Rosie Perez
Also Known As: Rosa María Perez
Biography: Rosa María Perez (born September 6, 1964) is an American actress, community activist, talk show host, author, dancer, and choreographer. Her film breakthrough performance was her portrayal of Tina in Spike Lee's Do the Right Thing (1989), which she followed with White Men Can't Jump (1992). Among many honors, she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Fearless (1993) as well as three Emmy Awards for her work as a choreographer on In Living Color (1990–1994). Perez has also performed in stage plays on Broadway, such as The Ritz, Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune, and Fish in the Dark. In addition, she was a co-host on the ABC talk show The View during the series' 18th season. Description above from the Wikipedia article Rosie Perez, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Bushwick, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Birthday: September 06, 1964
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Gender: Female
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Night on Earth
Overview: An anthology of 5 different cab drivers in 5 American and European cities and their remarkable fares on the same eventful night.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-12-12
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Do the Right Thing
Overview: Salvatore "Sal" Fragione is the Italian owner of a pizzeria in Brooklyn. A neighborhood local, Buggin' Out, becomes upset when he sees that the pizzeria's Wall of Fame exhibits only Italian actors. Buggin' Out believes a pizzeria in a black neighborhood should showcase black actors, but Sal disagrees. The wall becomes a symbol of racism and hate to Buggin' Out and to other people in the neighborhood, and tensions rise.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-06-14
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White Men Can't Jump
Overview: Two street basketball hustlers try to con each other, then team up for a bigger score.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-03-27
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Pineapple Express
Overview: A stoner and his dealer are forced to go on the run from the police after the pothead witnesses a cop commit a murder.
Genres: Action Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-08-06
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The Road to El Dorado
Overview: Stowing away after a failed con, a pair of swindlers end up on El Dorado, the fabled "city of gold", where they quickly get in over their heads when they are mistaken as gods by the inhabitants.
Genres: Family Adventure Animation Comedy Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-03-31
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It Could Happen to You
Overview: Charlie Lang is a simple, kindhearted New York City cop. When he realizes he has no money to tip waitress Yvonne Biasi, Lang offers her half the winnings of his lottery ticket. Amazingly, the ticket happens to be a winner, in the sum of $4 million. True to his word, Lang proceeds to share the prize money with Biasi, which infuriates his greedy wife, Muriel. Not content with the arrangement, Muriel begins scheming to take all the money.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-07-29
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For NYC
Overview: Noel Ashman and Damon Dash direct a collection of favorite quotes from high profile artists, recorded on their smart phones, in their homes during quarantine to give Nyc a boost in these hard times and to raise money for NYC residents struggling with the covid19 pandemic.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-06-01
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Fearless
Overview: After a terrible air disaster, survivor Max Klein emerges a changed person. Unable to connect to his former life or to wife Laura, he feels godlike and invulnerable. When psychologist Bill Perlman is unable to help Max, he has Max meet another survivor, Carla Rodrigo, who is wracked with grief and guilt since her baby died in the crash which she and Max survived.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-10-15
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All the Invisible Children
Overview: Seven short films - each one focused on the plight of a different child protagonist.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2005-09-01
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Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde
Overview: To commemorate the 150th anniversary of Oscar Wilde's birth, 150 leading artists of the stage, screen and music worlds deliver 150 of the Irish scribe's most memorable quotes. Featured celebrities include Bono, Liam Neeson, Martin Sheen, Joan Rivers, Lily Tomlin, Tyne Daly, James Cromwell, Stewart Copeland, Julianna Margulies, Allison Janney, Ed Asner, Roma Downey, Harvey Fierstein, Hector Elizondo and Rosie Perez.
