Clarke Peters
Also Known As: Peter Clarke, 클라크 피터스
Biography: Peter Clarke (born April 7, 1952), known professionally as Clarke Peters, is an American actor, writer, and director, who has spent much of his adult life in the United Kingdom. He is best known for his roles as Lester Freamon in the television series The Wire (2002–2008) and Albert Lambreaux in the television series Treme (2010–2013). He also wrote the book for the musical revue Five Guys Named Moe (1990). Peters is also known for his roles in the films Silver Dream Racer (1980), Endgame (2009), John Wick (2014), Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017), Harriet (2019), and Da 5 Bloods (2020), the lattermost of which earned him a nomination for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role. Peters was born Peter Clarke, the second of four sons, in New York City, and grew up in Englewood, New Jersey. At the age of 12, he had his first theater experience, in a school production of My Fair Lady. He began to have serious ambitions to work in the theater at the age of 14. He graduated from Dwight Morrow High School in 1970. In 1971, Peters' older brother enabled him to work as a costume designer for a production of the musical Hair in Paris, in which Peters later starred. In 1973, Peters moved to London and changed his name to Clarke Peters, because Equity already had a few namesake members. While in London, he formed a soul band, The Majestics, and worked as a backup singer on such hits as "Love and Affection" by Joan Armatrading, "Boogie Nights" by Heatwave, and some David Essex songs. However, music was not Peters' main ambition, and he preferred to work in the theater. His first West End theatre musical roles, which he received with assistance from his friend Ned Sherrin, were I Gotta Shoe (1976) and Bubbling Brown Sugar (1977). Other West End credits include Blues in the Night, Porgy and Bess, The Witches of Eastwick, Guys and Dolls, Chicago, and Chess. Peters starred in the Sean Connery space Western Outland (1981) as the treacherous Sgt. Ballard, and he played an almost wordless role as Anderson, a vicious pimp in Neil Jordan's Mona Lisa (1986). Peters is familiar to television viewers as Detective Lester Freamon in the HBO series The Wire. Peters also starred in the HBO mini-series The Corner, portraying a drug addict named Fat Curt, as well as the FX series Damages, as Dave Pell. Both The Wire and The Corner were created by writer and former The Baltimore Sun journalist David Simon. Peters also stars in Simon's HBO series Treme, in the role of Mardi Gras Indian chief Albert Lambreaux. Peters appeared in two episodes of the American time-travel/detective TV series Life on Mars (2008) as NYPD Captain Fletcher Bellow. He also appeared in the British show Holby City, as Derek Newman, the father of nurse Donna Jackson. He voiced a part in the Doctor Who animated episode Dreamland, and in the In Plain Sight episode "Duplicate Bridge" as a man in Witness Protection named Norman Baker/Norman Danzer. In 2010, Peters read Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption for BBC 7. In that year, he also had a guest appearance as Professor Mark Ramsay in the pilot episode of the USA Network TV series Covert Affairs. From 2012 to 2013, Peters had a recurring role as Alonzo D. Quinn in the CBS TV series Person of Interest.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA
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Mona Lisa
Overview: George is a small-time crook just out of prison who discovers his tough-guy image is out of date. Reduced to working as a minder/driver for high class call girl Simone, he has to agree when she asks him to find a young colleague from her King's Cross days. That's when George's troubles just start.
Genres: Crime Drama Romance Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-06-13
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Outland
Overview: An honest marshal in a corrupt mining colony on Io, Jupiter's sunless third moon, is determined to confront a violent drug ring even though it may cost him his life. After his wife angrily deserts him, he waits alone for the arrival of killers hired by the company to eliminate him.
