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This documentary movie covers two concerts at the Fox Theatre in St. Louis, Missouri, to celebrate Chuck Berry’s 60th birthday, and also discusses his life and career.
Tag: Biography
Hilary and Jackie 1999 • Movie
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The tragic story of world renowned classic cellist Jacqueline du Pré, as told from the point of view of her sister, flautist Hilary du Pré-Finzi.
A Time to Live and a Time to Die 1988 • Movie
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The semi-autobiographical film on director Hou Hsiao-Hsien’s childhood and adolescence, when he was growing up in Taiwan, living through the deaths of his father, mother and grandmother.
Testament of Orpheus 1960 • Movie
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The Poet looks back over his life and work, recalling his inspirations and obsessions.
Georgia O’Keeffe 2009 • TvMovie
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Biopic of American artist Georgia O’Keeffe and her husband, photographer Alfred Stieglitz.
Dragon Girls 2013 • Movie
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The documentary “Drachenmädchen” (Dragon Girls) tells the story of three Chinese girls, training to become Kung Fu fighters, far away from their families at the Shaolin Tagou Kung Fu School, located right next to the Shaolin Monastery in China, place of origin of Kung Fu. Three girls in a crowd of 27.000 children, under pressure to conform to the norms and structures: They are turned into fighting robots and yet, if you look behind the curtain, you see children with dreams and aspirations.
Potato Dreams of America 2022 • Movie
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An autobiographical dark comedy about a gay boy growing up in the Soviet Union, his mail-order-bride mother, and their adventurous escape to America.
Crime After Crime 2011 • Movie
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The story of the battle to free Debbie Peagler, an incarcerated survivor of brutal domestic violence. Over 20 years in prison cannot crush the spirit of this determined African-American woman, despite the injustices she has experienced, first at the hands of a duplicitous boyfriend who beat her and forced her into prostitution, and later by prosecutors who cornered her into a life behind bars for her connection to the murder of her abuser. Her story takes an unexpected turn two decades later when a pair of rookie land-use attorneys cut their teeth on her case — and attract global attention to the troubled intersection of domestic violence and criminal justice.
Bhai – Vyakti Ki Valli 2019 • Movie
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Biopic of Marathi comedian, India’s first stand-up comedian P. L. Deshpande.
Manaslu – Berg der Seelen 2018 • Movie
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The great successes and tragedies in the life and work of Hans Kammerlander, the renowned mountaineer.
The Salt of the Earth 2014 • Movie
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The life and work of photographer Sebastião Salgado, who has spent forty years documenting societies in hidden corners of the world.
Boys Town 1938 • Movie
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When a death row prisoner tells him he wouldn’t have led a life of crime if only he had had one friend as a child, Father Edward Flanagan decides to start a home for young boys.
Dance with a Stranger 1985 • Movie
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A stormy relationship, complicated by the strictures of 1950s social class and gender roles, ends in death. Based on the life of Ruth Ellis, the last woman hanged in Britain.
First Lady of BMF: The Tonesa Welch Story 2023 • Movie
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Inspired by the true life of Detroit native Tonesa Welch. It charts Welch’s rise from a teenager’s mother to a drug dealer, she is referred to by federal prosecutors as “The First Lady of the BMF”
England Is Mine 2017 • Movie
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A portrait of Morrissey and his early life in 1970s Manchester before he went on to become the lead singer of seminal alternative rock band The Smiths.
Camille Claudel 1989 • Movie
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Camille Claude impresses already-famous sculptor Auguste Rodin. He hires her as an assistant, but soon Camille begins to sculpt for herself and she also becomes his mistress. But after a while, she would like to get out of his shadow.
Brian Wilson: Long Promised Road 2022 • Movie
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Documentary that looks at the career of musician Brian Wilson.
Whina 2022 • Movie
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A biopic of the trailblazing Maori leader, Dame Whina Cooper, whose extraordinary life saw her break gender boundaries, champion the rights of Maori, and fight for the land – all the while staying true to her heart and her beliefs.
The Metamorphosis of Birds 2021 • Movie
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The passing away of their mothers makes Catarina and her own father meet in an emotional place that is different from the one most fathers and daughters know.
The Great Moment 1944 • Movie
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The biography of Dr. W. T. Morgan, a 19th century Boston dentist, during his quest to have anesthesia, in the form of ether, accepted by the public and the medical and dental establishment.
Maddman: The Steve Madden Story 2017 • Movie
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Witness the incredible rise, fall, and resurrection of Steve Madden, the man who launched a billion dollar fashion empire and whose branded shoes are in the closet of practically every woman under 30 in America. The film recounts how Madden rebuilt his life following imprisonment because of his entanglement with the infamous Wolf of Wall Street, Jordan Belfort.
Dave Allen at Peace 2018 • TvMovie
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Filmed in homage to his original TV series, this factual drama follows Dave Allen from childhood to becoming one of the Ireland’s comedy greats, with just a whiskey, a cigarette and nine-and-a-half fingers. Dave Allen is played by Aidan Gillen (Game of Thrones).
Mamonas Pra Sempre 2009 • Movie
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Documentary about the story of Dinho, Bento, Julio, Samuel and Sergio, who started making dark songs in a band called Utopia and reached national fame in Brazil in 1995 as the comedy rock band Mamonas Assassinas.
Keith Haring: Street Art Boy 2020 • TvMovie
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The story of international art sensation Keith Haring, told using previously unheard interviews.
Jim: The James Foley Story 2016 • Movie
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An in-depth look at the life and work of American journalist James Foley, who was killed by ISIS terrorists in 2014.
Helmut Newton: Frames from the Edge 1989 • Movie
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A camera crew follows Helmut Newton, the fashion and ad photographer whose images of tall, blond, big-breasted women are part of the iconography of twentieth-century erotic fantasy. He’s on the go from L.A., to Paris, to Monte-Carlo, to Berlin, where he was a youth until he escaped from the Nazis in 1936. We see him on shoots, interviewing models, and discussing his work. It’s not art and it’s not good taste, he tells students. We meet June, his Australian-born wife, whom he married in 1948. Three actresses talk about working with Newton and how posing is different from acting. A heart attack in 1973 helps Newton re-focus, resulting in more personal photographic projects.
My Mother’s Castle 1991 • Movie
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Every holiday Marcel and his family go to their cottage near Marseilles. During one of these holidays he meets Isabelle, a pretty but conceited girl… Adapted from the cult classic novel from Marcel Pagnol.