It is a dark time. The Jedi are no more, and the Empire rules the galaxy with an iron fist -- bringing tyranny to the Outer Rim world of Lothal. Their ominous presence is a cloud over the planet, squashing any hope of freedom or a better life, especially for 14-year-old orphan Ezra Bridger. But the young con artist soon finds that destiny has other plans for him, as he encounters a small band of rebels who dare to strike back against the Empire.
Genres: Adventure Animation Action Science Fiction TV Movie Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-10-03
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Default
Overview: A news crew is taken hostage on an airplane set to take off from the Seychelles.
Genres: Mystery Thriller Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-10-17
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Born Equal
Overview: Four characters living in one neighborhood in London - all living dramatically different lives, all of them on the edge - see their stories unfold.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-12-17
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Who Do You Love
Overview: Who Do You Love is the life story of legendary record producer Leonard Chess, founder of Chess Records in Chicago, IL, the label that helped popularize blues music during the 1950s and ’60s.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-09-11
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Jack Reacher: When the Man Comes Around
Overview: Cast and crew speak on adapting One Shot as the first Jack Reacher film, casting Tom Cruise, earning Lee Child's blessing, additional character qualities and the performances that shape them, Lee Child's cameo in the film, and shooting the film's climax.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-05-07
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Becoming King
Overview: An emotional portrait of David Oyelowo’s journey to play legendary civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Featuring behind-the-scenes footage and intimate home videos, Becoming King is a story of faith, friendship and a destiny fulfilled.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-02-19
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Star Wars Rebels: The Siege of Lothal
Overview: The Inquisitor is dead. The Ghost crew has connected with other rebel cells. And a new ally named Ahsoka Tano has emerged. Despite these successes and developments, the fight against the Empire takes a deadly turn, as the evil Sith Lord Darth Vader comes to Lothal.
Genres: Adventure Animation Science Fiction Action TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-04-18
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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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Captive
Overview: Based on a miraculous true story that drew the attention of the entire nation, is the dramatic, thrilling, and spiritual journey of Ashley Smith and Brian Nichols. After being taken hostage by Brian in her own apartment, Ashley turns to Rick Warren’s inspirational book, The Purpose Driven Life, for guidance. In reading from the book, Ashley not only finds purpose in her own life, but helps Brian find a more peaceful resolution to a harrowing situation.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-09-17
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A United Kingdom
Overview: The inspiring true story of Seretse Khama, the King of Bechuanaland (modern Botswana), and Ruth Williams, the London office worker he married in 1948 in the face of fierce opposition from their families and the British and South African governments. Seretse and Ruth defied family, Apartheid and empire - their love triumphed over every obstacle flung in their path and in so doing they transformed their nation and inspired the world.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-11-25
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Queen of Katwe
Overview: A young girl overcomes her disadvantaged upbringing in the slums of Uganda to become a Chess master.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-09-23
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The Book of Clarence
Overview: Streetwise but down-on-his-luck, Clarence is struggling to find a better life for his family, while fighting to free himself of debt. Captivated by the power and glory of the rising Messiah and His apostles, he risks everything to carve his own path to a divine life, and ultimately discovers that the redemptive power of belief may be his only way out.
Genres: Adventure Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-01-11
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Five Nights in Maine
Overview: A young African American man, reeling from the tragic loss of his wife, travels to rural Maine to seek answers from his estranged mother-in-law, who is herself confronting guilt and grief over her daughter's death.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-08-05
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Nina
Overview: The story of the late jazz musician and classical pianist Nina Simone including her rise to fame and relationship with her manager Clifton Henderson.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-04-22
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Tomorrow La Scala!
Overview: Members of a British opera troupe mount a production of "Sweeney Todd" within a maximum-security prison.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-12-10
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Gringo
Overview: An American businessman with a stake in a pharmaceutical company that's about to go public finds his life is thrown into turmoil by an incident in Mexico.
Genres: Comedy Action Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-03-08
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The Cloverfield Paradox
Overview: Orbiting above a planet on the brink of war, scientists test a device to solve an energy crisis and end up face-to-face with a dark alternate reality.
Genres: Horror Science Fiction Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-02-04
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Sweet Nothing in My Ear
Overview: Family drama about a deaf and hearing couple who struggle to decide whether or not to give their deaf son a cochlear implant.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-04-20
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Derailed
Overview: When two married business executives having an affair are blackmailed by a violent criminal, they are forced to turn the tables on him to save their families.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-11-11
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Lincoln
Overview: The revealing story of the 16th US President's tumultuous final months in office. In a nation divided by war and the strong winds of change, Lincoln pursues a course of action designed to end the war, unite the country and abolish slavery. With the moral courage and fierce determination to succeed, his choices during this critical moment will change the fate of generations to come.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-11-09
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The Best Man
Overview: When writer's block derails the literary dreams of Olly Pickering, he has to move in with his friend Murray after losing all his money. Things start to look up when Olly's college pal James asks him to be the best man at his wedding. Prior to the nuptials, Olly is drawn to a woman whom he thinks is the bride's sister -- only she turns out to be the bride, Sarah. Can Murray, who dislikes James, help get Sarah and Olly together?
