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    A.K.A. Cassius Clay

    Heavyweight boxing champ Muhammad Ali speaks, visits comic Stepin Fetchit and appears in fight...

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    ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway (2007)

    Filmmaker Dori Berinstein charts the creation of four Broadway shows during the 2003-2004 season:...

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    I Want to Live! (1958)

    Convicted of murder, drug-addicted shill and prostitute Barbara Graham (Susan Hayward) lands on...

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    The Miracle Worker (1962)

    Teacher Anne Sullivan (Anne Bancroft) leads deaf and blind Helen Keller (Patty Duke) out of...

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    Murderball (2005)

    Filmmakers Henry Alex Rubin and Dana Adam Shapiro profile members of paraplegic rugby teams in the...

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    Baadasssss! (2004)

    Filmmaker/actor Melvin Van Peebles (Mario Van Peebles) directs the controversial movie ``Sweet...

  • The Pursuit of Happyness picture
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    The Pursuit of Happyness (2006)

    A single father (Will Smith) and his young son (Jaden Christopher Sy Smith) endure many hardships as...

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    Amazing Grace (2007)

    William Wilberforce (Ioan Gruffudd) and his close friend, William Pitt (Benedict Cumberbatch), wage...

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    Milarepa (2007)

    Milarepa is a tale of greed and vengeance - demons, magic, murder and redemption. It is the story of...

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    The Rape of Europa (2007)

    The Nazis loot and destroy European artwork during World War II.

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    Pete Seeger: The Power of Song (2007)

    Bob Dylan, Arlo Guthrie, Bruce Springsteen, Natalie Maines and other music luminaries discuss the...

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    Grey Gardens (2009)

    The lives of Edith Bouvier Beale (Jessica Lange) and her daughter Edie (Drew Barrymore), aunt and...

  • The Christine Jorgensen Story picture
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    The Christine Jorgensen Story

    A bio-pic of 1950s media darling, Christine Jorgensen, formerly George, who travelled to Denmark for...

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    The World's Fastest Indian (2005)

    New Zealander Burt Munro (Anthony Hopkins) takes his classic motorcycle to Utah in an attempt to set...

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    Mongol (2008)

    Genghis Khan (Tadanobu Asano) returns to his homeland to unite the Mongols under one ruler.

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    Born on the Fourth of July (1989)

    Based on the story of Ron Kovic, a Marine who returned from Vietnam a paraplegic and later became an...

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    De-Lovely (2004)

    Composer Cole Porter (Kevin Kline) creates hit songs for Broadway musicals, marries a beautiful...

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    Dreamchild (1985)

    At age 80, the Alice (Coral Browne) behind ``Alice in Wonderland'' recalls the deacon (Ian Holm) who...

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    Antwone Fisher (2002)

    A Navy psychiatrist (Denzel Washington) inspires a temperamental sailor (Derek Luke), abused by...

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    Mask (1985)

    Teenage Rocky Dennis (Eric Stoltz) whose face is misshapen by a rare disease has a wild mother...

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    Buster (1988)

    A small-time thief (Phil Collins) flees with his wife (Julie Walters) and daughter after a train...

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    Persepolis (2007)

    An Iranian girl witnesses the fundamentalist takeover of her country and rebels against its strict...

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    Surfwise (2008)

    Forsaking a traditional home life, Dorian ``Doc'' Paskowitz and his wife raise their large brood in...

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    Che: Part One (2009)

    In 1956, Ernesto 'Che' Guevara (Benicio Del Toro) and a band of Castro-led Cuban exiles mobilize an...

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    Bound For Glory (1976)

    Folk singer Woody Guthrie (David Carradine) tours Depression-era work camps and spreads his word by...

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    Chattahoochee (1990)

    A disturbed Korean War hero (Gary Oldman) is placed in a barbaric Florida hospital for the...

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    American Hardcore (2006)

    Filmmaker Paul Rachman recalls the 1980s American punk-rock movement and features interviews and...

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    Bloodsport (1988)

    An American major (Jean-Claude Van Damme) flies to Hong Kong for an outlawed martial-arts contest...

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    The Basketball Diaries (1995)

    Crime pays for the drug addiction of a high-school hoopster (Leonardo DiCaprio) and three teammates...

  • The Unsinkable Molly Brown picture
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    The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1964)

    A young woman (Debbie Reynolds) tries to enter 1890s Denver society but goes to Europe after her...