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Based on Elsa Jouberts novel The Long Journey of Poppie Nongena, regarded as one of the best African novels of the 20th century

Based on the story of Micky Ward, a fledgling boxer who tries to escape the shadow of his more famous but troubled older boxing brother and get his own shot at greatness

Sixty two year old Richard Turner is renowned as one of the worlds greatest card magicians, yet he is completely blind This is an in depth look at a complex character who is one of magics greatest hidden treasures

In 1929, Italian Fascist dictator Benito Mussolini appoints General Rodolfo Graziani as colonial governor to Italian Libya with orders to stamp out all resistance from Libyan nationalists led by rebel guerrilla leader Omar Mukhtar

Author P L Travers reflects on her childhood after reluctantly meeting with Walt Disney, who seeks to adapt her Mary Poppins books for the big screen

In small town Alaska, a news reporter recruits his ex girlfriend a Greenpeace volunteer on a campaign to save a family of gray whales trapped by rapidly forming ice in the Arctic Circle

Johnny and a couple pals kidnap Jakes 15 year old brother, Zach, then assigns his buddy Frankie to be Zachs minder They develop a brotherly friendship Zach parties with his captors as things begin to spin out of control

Ten of Muhammad Alis former rivals pay tribute to the three time world heavyweight champion

A drama centered on a go go dancer with multiple personality disorder who struggles to remain her true self and begins working with a psychotherapist to uncover the mystery of the inner ghosts that haunt her

The story of Michael Oher, a homeless and traumatized boy who became an All American football player and first round NFL draft pick with the help of a caring woman and her family

The relationship between Sid Vicious, bassist for British punk group Sex Pistols, and his girlfriend Nancy Spungen is portrayed

Alexander, the King of Macedonia and one of the greatest army leaders in the history of warfare, conquers much of the known world

A documentary about Spandau Ballet, who were one of the biggest pop groups of the 1980s and a defining act of the New Romantic scene

The story of the famous and influential 1960s rock band The Doors and its lead singer and composer, Jim Morrison, from his days as a UCLA film student in Los Angeles, to his untimely death in Paris, France at age 27 in 1971

The story of the 1973 hockey season when aging legend Gordie Howe returned to the ice at the age of 44

A chronicle of country music legend Johnny Cashs life, from his early days on an Arkansas cotton farm to his rise to fame with Sun Records in Memphis, where he recorded alongside Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Carl Perkins

The brief life of Jean Michel Basquiat, a world renowned New York street artist struggling with fame, drugs and his identity

The story of a high school coach and the developmentally challenged man who he took under his wing

The story of Oscar Grant III, a 22 year old Bay Area resident, who crosses paths with friends, enemies, family, and strangers on the last day of 2008

Ensconced in her sprawling San Jose, California mansion, eccentric firearm heiress Sarah Winchester Dame Helen Mirren believes she is haunted by the souls of people killed by the Winchester repeating rifle

An intimate portrait of controversial cartoonist Robert Crumb and his traumatized family

Full length documentary about the story of John Penton An American icon and motorcycle pioneer who along with his family and a band of loyal followers, changed off road motorcycling forever

Antwone Fisher, a young navy man, is forced to see a psychiatrist after a violent outburst against a fellow crewman During the course of treatment a painful past is revealed and a new hope begins

A chronicle of the tempestuous six year romance between megastar singer Liberace and his young lover Scott Thorson

Teenage surfer Bethany Hamilton overcomes the odds and her own fears of returning to the water after losing her left arm in a shark attack

Based on writer Susanna Kaysens account of her 18 month stay at a mental hospital in the late 1960s

A biography of Chinese Martial Arts Master Huo Yuanjia, who is the founder and spiritual guru of the Jin Wu Sports Federation

A struggling salesman takes custody of his son as hes poised to begin a life changing professional career

Inspired by actual events, a group of fame obsessed teenagers use the internet to track celebrities whereabouts in order to rob their homes

After a near fatal plane crash in WWII, Olympian Louis Zamperini spends a harrowing 47 days in a raft with two fellow crewmen before hes caught by the Japanese navy and sent to a prisoner of war camp

A chronicle of Dr Martin Luther King, Jr s campaign to secure equal voting rights via an epic march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, in 1965

Biographical story of the rise from nowhere of early rock and roll singer Ritchie Valens who died at age 17 in a plane crash with Buddy Holly and The Big Bopper

Biographer John Lahr is writing a book about playwright Joe Orton Joe and Kenneth meet at drama school and live together for ten years as lovers and collaborators Both want to be writers, but only one of them is successful

A young man named Brandon Teena navigates love, life, and being transgender in rural Nebraska

The true story of a woman who is sentenced to life imprisonment for murdering her husbands ex wife After being dismissed from the Milwaukee police, Laurie Bembenek is swept off her feet

Based on the life of Tennessee sheriff Buford Pusser whom almost single handily cleaned up his small town of crime and corruption, but at a personal cost of his family life and nearly his own life