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-07-09
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Chaos Walking
Overview: Two unlikely companions embark on a perilous adventure through the badlands of an unexplored planet as they try to escape a dangerous and disorienting reality, where all inner thoughts are seen and heard by everyone.
Genres: Fantasy Science Fiction Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-02-24
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August 28: A Day in the Life of a People
Overview: Documentary film on events that happened on August 28th in African-American history, shown at the Smithsonian African-American History Museum.
Genres: History Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-08-26
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A Wrinkle in Time
Overview: After the disappearance of her scientist father, three peculiar beings send Meg, her brother, and her friend to space in order to find him.
Genres: Adventure Science Fiction Family Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-03-08
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Don't Let Go
Overview: A detective suffering from a personal loss receives a call from his recently deceased niece. Being able to communicate across time, the two work together to try and stop the crime before it occurs.
Genres: Science Fiction Thriller Mystery Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-08-30
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Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway
Overview: Peter Rabbit runs away from his human family when he learns they are going to portray him in a bad light in their book. Soon, he crosses paths with an older rabbit who ropes him into a heist.
Genres: Family Comedy Adventure Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-03-25
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The Midnight Sky
Overview: A lone scientist in the Arctic races to contact a crew of astronauts returning home to a mysterious global catastrophe.
Genres: Science Fiction Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-12-10
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The Tiger Who Came to Tea
Overview: On a rainy day, a mother and daughter forego a trip to the park to bake pastries and partake in a two-person tea party when an unexpected guest menacingly invites himself into the house and ransacks the food and drink in the house.
Genres: Animation Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-09-14
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Selma
Overview: "Selma," as in Alabama, the place where segregation in the South was at its worst, leading to a march that ended in violence, forcing a famous statement by President Lyndon B. Johnson that ultimately led to the signing of the Voting Rights Act.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-12-25
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The Water Man
Overview: Hoping to save his sick mother, a boy named Gunner and his friend Jo venture into the remote Wild Horse forest to search for a mythical figure who possesses the secret to immortality. When they go missing, Gunner's father Amos must immerse himself in his son's world to find them.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-09-13
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The Lion Guard: The Rise of Scar
Overview: Kion and the Guard take on the ultimate challenge when a ruthless enemy returns to the Pride Lands and threatens the Circle of Life. With the arrival of the Dry Season, tensions run high, patience wears thin and thirsty tempers flare. To make matters worse, Janja's hyenas, aided by Ushari the snake, discover a secret that could bring back the vengeful spirit of the legendary villain, Scar! Now it's up to the Lion Guard and their new friend â Rafiki's young apprentice, Makini to defend the Pride Lands against the toughest foe they've ever faced!
Genres: Animation Adventure Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-07-29
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See How They Run
Overview: In the West End of 1950s London, plans for a movie version of a smash-hit play come to an abrupt halt after a pivotal member of the crew is murdered. When world-weary Inspector Stoppard and eager rookie Constable Stalker take on the case, the two find themselves thrown into a puzzling whodunit within the glamorously sordid theater underground, investigating the mysterious homicide at their own peril.
Genres: Mystery Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-09-09
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Solitary
Overview: A man in solitary confinement for seven years comes out into a world of self-isolation.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
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National Theatre Live: Coriolanus
Overview: Unrivalled in the art of war, undefeated on the field of battle, Coriolanus is Rome’s greatest soldier. When a legendary victory brings the opportunity of high office, he is persuaded to stand for election. But while populist politicians tell the people what they want to hear, Coriolanus refuses to play the game. As Rome’s most celebrated warrior becomes its most dangerous enemy, the future of the city and its hero hang in the balance.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2025-01-02
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Elemental: Reimagine Wildfire
Overview: "Elemental" takes viewers on a journey with the top experts in the nation to better understand fire. We follow the harrowing escape from Paradise as the town ignited from wind-driven embers and burned within a few hours of the fire's start. We visit fire labs where researchers torch entire houses to learn why some homes burn and others survive. We learn from Native Americans as they employ fire to benefit nature and increase community safety as they have for thousands of years. We follow researchers who work to understand the effects of climate on forests and the crucial role that natural forests play in storing vast amounts of carbon. Along the way we listen to people who have survived the deadliest fires to underscore the importance of this quest.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-07-20
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Family Feud
Overview: Jay-Z aims to unite the new and older generations of rap fans, while also reflecting on his own infidelity.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-01-04
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Brave Girl Rising
Overview: Brave Girl Rising tells how a courageous girl, inspired by the magical dreams of her mother and the sisterhood of her friends, succeeds in getting the education she deserves.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-03-08
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