Genres: Science Fiction Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-05-22
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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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Brief Interviews with Hideous Men
Overview: After her boyfriend mysteriously leaves her with little explanation, a doctoral candidate in anthropology at a prestigious East Coast university is left looking for answers as to what went wrong.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-09-25
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Marley & Me
Overview: A newly married couple, in the process of starting a family, learn many of life's important lessons from their trouble-loving retriever, Marley. Packed with plenty of laughs to lighten the load, the film explores the highs and lows of marriage, maturity and confronting one's own mortality, as seen through the lens of family life with a dog.
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-12-25
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Gigantic
Overview: Young mattress salesman Brian decides to adopt a baby from China but is distracted when he forms a relationship with quirky, wealthy Harriet whom he meets at his mattress store. As their relationship flourishes, unbeknownst to them, a hitman is trying to kill Brian.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-09-09
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The Poker House
Overview: Agnes and her two sisters struggle through a day in a home overrun by gamblers, thieves, and johns.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-06-20
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Cameron Mackintosh - The First 50 Years
Overview: Archival footage provides a glimpse into the life of Cameron Mackintosh; the storied producer famous for Les Misérables, Phantom of the Opera, Cats and many more.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-12-27
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Searching for Sonny
Overview: Reunited friends find themselves the chief suspects of a murder mystery that seems eerily similar to a play they performed in high school.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-10-22
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Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh
Overview: 'Hey, Mr Producer!' features selected scenes from the productions of the world's most successful musical producer, Cameron Mackintosh - classic songs from classic musicals performed by the ultimate cast.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-11-07
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Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody
Overview: The joyous, emotional, heartbreaking celebration of the life and music of Whitney Houston, the greatest female R&B pop vocalist of all time. Tracking her journey from obscurity to musical superstardom.
Genres: Music History Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-12-20
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Locked In
Overview: Josh leaves his advertising career at its peak, everyone wants either to be him or to have him. A car accident will leave his daughter in a strange coma and when everyone has given up she starts communicating with him, or is he going mad?
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-09-17
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The Wire: The Last Word
Overview: A documentary exploring the role of the media in relation to the acclaimed series The Wire.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-12-27
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Red Hook Summer
Overview: When his mom deposits him at the Red Hook housing project in Brooklyn to spend the summer with the grandfather he’s never met, young Flik may as well have landed on Mars. Fresh from his cushy life in Atlanta, he’s bored and friendless, and his strict grandfather, Enoch, a firebrand preacher, is bent on getting him to accept Jesus Christ as his personal savior. Only Chazz, the feisty girl from church, provides a diversion from the drudgery. As hot summer simmers and Sunday mornings brim with Enoch’s operatic sermons, things turn anything but dull as people’s conflicting agendas collide.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-08-10
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Sympathetic Details
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Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-02-01
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The Wire Odyssey
Overview: A retrospective documentary of the first four seasons of the acclaimed series The Wire.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-12-20
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Number on End
Overview: A documentary filmmaker’s latest work attracts the attentions of African secret agents - but what is it they want from the film?
Genres: Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-01-01
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Red King, White Knight
Overview: The CIA hears of a KGB scheme to assassinate the Soviet General Secretary and enlists Stoner, an agent retired for 10 years, to go to Russia to investigate. He verifies the plot, but then has trouble leaving the country. In the meantime, the U.S. policy makers struggle over whether or not to inform the Soviets of the plot. Stoner's problems are complicated by the renewal of an affair with Anna, a Russian, as he tries to convince her to defect.