Genres: Documentary History TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-12-27
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Untamed Heart
Overview: Caroline, a young waitress who seems to have bad taste in men, is on her way home one night when thugs attempt to rape her. Adam, the mysterious busboy who works at the same diner, helps fight off the assailants, and she begins a relationship with him -- but not all their fellow Minnesotans are happy for them. Meanwhile, the couple face their own difficulties when Caroline finds about Adam's past, including his unique health condition.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-02-12
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Big Pun: The Legacy
Overview: His rhymes caught the attention of millions. His flow is un-matched by any. His story is captivating and triumphant. "Big Pun: The Legacy" chronicles the life of the Grammy Nominated artist "Big Pun" aka Christopher Rios, a Puerto Rican from the Bronx who made history by becoming the first Latino rapper to sell over a million records.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-09-01
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Dance with the Devil
Overview: She's sexy, shameless and loves taking people to their limit. She's a dangerous young woman who dreams about a jaguar that licks her naked body and sleeps by her side. Her past is bathed in blood and weird passions. Now she's met the man of her wildest dreams. He's dark, tough and mysterious. He likes robbing banks, trafficking in corpses and spicing it all with voodoo rituals. Together, the duo sets off toward Mexico destined to become the most feared outlaws in the continent.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1997-10-31
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Somebody to Love
Overview: Mercedes is a taxi dancer who wants to be an actress. She's involved with the married Harry, who considers himself a respected actor. Ernesto is in love with Mercedes, but he doesn't dance or have money.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-09-27
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The Take
Overview: After he's shot during a heist in East L.A., an armored truck driver wrestles with rehabilitation and tracking down the man who committed the crime.
Genres: Action Thriller Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-01-01
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Won't Back Down
Overview: Jamie Fitzpatrick and Nona Alberts are two women from opposites sides of the social and economic track, but they have one thing in common: a mission to fix their community's broken school and ensure a bright future for their children. The two women refuse to let any obstacles stand in their way as they battle a bureaucracy that's hopelessly mired in traditional thinking, and they seek to re-energize a faculty that has lost its passion for teaching.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-09-28
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Pete Smalls Is Dead
Overview: Two old pals attend an old friends funeral and find there is more to his death than him being dead.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-09-17
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Small Apartments
Overview: When a clumsy deadbeat accidentally kills his landlord, he must do everything in his power to hide the body, only to find that the distractions of lust, the death of his beloved brother, and a crew of misfit characters force him on a journey where a fortune awaits him.
Genres: Comedy Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-03-10
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Brooklyn Boheme
Overview: Brooklyn Boheme is a love letter to a vibrant African American artistic community who resided in Fort Greene and Clinton Hill Brooklyn during the 80's and 90's that included the great Spike Lee, Chris Rock, Branford Marsalis, Rosie Perez, Saul Williams, Lorna Simpson, Talib Kweli just to name a few. Narrated and written by Fort Greene resident Nelson George, this feature length documentary celebrates "Brooklyn's equivalent of the Harlem Renaissance" and follows the rise of a new kind of African American artist, the Brooklyn Boheme.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-02-27
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King of the Jungle
Overview: Seymore is a young man with the mind of a child. He loves three things in life: basketball, sneaking out for cigarettes, and his mother. But all life's simple pleasures are brutally torn from him when he witnesses his mother gunned down by a neighborhood punk. Now Seymore must overcome the child within as he rises up to fight for some kind of justice. It's a fight that will take him out into the streets where there are few friends and many enemies -- and one of them is a killer who wants him silenced.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-10-12
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The 24 Hour Woman
Overview: Grace tries to be the perfect mother and TV producer but finds trouble in juggling both.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-01-29
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The Counselor
Overview: A lawyer finds himself in far over his head when he attempts to get involved in drug trafficking.
