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Set in 1980s Nottingham, social worker Margaret Humphreys holds the British government accountable for child migration schemes and reunites the children involved now adults living mostly in Australia with their parents in Brita

A documentary on the life and times of singer, actor, and activist Harry Belafonte

The story of Brandon Burlsworth, possibly the greatest walk on in the history of college football

A romantic drama based on the story of Carley Allison, a promising 18 year old figure skater and singer who made medical history in her fight against a rare 1 in 3 5 billion type of sarcoma

Biopic of notorious Mitchell Brothers who opened up a successful San Francisco strip club and thriving porn business that led to a downward spiral of power and greed

The story of King Seretse Khama of Botswana and how his loving but controversial marriage to a British white woman, Ruth Williams, put his kingdom into political and diplomatic turmoil

The Old Testament story of Abraham and the trials he endures Commanded by God to lead his family to the promised land of Canaan with the promise that if he does so, his descendants will become a great and numerous tribe His obed

The story of Amos Ozs youth, set against the backdrop of the end of the British Mandate for Palestine and the early years of the State of Israel The film details the young mans relationship with his mother and his beginnings as a

An adrenaline seeking snowboarder gets lost in a massive winter storm in the back country of the High Sierras where he is pushed to the limits of human endurance and forced to battle his own personal demons as he fights for survival

Chronicles some of the most famous leaders of the Roman Civilization

Every holiday Marcel and his family go to their cottage near Marseilles During one of these holidays he meets Isabelle, a pretty but conceited girl Adapted from the cult classic novel from Marcel Pagnol

Against his countrys orders, a Japanese diplomat issues visas to refugees, saving over 6,000 Jewish lives at the outbreak of World War II

A 1940s set drama where an adulterous man plots his wifes death instead of putting her through the humiliation of a divorce

A drama about a young, neglected white girl in the rural South who, with the help of an unlikely couple, finds the solace and nurturing needed to transform her downtrodden life

A scripted true crime series based on the murder investigations of Tupac Shakur and Biggie Smalls

Based on three young girls who were groomed, sexually abused and trafficked by a group of men in Rochdale and of the failure of the authorities to do anything about it

An Irish journalist writes a series of stories about drug dealers

Friends and family of the late actor Heath Ledger remember his life and career

A mother whose child was killed in a dingo attack in the Australian Outback fights to prove her innocence when she is accused of murder

Set in the 1880s, the story of how, during a creative dry spell, the partnership of the legendary musicaltheatrical writers Gilbert and Sullivan almost dissolves, before they turn it all around and write the Mikado

The hit musical based on the life of Eva Peron Evita Duarte, a B picture Argentinian actress who eventually became the wife of Argentinian president Juan Domingo Peron, and the most beloved and hated woman in Argentina

A dramatization of the early years of the hard rock band, Def Leppard, the group faces both success and personal tragedies such as drummer, Rick Allen losing his arm in a car accident and guitarist Steve Clarks alcohol addiction

A dramatic thriller based on real events that reveals the quest to expose the deceptions and corruptions of power that turned an Internet upstart into the 21st centurys most fiercely debated organization

A profile of the noted and extraordinarily cheerful veteran New York City fashion photographer

The life of Madelyn Murray OHair, the outspoken activist and founder of American Atheists

A prophet who has the ability to interpret dreams is sold into slavery in Egypt, where people learn of his gifts

Story of the relationship between poets Edward James Ted Hughes Daniel Craig and Sylvia Plath Gwyneth Paltrow

Tells the true and untold story of prolific rapper, actor, poet and activist Tupac Shakur

Before Dawn charts the years of exile in the life of famous Jewish Austrian writer Stefan Zweig, his inner struggle for the right attitude toward the events in war torn Europe, and his search for a new home

Semi biographical film based on the experiences of gonzo journalist Hunter S Thompson

The life story of one of Britains most notorious bare knuckle fighters, Lenny McLean, also known as the Guvnor

A documentary that tells the stories of the women who live in La Patrona, a Mexican village that is situated by the tracks of a train from Central America that brings many migrants North to the U S

Based on the life of Aileen Wuornos, a Daytona Beach prostitute who became a serial killer

Biopic of Mafia boss Lucky Luciano, covering his life from 1946 to 1962 with occasional flashbacks

Ultra independent a one person production start to finish this movie looks at the passion and dedication of American athletes and coaches in the Olympic sport of weightlifting The sport is extremely popular internationally, but

A chronicle of Nelson Mandelas life journey from his childhood in a rural village through to his inauguration as the first democratically elected president of South Africa