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When Italian immigrant Francesca Cabrini steps foot in America in 1889, she is greeted by disease, crime, and impoverished children living in New York's slums. Armed with a fearless spirit and a compassionate heart, Cabrini sets off on a daring mission to convince the hostile mayor to secure housing and healthcare for society's most vulnerable. Despite broken English and poor health, Cabrini leverages her entrepreneurial mind to build an empire of hope unlike anything the world had ever seen.
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Adrien Brody and Jeffrey Wright will portray blues/R&B record exec Leonard Chess and blues musician Muddy Waters, respectively. Leonard Chess launched the Chicago blues label Chess Records and traveled throughout the south, discovering artists and selling records from the back of his Cadillac.
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Based on the incredible true story of composer Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges. The illegitimate son of an African slave and a French plantation owner, Bologne (Kelvin Harrison Jr. in a tour de force performance) rises to improbable heights in French society as a celebrated violinist-composer and fencer, complete with an ill-fated love affair and a falling out with Marie Antoinette (Lucy Boynton) herself and her court.
- 4.5
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A biopic about the French novelist who wrote Gigi and Cheri.
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Dartanyon Crockett, legally blind yet the best wrestler on a high school team, carries Leroy Sutton, who had lost both his legs in a train accident when he was 11, to practices and meets. Sutton graduated from college and Crockett won a bronze medal at the 2012 Paralympic Games.
Cantinflas is the untold story of Mexico's greatest and most beloved comedy film star of all time. From his humble origins on the small stage to the bright lights of Hollywood, Cantinflas became famous around the world – one joke at a time. Relive the laughter that has charmed generations
- 3.8
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6% WON'T SEE Tom Hiddleston will play renowned war photographer Robert Capa, Hayley Atwell the acclaimed photojournalist Gerda Taro. Born Andrei Friedman and Gerta Pohorylle, Capa and Taro reinvented themselves after fleeing the Nazis in 1934 to Paris, where they built a life together. It was there, after the war, that the two would create the Magnum photo agency in 1947.
When Betty Anne Waters' (Hilary Swank) older brother Kenny (Sam Rockwell) is arrested for murder and sentenced to life in 1983, Betty Anne, a Massachusetts wife and mother of two, dedicates her life to overturning the murder conviction. Convinced that her brother is innocent, Betty Anne puts herself through high school, college and, finally, law school in an 18 year quest to free Kenny. With the help of best friend Abra Rice (Minnie Driver), Betty Anne pours through suspicious evidence mounted by small town cop Nancy Taylor (Melissa Leo), meticulously retracing the steps that led to Kenny's arrest. Belief in her brother - and her quest for the truth - pushes Betty Anne and her team to uncover the facts and utilize DNA evidence with the hope of exonerating Kenny.
- 4.7
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11% WON'T SEE Follows the life of Crazy Eddie Antar, as he launches the successful Crazy Eddie chain and becomes the consumer electronics king, only to wind up serving six years in prison for fraud.
Mike May, a man who was blinded at age 3 and regains his vision at age 46 after an experimental surgery involving stem cells.
Sue Mengers crashes the boys club that is Hollywood agenting, brandishing an outsized personality to go with her famous client list.
Melissa McCarthy stars in the adaptation of the memoir Can You Ever Forgive Me?, the true story of best-selling celebrity biographer (and friend to cats) Lee Israel (McCarthy) who made her living in the 1970’s and 80’s profiling the likes of Katharine Hepburn, Tallulah Bankhead, Estee Lauder and journalist Dorothy Kilgallen. When Lee is no longer able to get published because she has fallen out of step with current tastes, she turns her art form to deception, abetted by her loyal friend Jack (Richard E. Grant).
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61% WON'T SEE In the Rocky Mountains in Colorado, record producer James William Guercio runs recording studio Caribou Records. From around 1971 to 1985, Caribou is the site of recordings by, among others, Chicago, Amy Grant, Joe Walsh, Paul McCartney and Elton John. John even titled one album after the studio. The facilities are destroyed by a fire in 1985.
A biopic of Saturday Night Live standout, Chris Farley.
Based on true events, Christine is about an ambitious 29-year-old news reporter (Rebecca Hall), in Sarasota, FL, circa 1974. Relentlessly motivated to succeed, she knows she has talent, but being a driven career woman in the 1970s comes with its own challenges, especially when competition for a promotion, unrequited love for a coworker (Michael C. Hall) and a tumultuous home life lead to a dissolution of self. With ratings in the cellar, the station manager issues a mandate to deliver juicier and more exploitative stories, a story firmly at odds with Christine’s serious brand of issue-based journalism. To accomplish her goals, she must overcome her self-doubt and give the people what they want.
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33% WON'T SEE Robert Capa was one of the most famous war photographers of the 20th century. "Capa", a biopic starring Adrien Brody, will tell the story of his relationship with fellow photographer Gerda Taro (Natalie Portman) during the Spanish civil war.
Carrie Hamilton is the daughter of Carol Burnett, one of the most beloved figures on television and in film. Carrie journeys from teenage drug addiction to her sober adult life where she finds happiness and success as an actress and a writer before her untimely passing from cancer at age 38.
A biopic about Alina Fernandez, Fidel Castro's exiled daughter.
CBGB follows the story of Hilly Kristal's New York club from its origins as Country, Bluegrass and Blues (CBGB) to what it ultimately became: the birthplace of underground rock 'n roll and punk. Kristal, a fan of Country and Bluegrass dreamed of having a club in the lower Eastside that catered to that kind of music, when he had difficulty booking those bands he turned to other kinds of rock music. Hilly had one demand of the acts he booked, they could only play their own original music. No top 40's, no covers. It was the credo he lived by, support the artist at whatever the cost.
- 3.1
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Chávez chronicles the birth of a modern American movement led by famed civil rights leaderand labor organizer, Cesar Chavez. Torn between his duties as a husband and father and his commitment to bringing dignity and justice to others, Chavez embraced non-violence as he battled greed and prejudice in his struggle for the rights of farm workers. His triumphant journey is a remarkable testament to the power of one individual's ability to change the system.
- 4.1
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