Genres: Thriller Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-10-25
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Lackawanna Blues
Overview: In a story fueled by rhythm and blues, a young boy's life is shaped by love and the stories of a cast of characters in the boarding house where he lives in 1960s Lackawanna, New York.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-02-12
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The Evolution of an American Filmmaker
Overview: Spike Lee's filmmaking career is examined in this partial making-of for the film 25th Hour (2002). Interviews with cast members from this film and his past successes give us an idea what kind of dedicated person he truly is.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-05-20
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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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Criminal Justice
Overview: A knife-scarred victim must identify her assailant beyond a reasonable doubt. Meanwhile the accused is offered a deal if he pleads guilty. Is he as innocent as the victim? Is the justice system guiltier than both?
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-09-08
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Celebrity Habla
Overview: See what celebrated Latino actors, newsmakers and a musical legend have to say about being Latino in the U.S. in this sixth installment in the award-winning documentary series.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-09-25
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What I Want My Words to Do to You
Overview: An inside look at a writing workshop led by playwright and activist Eve Ensler, consisting of 15 women, most of whom were convicted of murder. Through a series of exercises and discussions, the women delve into their pasts and explore the nature of their crimes and the extent of their own culpability. The film culminates in an emotionally charged prison performance of the women's writing by acclaimed actors Mary Alice, Glenn Close, Hazelle Goodman, Rosie Perez, and Marisa Tomei.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-12-16
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Go Diego Go!: Moonlight Rescue
Overview: "Moonlight Rescue" is Diego’s all- new DVD Premiere Movie! In this release, newly hatched baby sea turtles need moonlight to find their way back to the ocean. But when Luna the moon breaks apart, Diego and Tuga the Leatherback Sea Turtle need your help to find her four pieces so she can shine brightly again!
Genres: Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-03-18
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Human Nature
Overview: Obsessive scientist Nathan and his lover, the naturalist Lila, discover Puff: a man born and raised in the wild. As Nathan trains the wild man in the civilized ways of the world, Lila fights to preserve the man’s natural state. In the power struggle that ensues, an unusual love triangle emerges.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-09-12
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Fugly!
Overview: Fame proves elusive for comic Jesse Sanchez, who reflects on life from the bottom of a bathtub in this film based on John Leguizamo's one-man show. The story that unfolds has it all: love, loss, mistakes, adventure and redemption.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-11-05
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The Hero of Color City
Overview: An imaginative tale chronicling the adventures of a diverse band of crayons as they strive to protect not only their magical multihued homeland but the imagination of children everywhere from a terrifying monster.
Genres: Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-10-03
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With/In Volume 2
Overview: An anthology film that centres around relationships, love and family. A man misses his flight and instead finds love in quarantine, a lonely therapist finds companionship in an unwanted pet, two sisters find courage to say things they never had the words to say, and an unexpected packet of sourdough starter has horrifying and hilarious consequences. These are some of the stories captured in WITH/IN, a collection of thirteen films created by actors and their families during the time that changed our lives forever.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-03-15
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Puerto Ricans in Paris
Overview: NYPD detectives Luis and Eddie visit Paris to help gorgeous French designer Colette catch the black market thief who's ripped off her new handbag design. While Luis' girlfriend Vanessa and Eddie's wife Gloria remain in New York, the hopelessly unhip odd couple stumble through a glamorous high-fashion world brimming with charming cafes, wild nightclubs and corporate treachery.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-06-12
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Pitch Perfect 2
Overview: The Bellas are back, and they are better than ever. After being humiliated in front of none other than the President of the United States of America, the Bellas are taken out of the Aca-Circuit. In order to clear their name, and regain their status, the Bellas take on a seemingly impossible task: winning an international competition no American team has ever won. In order to accomplish this monumental task, they need to strengthen the bonds of friendship and sisterhood and blow away the competition with their amazing aca-magic! With all new friends and old rivals tagging along for the trip, the Bellas can hopefully accomplish their dreams.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-05-07
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Lies in Plain Sight
Overview: “Lies in Plain Sight” tells the story of Eva and her blind cousin Sofia (Martha Higareda), who were inseparable as children, with Eva the loyal companion who helped Sofia through her tough adolescent years. When Eva suddenly commits suicide, Sofia rushes home to her father, Hector (Benito Martinez), and Eva’s parents, Marisol (Rosie Perez) and Rafael (Yul Vásquez), to find answers. But the more she delves into Eva’s life, questioning her past boyfriends Ethan (Chad Michael Murray) and Christian (Christoph Sanders), the more Sofia realizes that their childhood was actually filled with dark, disturbing secrets.