Genres: Drama Romance Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-11-25
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Up Line
Overview: Three alternative comedians get involved in a pyramid-selling organization, Pathway, in order to finance their act. They gain great success by deploying their skills as entertainers, only to eventually discover the sinister purpose behind the Pathway organization.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-02-04
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The Nicholas Brothers: We Sing and We Dance
Overview: The Nicholas Brothers are presented here in a way that reflects the joy and intrinsic goodness that seemed to come from their hearts, and express itself in brilliantly conceived and executed performances. The film addresses the difficult issues in their lives, such as Harold's health problems, and the fact that in the U.S. they were considered 2nd class citizens because of their race.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-11-29
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John Wick
Overview: Ex-hitman John Wick comes out of retirement to track down the gangsters that took everything from him.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-10-22
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The Best of Me
Overview: A pair of former high school sweethearts reunite after many years when they return to visit their small hometown.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-10-15
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The Benefactor
Overview: A newly married couple are forced to navigate the all-consuming interest of a powerful, mysterious, and possessive philanthropist.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-12-23
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Sean Connery: In His Own Words
Overview: Featuring archive interviews with Sean Connery from over 50 years in the business. Friends, actors and directors including Robert Carlyle, Dougray Scott, Laurence Fishburne, Terry Gilliam and George Lucas pay tribute to Scotland's greatest movie star as he celebrates his 85th birthday.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-08-18
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Grace
Overview: A unique horror film told from the first-person perspective of Grace - a naive, virginal college freshman trying to deal with campus culture and her outgoing roommate as an evil entity takes over her body and unleashes chaos.
Genres: Thriller Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-10-28
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The Music Machine
Overview: At a famous London disco venue, a competition is announced to select two dancers to star in a new film.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-05-01
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Sexual Healing
Overview: A look at the last years of Marvin Gaye's life, from his parting ways with Motown and self-imposed exile to Europe, to his relationship with Freddy Cousaert, the promoter who guided the singer through the recording of his biggest-selling album, Midnight Love. — "Sexual Healing" began filming in 2013, but production was shut down 9 weeks into the 12-week shoot when financing collapsed. The film was never completed.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: en
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Nativity!
Overview: Paul, charged with directing his school's Nativity play, falsely boasts that his ex-girlfriend plans to turn the production into a film.
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-11-27
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Endgame
Overview: The time is the late '80s, a crucial period in the history of South Africa. President P.W. Botha is hanging on to power by a thread as the African National Congress (ANC) takes up arms against apartheid and the country tumbles toward insurrection. A British mining concern is convinced that their interests would be better served in a stable South Africa and they quietly dispatch Michael Young, their head of public affairs, to open an unofficial dialogue between the bitter rivals. Assembling a reluctant yet brilliant team to pave the way to reconciliation by confronting obstacles that initially seem insurmountable, Young places his trust in ANC leader Thabo Mbeki and Afrikaner philosophy professor Willie Esterhuyse. It is their empathy that will ultimately serve as the catalyst for change by proving more powerful than the terrorist bombs that threaten to disrupt the peaceful dialogue.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-01-18
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A Masculine Ending
Overview: While English professor Loretta Lawson is attending a conference in Paris, she stays the night in the flat of a friend's acquaintance. She discovers a sleeping man in one of the bedrooms, and the next morning finds the man gone, but the bed soaked with blood. Returning to Cambridge, she begins to suspect her friend's acquaintance, and others on the staff of the college, are involved with the missing (murdered?) man, and decides to investigate for herself.
Genres: Mystery Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-04-12
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Saigon: Year Of The Cat
Overview: The year is 1974, and Barbara Dean (Judi Dench), a British assistant manager in a foreign bank in Saigon, begins a relationship with American Bob Chesneau (Frederic Forrest). She quickly realises that he works for the CIA and he knows that the fall of South Vietnam is very near.
