Keyword: biography

Zero to Hero

7.5

2021

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Biopic tribute to So Wa Wai, Hong Kongs first Paralympic athlete to win gold. Even if you start at a disadvantage, you can still be first across the finish line.

Rico: The Richard DeMarco Story

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2022

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Brian Cox (HBOs SUCCESSION) narrates the acclaimed feature documentary celebrating the life of Professor Richard Demarco, the iconic Scottish artist, teacher and pioneer of the Edinburgh Festival.

Laddie: The Man Behind the Movies

4.7

2017

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Profile of the producer and former studio head of 20th Century Fox in the 1970s, Alan Ladd Jr.

Flash of Genius

7

2008

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Robert Kearns takes on the Detroit automakers who he claims stole his idea for the intermittent windshield wiper.

Steel Mask Versus Blue Abyss

6.2

1989

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Candyman: The David Klein Story

6.6

2010

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The story of the rise and fall of David Klein, the man who invented Jelly Belly jelly beans.

Peter Cushing: In His Own Words

7.5

2019

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Sweethearts of the Prison Rodeo goes behind prison walls to follow convict cowgirls on their journey to the 2007 Oklahoma State Penitentiary Rodeo. In 2006, female inmates were allowed to participate for the first time. In a state with the highest female incarceration rate in the country, these women share common experiences such as broken homes, drug abuse and alienation from their children. Since 1940, the Oklahoma State Penitentiary has held an annual Prison Rodeo. Part Wild West show and part coliseum-esque spectacle, its one of the last of its kind - a relic of the American penal system. Prisoners compete on wild-broncs and bucking bulls, risking life-long injuries. For inmates like Danny Liles, a 14-year veteran of the rodeo, the chance to battle livestock offers a brief respite from prison life. Within this strange arena the prisoners become the heroes while the public and guards applaud

Charlie Says

5.7

2018

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The tragic tale of an all-American girl who was transformed into a cold-blooded killer in the summer of 1969.

Lincoln's Last Day

8.3

2015

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We all know the main story of Abraham Lincolns death, how he was killed, where it took place, and who pulled the trigger. But what exactly happened during the last day of his life? Relive April 14, 1865, as we track the hours of the day that shocked the world, following both assassin and victim on separate paths that would ultimately converge at the Presidential Box at Fords Theatre. Well also look at the objects, like Lincolns hat and John Wilkes Booths gun, that witnessed the crime that changed the course of American history forever.

Tiny Tim: King for a Day

5.8

2020

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The story of Tiny Tim’s improbable rise to stardom is the ultimate fairytale - and so is that of his downfall. For a brief time, the shy and truly unusual outsider artist was the biggest star in the world.

Florence Nightingale: Nursing Pioneer

7.5

2022

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After the Crimean War, Florence Nightingale is hailed as a heroine in England. She immediately sets about reforming military and civilian hospitals - i.a. using statistics. Throughout her life, she defies her family, doctors and military personnel. Her methods are spread to the rest of the British Empire. When she falls ill herself, she nevertheless continues her pioneering work and helps to shape the modern world.

Olympia

7.8

2018

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An uncompromising truth-seeking rebel, Olympia Dukakis refuses to yield to social norms while pushing forward her own subversive narrative.