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Mukhtar Mai, a Pakistani rape victim, wages a legal battle against her attackers and the justice system that sanctioned the crime. When her young brother goes before a council of tribal elders after he is accused of being seen with a girl from a rival tribe, Mai pleads for his release. They spare him -- but order that she be gang-raped in public to shame her family. While most victims of this authorized crime commit suicide rather than exist as a pariah, Mai fights back.
High school theater teacher Lynn Shaw transforms a defunct drama department at J.J. Pearce High School in Richardson, Texas into one of the country's top theater programs. Shaw died from breast cancer in August 2009 after having beaten it nine years earlier.
The story centers on Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade in New York.
Millions of dollars worth of maple syrup is stolen from Quebec's Federation of Maple Syrup Producers and various individuals are arrested in conjunction with the heist as prosecutors try to make the charges stick.
Story centers on Marco Polo, a Venice merchant, who served as an ambassador to the empire of Kublai Khan as he traveled with his father and uncle through a war-torn Asia.
Centers on the life of Marlene Dietrich.
During the Civil War, Union Army surgeon Dr. Mary Edwards Walker struggles to be accepted and compensated in the same manner as her male counterparts in the medical field and ultimately becomes the first and only female recipient to receive the Congressional Medal Of Honor. Even after receiving her medical degree at Syracuse Medical College, Walker is considered unfit for the Union Army Examining Board and initially is only allowed to serve voluntarily as a surgeon. While serving in the war, Dr. Walker is captured by Confederate soldiers after boldly crossing enemy lines to treat wounded civilians and is arrested as a spy – eventually being released in a prisoner exchange.
Set against a backdrop of music, surfing, and South Africa's racism, Selema "Sal" Masekela emerges out of the shadow of his successful but troubled father Hugh Masekela, the jazz musician featured on Paul Simon’s "Graceland" album and South African apartheid activist who was exiled for more than 30 years.
A group of U.S. Marines start a high-stakes business venture when they return home from Afghanistan.
Revolves around monsters.
With her husband ill and his doctors are out of ideas, a wife and her friends tries to steal the Stanley Cup.
Set in present day and revolves around legendary wizard Merlin.
Described as a modern spin on the romantic comedy genre.
Centers the life of Jacques “Jock” Boyer, the first American cyclist to race in the Tour de France.
Set in Colombia's lawless mining region and centers on the mystery of the world's largest emerald.
In the 1960s, Mississippi State University comes under intense fire for not allowing its athletic teams to play schools that have integrated teams. Rules prevent the MSU basketball team from reaching the championships. The university's president Dean Colvard initially supports the rule. He then abolishes it, only to come under attack from state politicians and other parties.
A group of animals try to find their rightful place in the world.
A demonic woman pops up during children’s programming and games or on social networking apps and goads children into violent acts or even suicide.
Myles Connor becomes an art connoisseur and a rock musician whose band, Myles and the Wild Ones, backs Roy Orbison. He is also an accomplished art and antiques thief who is involve in a series of museum robberies that grab headlines in Boston in the 1970s and 1980s.