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The story of W C Handy, the undisputed father of the blues

With the support of her family and the man she loves, the 14th child of a modest family will become the most famous singer in the world

Joan, with her trademark wit, candidly takes us on journey through her life and the ups and downs of her 70 year silver screen and showbiz career

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A documentary on the legendary film composer Ennio Morricone

The Belgian filmmaker Manu Bonmariage, known as the spiritual father of the Striptease show, now has Alzheimers at 76 Although his memory plays tricks on him, his daughter Emmanuelle goes back in time to portray a direct cinema fil

This movie shows the idealized career of the singer Al Jolson, a little Jewish boy who goes against the will of his father in order to be in showbiz He becomes a star, falls in love with a non Jewish dancer, and marries her In the

In 1939 Gracie Fields, the Queen of Hearts, is at the height of her success as a singer and actress and the whole nation seems to wish her a speedy recovery from cervical cancer When World War Two breaks out, Gracie sings for t

American Masters Raul Julia The Worlds a Stage is a Special Presentation of American Masters and VOCES Produced by Latino PBS, VOCES is an acclaimed PBS documentary series featuring the best Latino arts, culture and history

A determined single mother, with nothing but guts and vision, breaks through notorious art world barriers to become one of the preeminent painters of our time

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In the early 1960s, a married couple undergo hypnosis, which unlocks memories of a forgotten event on a lonely road Soon they believe they were abducted by extraterrestrials

Lon Chaney, the silent movie star and makeup artist, renowned for his various characterizations and celebrated for his horror films, becomes the subject of this documentary

The story of how a young black boy from working class 1950s Dublin, became Irelands Greatest Rock Star As lead singer of Thin Lizzy, Phil Lynott was a songwriter, a poet, a dreamer, a wildman

This film follows Norma Jean from her simple, ambitious youth to her superstar pinnacle and back down She moves from lover to lover in order to further her career She finds fame but never happiness, only knowing seduction but no

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Why She Smiles is the true, inspirational story of 34 year old Jamie Sorum, who is battling Huntingtons Disease Huntingtons Disease is a rare, fatal neurological disease with symptoms being described as having ALS Lou Gehrigs

In early days Remu Aaltonen was young musician and his band named Hurriganes were unknown This story is all about the Finnish rock band and how they became famous

Follow the life and legacy of the master and so called founding father of jazz, Americas first pop star, and cultural ambassador

Born to Korean immigrant parents freed from indentured servitude in early twentieth century Mexico, Jeronimo Lim Kim joins the Cuban Revolution with his law school classmate Fidel Castro and becomes an accomplished government offi

Documentary on Marian Anderson an African American woman, an international singing star in the twentieth century, who succeeded over racial prejudice and became an inspiration for Americas civil rights movement

When a rock n roll stars life comes crashing down, he must fight his past demons to realize his childhood ambition of becoming a preacher

Documentary about the life of Harry Chapin

The story of what happens in between where we are born and who we decide to be, the only place we can really call home

Actress Patty Duke portrays herself in this autobiographical film that details her long time struggle with mental illness

You Got to Move is a documentary by Lucy Massie Phenix Winter Soldier and Veronica Selver Word Is Out that follows people from communities in the Southern United States in their various processes of becoming involved in social

True story from the 19th century about an English actress who marries a US plantation owner Appalled by slavery, she dedicates her life to oppose it and her husband and help her husbands slaves in any way possible, including esc

Traces the Beats from Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouacs meeting in 1944 at Columbia University to the deaths of Ginsberg and William S Burroughs in 1997 Three actors provide dramatic interpretations of the work of these three wr

Biographic made for TV movie of the life of one of Hollywoods most famous actreses Audrey Hepburn, spaning from her early childhood to the 1960s which details her life as Dutch overachieving ballerina, coming to grips with her

Frits van Egters life in the last ten days of the year 1946

The film reveals the path taken by a young man from a small town in Poland to become one of the best footballers of his time

Agent Melvin Purvis is placed in charge of running down notorious killer Machine Gun Kelly, and sets out to do just that

The life of Enrico Piaggio and the story of the most famous scooter in the world VESPA

Beginning before the Nativity and extending through the Crucifixion and Resurrection, this mini series brings to life all of the sweeping drama in the life of Jesus, as told by the Gospels

A biography of St Clare of Assisi, who left her wealthy family to become a nun after hearing St Francis preach

The life story of the highly influential Chinese philosopher, Confucius