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Publisher
Distributed by Timeless Media Group
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
In 1788, Mary Bryant, a starving young Cornwall girl, is convicted of a petty crime and sentenced to seven years in the Australian penal colony of Botany Bay. When Mary initiates an escape, she embarks on an arduous four thousand-mile journey toward freedom in a tragic and triumphant story that would make her one of history's most fascinating and courageous unsung heroines.--Container.
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
The eight-part docudrama, reveals the competitive forces behind history's most remarkable races for innovation. From Steve Jobs vs. Bill Gates to the Wright Brothers vs. Glen Curtiss, explores the rivalries, delving into the fierce power struggles, deceit, fluke timing and raw ambition out of which innovation was born. Bold reenactments are woven together with expert interviews to shed new perspective on the backstories of innovation that have shaped...
Publisher
Acorn
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Benedict Cumberbatch delivers a powerhouse performance as the title character English aristocrat based on the novels by Edward St Aubyn. Chronicling the hilarious highs and devastating lows of his tumultuous life, this blackly humorous drama follows Patrick from his childhood trauma at the hands of an abusive father and neglectful mother, to the peak of his heroin addiction, and his attempts to stay sober and support his family.
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Mark Ruffalo leads this family saga, which follows the parallel lives of identical twin brothers in an epic story of betrayal, sacrifice and forgiveness set against the backdrop of 20th-century America. The six-episode limited drama series is based on Wally Lamb's New York Times bestseller and award-winning book, I Know This Much Is True.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Chronicles the rich history of an institution at the heart of the African American experience. Beginning with enslavement, traveling through Emancipation, Jim Crow, the Great Migration, the Civil Rights movement, and ending in the present-day, Gates takes viewers on a journey through time, focusing on the key events, charismatic figures, political debates, and musical traditions that have shaped, and been shaped by, the Black Church. The series also...
6) Close to me
Publisher
Sundance Now
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Jo Harding is a woman who has a perfect life with her partner until a fall erases an entire year from her memory. As she struggles to piece events together, Jo discovers that her life was, in fact, far from perfect.
7) Nolly
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Nolly reveals the story of Noele 'Nolly' Gordon, one of the most famous faces on British TV in the 1960s and 70s, whose unceremonious firing from her hit show at the height of her career was front-page news. A bold exploration of how the establishment turns on women who refuse to play by the rules, Nolly is an enjoyable and wildly entertaining ride through Gordon's most tumultuous years, and a sharp, affectionate, and heart-breaking portrait of a...
8) Quiz
Publisher
RLJ Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
When a simplistic, "question and answer" quiz show, "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?", goes on the air in the UK. the nation is gripped. As the show's ratings grow, so does Diana Ingram's desire to be in the hotseat with the chance of winning the biggest cash prize in history. When her husband Charles, an eccentric army man, makes it onto the show, he causes a major scandal after being caught cheating his way to winning 1 million.
9) Innocent
Publisher
BBC Studios
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
A story of love, lust jealousy and betrayal, of one man's fight to rebuild his shattered life and a family's struggle to find the truth behind their loved one's murder. After seven years in a high security prison, David Collins' (Lee Ingleby) conviction for the murder of his wife, Tara, is overturned due to a technicality, or as his lawyer puts it "an appalling miscarriage of justice". Able to start his life again and begin to rebuild relationships...
Publisher
KOCH Vision
Pub. Date
[2007], c1971
Language
English
Description
In 1757, during the French and Indian War, half-sisters Cora and Alice Munro set out to join their father, the British Commander of Fort William Henry. After they are betrayed by Magua, the sisters are rescued by Hawkeye whose efforts to lead them to safety are aided by the noble Mohican Uncas, the last of this tribe.
11) Sharp objects
Publisher
Home Box Office
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
A reporter confronts the psychological demons from her past when she returns to her hometown to cover a violent murder.
12) The thorn birds
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
A priest torn between God and human passion. A beautiful girl desiring only what she cannot have. Five decades of ambition, fear, longing and revenge.
13) Roots
Publisher
A & E Television Networks
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
The gripping story is told through four generations, from the capture of Kunta Kinte in Africa to his transport to Colonial America in brutal conditions through successive generations fighting to win their freedom in the Civil War. Based on Alex Haley's best-selling novel which has resonated with millions of Americans, it reveals powerful, universal truths about the resilience of the human spirit.
Publisher
Distributed in the United States and Canada by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Two sisters attempting to find happiness in the tightly structured society of 19th century England. Elinor, disciplined, restrained and very conscious of the manners of the day, represents sense.
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
The white princess is a tale of power, family, love and betrayal, charting one of the most tumultuous times in British history uniquely from the point of view of the women. The tempestuous marriage between Elizabeth of York and King Henry VII officially marks of the conclusion of the War of the Roses, but the real battle for the throne is far from over.
16) The wild west
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
©2013
Language
English
Description
Re-evaluates three of the most famous figures of the American West. Colonel Custer's last stand at Little Bighorn, Billy the Kid, and the role that Wyatt Earp played in the gunfight at the OK Corral. Wild West presents the facts, uncovering secrets and twists, proving that once and for all, fact can be a lot more interesting than fiction. Includes dramatic re-enactments.
Publisher
New Video
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
The moving romantic story of two lovers who create an intimate private world amidst the pomp and politics of the court of St. James. This epic miniseries shows us a Victoria that we have never seen before--not the staid and stately old matron cloaked in black--but a young, passionate, sensual Victoria who takes command of the throne and falls head over heels in love with the dashing German prince who will father her six children.
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