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1) Selma
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From the Oscar-winning producers of 12 Years a Slave and acclaimed director Ava DuVernay comes the true story of courage and hope that changed the world forever. Golden Globe nominee David Oyelowo shines as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., who rallied his followers on the historic march from Selma to Montgomery in the face of violent opposition, an event that became a milestone victory for the civil rights movement. Oscar nominees Oprah Winfrey and Tom...
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Based on the best-selling novel, THE OTHER BOLEYN GIRL is a captivating tale of intrigue, romance and betrayal starring Natalie Portman, Scarlett Johansson, and Eric Bana. Two sisters, Anne (Portman) and Mary (Johansson), are driven by their ambitious family to seduce the king of England (Bana) in order to advance their position in court. What starts as an opportunity for the girls to increase the family fortune becomes a deadly rivalry to capture...
3) Green Dragon
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Set in the aftermath of the Vietnam War, this poignant drama follows Tai (Don Duong), a young refugee navigating life in a makeshift camp in the U.S. while awaiting resettlement. His uncle Minh (Long Nguyen) takes on the role of camp manager, helping the displaced find hope in a foreign land. Tai forms an unlikely friendship with a compassionate cook, Addie (Forest Whitaker), who helps him heal from the trauma of war.
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From director Peter Mullan comes a powerful drama based on true events. Set in 1964 Ireland, the film follows three young women—Margaret (Anne-Marie Duff), Bernadette (Nora-Jane Noone), and Rose (Dorothy Duffy)—who are sent to a Magdalene asylum for being deemed “fallen” by society. Inside the oppressive institution, they endure harsh labor and dehumanizing treatment under the watchful eye of the sadistic Sister Bridget (Geraldine McEwan)....
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On a poor New Hampshire farm in 1860’s America, family ties are tested during the Thanksgiving holiday when a wealthy, bitter woman pays an unexpected visit to her estranged daughter and grandchildren. As she attempts to control the family with money and social influence, secrets of the past are revealed—ones that could tear the family apart forever, or finally reunite it for a long-awaited, old-fashioned Thanksgiving. Inspired by Louisa May Alcott’s...
6) Origin
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Written and directed by Academy Award nominee Ava DuVernay, ORIGIN chronicles the tragedy and triumph of Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Isabel Wilkerson as she investigates a global phenomenon of epic proportions.Portrayed by Academy Award nominee Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor (“King Richard”), Isabel experiences unfathomable personal loss and love as she crosses continents and cultures to craft one of the defining American books of our time. Inspired...
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In "Enemies, A Love Story," adapted from Isaac Bashevis Singer's novel, Holocaust survivor Herman Broder (Ron Silver) juggles relationships with three women in post-war New York. Caught between his current wife, his mistress, and a woman presumed dead, Herman grapples with guilt, love, and identity. As his tangled web of lies unravels, Herman must confront the ghosts of his past to find redemption and forge a path forward in a world haunted by memories...
8) CBGB
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CBGB looks at New York’s dynamic punk rock scene through the lens of the ground-breaking Lower East Side club started by eccentric Hilly Kristal in 1973 which launched thousands of bands.
10) The War is Over
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In this touching real-life Italian drama, an engineer and a group of educators care for Jewish orphans after World War II. Adapted from Aharon Megged's "The Story of the Selvino Children: Journey to the Promised Land."
11) W.E
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Madonna's beautifully crafted film tells the story of a lonely New Yorker who begins to explore the ultimate love story: King Edward VIII's abdication of the throne for the woman he loved.
12) The Hiding place
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Traces the life of Corrie Ten Boom, from the quiet years before World War II, to her work with the "underground" in helping to save the lives of countless Jewish families.
Disc 2 contains a Corrie anthology, bonus materials and a photo gallery.
13) Padre Pio
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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,...
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Subtitled “Chronicle of a Present Absentee,” this humorous, heartbreaking film (the final installment in a trilogy that includes Chronicle of a Disappearance and Divine Intervention) is set among the Israeli Arab community and shot largely in homes and places in which Suleiman’s family once lived. Inspired by his father’s diaries, letters his mother sent to family members who had fled the Israeli occupation, and the director’s own recollections,...
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Albert Pierrepoint (Timothy Spall) finds great success as Britain's most famous public executioner and his notoriety rises to a new level after he is selected to hang Nazi war criminals after the Nuremberg trials. The experience changes him, and he begins to question the morality of his vocation at the same time that abolitionists begin a campaign to end hanging.
17) A Radiant Girl
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Paris, summer 1942. Irene is a 19-year-old aspiring actress without a care in the world. Her family watches her discover friends, new love and a passion for the theater, all the while without her realizing that time is running out. Legendary French actress Sandrine Kiberlain makes her directorial debut with this allegorical coming-of-age drama set in Nazi-occupied France, that is in turns enchanting and devastating, anchored by a star-making lead...
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