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Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Intimate stranger is a poetic and emotional jigsaw puzzle carved out of the voluminous memorabilia of his grandfather's life story. Family members try to make sense of it all in this witty, candid and cinematically inventive documentary biography. In nobody's business, Alan Berliner takes on his reclusive father as the reluctant subject of this poignant and graceful study of family history and memory.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
In nobody's business, Alan Berliner takes on his reclusive father as the reluctant subject of this poignant and graceful study of family history and memory. What emerges is a uniquely cinematic biography that finds both humor and pathos in the swirl of conflicts and affections that bind father and son. Ultimately this complex portrait is a meeting of the minds - where the past meets the present, where generations collide, and where the boundaries...
5) My Left Foot
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
1989.
Language
English
Description
In this inspiring biographical drama, Daniel Day-Lewis stars as Christy Brown, an Irish man born with cerebral palsy who can only control his left foot. Raised in a poor, working-class family, Christy faces immense challenges but, with the support of his mother (Brenda Fricker), learns to express himself through painting and writing. His remarkable determination leads him to become a celebrated artist and author.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
A biographical study of legendary actress Charlotte Rampling, told through her own conversations with artist friends and collaborators, including Peter Lindbergh, Paul Auster, and Juergen Teller. Intercut with footage from some of Rampling's most famous films, this "self-portrait through others" is a revealing look at one of our most iconic screen stars.
10) The American
Publisher
Vertical Entertainment
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Based on the story of Joy Womack (Talia Ryder), one of the very few Americans ever accepted into Russia’s elite Bolshoi Ballet. Testing the limits of dedication, determination, sacrifice and virtuosity, Joy’s brilliance is an inspirational journey into the most competitive, hostile dance school in the world. Spurred on by Tatiyana Volkova (Diane Kruger), the Bolshoi’s magnetic and masterful tutor, and the searing passions of first love, Joy’s...
Publisher
Giant Pictures
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
From director John Ridley comes a biographical drama starring André Benjamin as Jimi Hendrix. The film captures Hendrix’s rise from an unknown backup guitarist in New York to a rock legend in London. Set in 1966-67, it follows his journey through the vibrant music scene, leading up to his breakthrough performance at the Monterey Pop Festival.
12) Liz & Dick
Publisher
Lifetime
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
For nearly a quarter of a century, Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton were Hollywood royalty and their fiery romance -- often called “the marriage of the century” -- was the most notorious, publicized and celebrated love affair of its day. Starring Lindsay Lohan and Grant Bowler, LIZ & DICK chronicles the fiery, legendary on-again off-again romance between Hollywood stars Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton.
13) Wildcat
Publisher
Oscilloscope Laboratories
Language
English
Formats
Description
As 24 year-old Flannery O'Connor is writing her first novel, she is already pondering huge questions of morality and humanity when she is diagnosed with lupus--the disease her father died from when she was a child. She decides to visit her mother despite their strained relationship, but her health crisis invokes a crisis of faith, and the lines between reality, imagination, and religion begin to blur.
14) Sink or swim
Author
Series
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
A contemporary classic and a landmark in autobiographical filmmaking, 'Sink or Swim' is an unflinching account of the highly charged relationship between a daughter and her father. Through a series of twenty-six short stories, a young girl chronicles the childhood events that shaped her ideas about fatherhood, family relations, work and play. As the stories unfold, a dual portrait emerges: that of a father who cared more for his career than for his...
15) Nolly
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
A sharp, affectionate, heart-breaking portrait of Nolly, a forgotten icon. Noele Gordon became Britain’s biggest star, but in 1981, at the peak of her fame, she was suddenly axed without warning or explanation. Explore how the establishment turned on a woman who refused to play by the rules, and finally answer the question: why was she fired at her pinnacle?
16) Padre Pio
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
It is the end of World War I and the young Italian soldiers are making their way back to San Giovanni Rotondo, a land of poverty, historic violence, and the iron-clad rule of the church and its wealthy landowners. Families are desperate, the men are broken, but victorious. Padre Pio (Shia Labeouf) also arrives, to a remote Capuchin monastery, to begin his ministry evoking an aura of compelling charisma, saintliness, and storied visions of Jesus, Mary,...
17) Son of God
Publisher
MGM
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
The life story of Jesus is told from his humble birth through his teachings, crucifixion and ultimate resurrection.
19) Stardust
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
In 1971, a 24-year-old fledgling David Bowie (Johnny Flynn) is sent to America to promote his newest record, The Man Who Sold the World. Leaving behind his pregnant wife Angie (Jena Malone), Bowie and his band embark on a makeshift tour with struggling Mercury Records publicist Rob Oberman (Marc Maron). Stateside, Bowie is quickly met with an audience that's not yet ready for him. Bowie begins to realize a need to reinvent himself. His iconic, celestial...
20) Winner
Publisher
Vertical Entertainment
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Reality Winner, a brilliant, sarcastic young misfit from Texas with a relentless need for helping others, finds her morals challenged working as an NSA contractor, ultimately leaking Russia’s hacking campaign of the 2016 U.S. Presidential election.
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