BIOGRAPHY Movies and Tvshows - Page 17

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

The life story of the greatest leader of history ATATURK, the founder of the Republic of Turkey TV Special Version will be broadcast on Fox TV on October 29, 2023, at the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Republic of Turkey

Being connected to nature, what does it mean Father knows and father shows The directors father is 84 We follow in his footsteps into the mountain home Into natures smallest life and out to grand panoramas, where he grew up

The story of the notorious American labor union figure Jimmy Hoffa, who organizes a bitter strike, makes deals with members of the organized crime syndicate and mysteriously disappears in 1975

The victims of an encephalitis epidemic many years ago have been catatonic ever since, but now a new drug offers the prospect of reviving them

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

New York police officer Ralph Sarchie investigates a series of crimes He joins forces with an unconventional priest, schooled in the rites of exorcism, to combat the possessions that are terrorizing their city

Robert Gould Shaw leads the U S Civil Wars first all black volunteer company, fighting prejudices from both his own Union Army, and the Confederates

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

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 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

The journey of legendary football coach Bob Ladouceur, who took the De La Salle High School Spartans from obscurity to a 151 game winning streak that shattered all records for any American sport

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 Richard Kuklinski, the notorious contract killer and family man When finally arrested in 1986, neither his wife nor daughters had any clue about his real profession

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

As Cecil Gaines serves eight presidents during his tenure as a butler at the White House, the civil rights movement, Vietnam, and other major events affect this mans life, family, and American society

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

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

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

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

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 psychological drama about the turn of the century photographer Eadweard Muybridge, who was the first to photograph subjects in movement and became the godfather of cinema He later murdered his wifes lover and was the last British

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

The story of the legendary British rock band Queen and lead singer Freddie Mercury, leading up to their famous performance at Live Aid 1985

The life of career criminal Carlton Leach

The true story of a heroic man, Hunter Patch Adams, determined to become a medical doctor because he enjoys helping people He ventured where no doctor had ventured before, using humour and pathos

In 1713 Scotland, Rob Roy MacGregor is wronged by a nobleman and his nephew, becomes an outlaw in search of revenge while fleeing the Redcoats, and faces charges of being a Jacobite

As the American Civil War continues to rage, Americas president struggles with continuing carnage on the battlefield as he fights with many inside his own cabinet on the decision to emancipate the slaves