Genres: Drama Mystery Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-10-03
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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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Stretch and Bobbito: Radio That Changed Lives
Overview: Exploring the social impact of what The Source Magazine in 1998 voted, "The Best Hip Hop Radio Show Of All-Time." The documentary film is the story of quirky friends who became unlikely legends by engaging their listeners and breaking the biggest rap artists ever.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-10-01
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From the 104th Floor
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Original Language: it
Release Date: 2003-01-01
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Michael Jackson's Journey from Motown to Off the Wall
Overview: Director Spike Lee chronicles Michael Jackson's early rise to fame.
Genres: Music Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-02-06
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¡Yo soy Boricua, pa' que tú lo sepas!
Overview: Actress Rosie Perez makes a stunning directorial debut in this heartfelt tribute to Puerto Rican pride. She takes an in-depth look at the complex and often controversial history of Puerto Rican-U.S. relations. By turns shocking and celebratory, this wide-ranging documentary examines such rich themes of the Puerto Rican experience as family, language, and racism, all with careful consideration of historical context.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-04-27
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Riding in Cars with Boys
Overview: In 1965, a young woman with dreams of becoming a writer has a son at the age of 15 and struggles to make things work with the drug-addicted father.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-10-19
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Active Adults
Overview: Malcolm and Lily try to start their lives as they watch Malcolm's grandparents' fall apart.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-11-21
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A Brother's Kiss
Overview: Two brothers, Lex and younger Mick, are living in Harlem. Mick is a policeman, and Lex, who spent youth years in reformatory because of injustice after he confronted the cop who tried to sodomize Mick on the street, is living with his wife Debbie trying to make ends meet and failing. One day Lex calls Mick - he has a problem...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-04-25
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Making 'Do the Right Thing'
Overview: The Behind-the-Scenes documentary of the dramatic comedy Do the Right Thing.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-11-03
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De Puerto Rico para el mundo
Overview: On the Puerto Rican diaspora, which includes renowned artists who have converted New York, Florida, Chicago, Hawaii, Santa Cruz and Dominican Republic into their second home, but with Puerto Rico in their hearts.
Genres: Music Documentary
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2016-12-04
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The Other Guys
Overview: Unlike their heroic counterparts on the force, desk-bound NYPD detectives Gamble and Hoitz garner no headlines as they work day to day. When a seemingly minor case turns out to be a big deal, the two cops get the opportunity to finally prove to their comrades that they have the right stuff.
Genres: Action Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-08-06
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Just Like the Son
Overview: A petty thief's mentoring of an apparent orphan takes a profound turn when he kidnaps the boy from a foster home and drives him cross-country to his sister's house in Texas.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-04-29
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The Last Thing He Wanted
Overview: At the turning point of the Iran-Contra affair, Elena McMahon, a fearless investigative journalist covering the 1984 US presidential campaign, puts herself in danger when she abandons her assigned task in order to fulfill the last wish of her ailing father, a mysterious man whose past activities she barely knows.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-02-14
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The Dead Don't Die
Overview: In a small peaceful town, zombies suddenly rise to terrorize the town. Now three bespectacled police officers and a strange Scottish morgue expert must band together to defeat the undead.