Genres: Drama Romance War TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-11-29
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James Brown: Soul Survivor
Overview: James Brown's legacy has influenced rap, soul, funk and R&B. But along with his huge talent, there's a dark side to Brown's success that includes stints in prison and unceasing tabloid speculation. This in-depth documentary takes a look at the meteoric highs and deep lows of Brown's career, offering some fascinating insights from the Godfather of Soul himself, as well as interview footage with Chuck D, Little Richard, Wyclef Jean and many others.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-10-29
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Chess in Concert
Overview: The story of a romantic triangle between two top players, an American and a Russian, in a world chess championship, and a woman who manages one and falls in love with the other, all in the context of the Cold War struggle between the United States and the Soviet Union.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-06-17
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Legacy
Overview: Taking refuge in a shabby Brooklyn motel after narrowly surviving a failed mission in Eastern Europe, Black Ops soldier Malcolm Gray (Idris Elba) begins to disintegrate mentally as he broods over the legacy of his actions in this taut psychological thriller. Haunted by his demons while holed up in his room, Malcolm ponders the ascent of his brother (Eamonn Walker), an ambitious senator with designs on the presidency.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-10-15
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Notting Hill
Overview: London bookstore owner William Thacker's quiet life turns upside down when a chance encounter with famous actress Anna Scott sparks an unlikely romance challenged by their vastly different worlds.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-05-21
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Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Overview: After seven months have passed without a culprit in her daughter's murder case, Mildred Hayes makes a bold move, painting three signs leading into her town with a controversial message directed at Bill Willoughby, the town's revered chief of police. When his second-in-command Officer Jason Dixon, an immature mother's boy with a penchant for violence, gets involved, the battle between Mildred and Ebbing's law enforcement is only exacerbated.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-12-01
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Head of State
Overview: When a presidential candidate dies unexpectedly in the middle of the campaign, the Democratic party unexpectedly picks a Washington, D.C. alderman as his replacement.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-03-28
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Silver Dream Racer
Overview: David Essex stars as Nick Freeman, a motorcycle racer who, following the death of his brother, inherits a revolutionary prototype motorcycle, and is determined to race it at the British Grand Prix at Silverstone.
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-06-13
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Roy Orbison: One of the Lonely Ones
Overview: Using previously unseen performances, a biography of rock balladeer Roy Orbison told through his own voice, casting new light on the triumphs and tragedies that beset his career.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-12-29
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The Mandela Effect
Overview: A man becomes obsessed with facts and events that have been collectively misremembered by thousands of people. Believing the phenomena to be the symptom of something larger, his obsession eventually leads him to question reality itself.
Genres: Science Fiction Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-12-06
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The Bad Education Movie
Overview: Mr Wickers and his class go on one final school trip after they finish their GCSEs.
Genres: Comedy Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-08-21
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Division 19
Overview: In 2039, jails have been turned into online portals where the public gets to choose what prisoners eat, wear, watch and who they fight. So successful is Panopticon TV, it is about to be rolled out to a whole town, providing subscribers even more choice.
Genres: Thriller Action Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-02-24
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A Casualty of War
Overview: David Threlfall stars as Tom Rowse, a retired British secret service agent turned thriller novelist who is brought back into the world of espionage for one last job. The mission - foiling a Libyan plot to supply the IRA with a massive shipment of high-tech weapons in order to wreak revenge upon the UK for their support and co-operation with the US during the 1986 bombing of Libya and the attempted assassination of Colonel Gaddafi .
Genres: Action Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-12-02
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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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King
Overview: A man who has had a good life in England wants to retire to Jamaica, but the celebration with his daughters doesn't go as expected.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-04-03
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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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Facelift
Overview: In a dystopian future, the population is divided between the elite "numbers" and the destitute "names" who escape the hardships of the their lives at a magic cabaret run by Zax. When Zax falls for a slumming-it "number" he builds a robot replica of her.
Genres: Science Fiction Music TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-04-21
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Harriet
Overview: The extraordinary tale of Harriet Tubman's escape from slavery and transformation into one of America's greatest heroes. Her courage, ingenuity and tenacity freed hundreds of slaves and changed the course of history.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-11-01
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Christmas Under the Stars
Overview: When Nick is fired from his high-powered investment firm at Christmastime, he takes a job at a Christmas tree lot. There, he meets Julie, an astronomy teacher who’s always looked to the stars for hope. As the Christmas spirit washes over him—and he begins falling for Julie—the once self-centered Nick discovers the joy of helping others.