Genres: Comedy Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-05-15
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Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
Overview: Harley Quinn joins forces with a singer, an assassin and a police detective to help a young girl who had a hit placed on her after she stole a rare diamond from a crime lord.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-02-05
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Muhammad Ali: A Life
Overview: Muhammad Ali: A Life takes a look back at the life and career of the world champion boxer and activist. No athlete has ever contributed more to his country or to the world than Muhammad Ali.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-09-30
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Do the Right Thing: 20 Years Later
Overview: In this documentary directed by Spike Lee, he interviews the cast and crew of his 1989 film DO THE RIGHT THING. It also includes footage from a twentieth-anniversary screening of the film.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-06-30
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Inside the Rain
Overview: Facing expulsion from college over a misunderstanding, a bipolar student indulges his misery at a strip club where he befriends a gorgeous, intelligent, outrageous woman and they hatch a madcap scheme to prove his innocence.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-03-13
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Subway Stories
Overview: An anthology of 10 stories depicting real-life incidents of subway riders in New York City, which range from compassion and love to violence and loss.
Genres: TV Movie Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-07-24
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Have a Good Trip: Adventures in Psychedelics
Overview: Celebrities recall their most mind-bending trips via animations, reenactments and more in this comedic documentary exploring the story of psychedelics.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-05-11
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Home
Overview: Young Irish immigrant, Alan Cooke contemplates the great metropolis New York City, and the very meaning of home itself. A vivid moving and poetic portrayal of life in contemporary New York featuring a host of celebrities, native New Yorkers and immigrants via candid interviews.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-10-26
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Jesus Children of America
Overview: A Brooklyn teen learns she was born HIV-positive.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-11-06
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Picasso Baby
Overview: Jay Z performs Picasso Baby at the Museum of Modern Art in NYC.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-08-02
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Clifford the Big Red Dog
Overview: As Emily struggles to fit in at home and at school, she discovers a small red puppy who is destined to become her best friend. When Clifford magically undergoes one heck of a growth spurt, becomes a gigantic dog and attracts the attention of a genetics company, Emily and her Uncle Casey have to fight the forces of greed as they go on the run across New York City. Along the way, Clifford affects the lives of everyone around him and teaches Emily and her uncle the true meaning of acceptance and unconditional love.
Genres: Family Adventure Comedy Fantasy Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-11-10
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The Making and Meaning of 'We Are Family'
Overview: Featuring inverviews from: Afrika Bambaataa, Ashford & Simpson, Jackson Browne, Kim Burell, Taylor Dayne, Carmen Electra, Faith Evans, Roberta Flack, Joel Gray, Kc & the Sunshine Band, Eartha Kitt, Patti Labelle, Queen Latifah and more?
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-01-09
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Sesame Street: 50 Years of Sunny Days
Overview: For more than a half-century, Sesame Street has addressed and explained diversity, equity, and inclusion around the globe by using the universal tools of music, empathy and celebrity. Sesame Street: 50 Years of Sunny Days reflects upon the efforts that have earned the show respect and qualification around the globe. The special also chronicles the creation and introduction of a Black family of Sesame Street Muppets, Wes and Elijah Walker, a father-and-son duo who are at the heart of Sesame Workshop’s new racial justice initiative Coming Together.
Genres: Family Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-04-26
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With/In Volume 1
Overview: Giving creatives the chance to step outside the box while being confined to their own homes, the filmmakers behind With/In range from seasoned directors to first-timers, all provided with the same iPhone and basic gear to bring their visions to life.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-06-13
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Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson
Overview: The Problem Child, Jake 'El Gallo' Paul, goes up against the Baddest Man on the Planet, Mike Tyson, live from the AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. Katie Taylor defends her undisputed title over 10, two-minute rounds against boxing trailblazer and unified featherweight world champion Amanda 'The Real Deal' Serrano in the most anticipated rematch in women's boxing history.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-11-15
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AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies
Overview: The top 100 songs of the past 100 years chosen by the American Film Institute are presented by host-actor John Travolta.
Genres: TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-06-22
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Louis & Frank
Overview: Third-rate doo-wop singers making a comeback hook up with a campy manager who books them to perform in drag.
Genres: Comedy Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-07-08
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