Genres: Romance TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-11-16
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An Acceptable Loss
Overview: Former top U.S. security adviser Elizabeth "Libby" Lamm is threatened by associates from her dark past including Rachel Burke a steely, commanding politician with an unwavering knack for achieving her goals. Colluding with Rachel is Adrian, an unyielding, patriotic chief of staff. Martin harbors another type of obsession with Libby in this story of betrayal and regret.
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-01-18
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Rebirth in New Orleans
Overview: The New Orleans Saints and the city of New Orleans, from the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina to the re-opening of the Louisiana Superdome more than a year later.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-09-21
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Count Basie: Through His Own Eyes
Overview: Told in Count Basie's own words, this biography sheds light on both the professional and the private life of the world-famous bandleader and pianist who became a jazz icon for his generation.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-09-13
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Fats Domino and The Birth of Rock ‘n’ Roll
Overview: One of the most popular rockers of the 1950s and early 60s, Fats Domino and his record sales were rivaled then only by Elvis Presley. With his boogie-woogie piano playing rooted in blues, rhythm & blues, and jazz, he became one of the inventors, along with Presley, Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis and Little Richard, of rock ‘n’ roll, a revolutionary genre that united young black and white audiences.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-02-26
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Death Train
Overview: When a renegade Russian general sends a nuclear bomb hurtling toward the Middle East aboard a hijacked train, special agents are dispatched to disarm the deadly device. Ten tons of steel and one ounce of hot plutonium are now riding roughshod through Europe. With time running out, the agents launch a desperate, bullet-packed assault on a deadly moving target piloted by a cold-blooded mercenary.
Genres: TV Movie Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-04-14
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Letters Live from the Archive: Freemasons’ Hall
Overview: Inspired by "Letters of Note", the bestselling anthology compiled by Shaun Usher, and "To the Letter" by Simon Garfield, Letters Live is a series of curated, live events that celebrate the enduring power of literary correspondence. Performed by a remarkable and surprise cast each night, Letters Live is a unique event that is heartbreaking, euphoric, hilarious and inspiring in equal measure. Those who have previously attended Letters Live will know how memorable these evenings are. In addition, a portion of the proceeds from each show are channeled towards a number of carefully selected literacy charities to support the important work they do.
Genres: TV Movie Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-03-15
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The Royale
Overview: Charismatic African-American boxer Jay “The Sport” Jackson has a burning desire to become the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world. Jackson’s fight begins long before the match, though; it takes careful negotiations to convince the white reigning titleholder to even recognize him as a worthy opponent and enter the ring.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-04-22
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The Opera Game
Overview: The tortured life of Paul Morphy (1850s New Orleans chess prodigy) is examined.
Genres: Documentary Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-02-03
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Tapping the Wire
Overview: Long-time Wire fan Charlie Brooker takes a journey to the mean streets of Baltimore to meet the cast and crew of the series, and undertakes a mission to explain what makes The Wire the best cop show ever made.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-07-01
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Turnipseed
Overview: This is a story of tragic loss and blessed gain. This is the story of John Turnipseed, who spent his youth fighting disadvantages and hardship, learning life by making the greatest mistakes. Mistakes that cost him a life he created and 10 years in prison, after which he came into The Fathering Center at Urban Ventures and now has built a program that reaches 600 men and 200 women. This is a story of truth.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-11-09
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Bonhoeffer: Pastor. Spy. Assassin
Overview: As the world teeters on the brink of annihilation, Dietrich Bonhoeffer joins a deadly plot to assassinate Hitler, risking his faith and fate to save millions of Jews from genocide.
Genres: History Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-11-20
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BBC Proms - The Golden Age of Broadway
Overview: Smell the greasepaint and feel the blaze of those Broadway lights, as the BBC Concert Orchestra whisks you away for a night at the musicals. The toe-tapping favourites include songs from musicals including South Pacific, My Fair Lady, Anything Goes, Annie Get Your Gun and High Society, all performed by the ever-versatile BBC Concert Orchestra – and some special guest soloists.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-06-02
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