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Shirley (2024)
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Shirley Chisholm makes a trailblazing run for the 1972 Democratic presidential nomination after becoming the first Black woman elected to Congress.
Style:
exciting, serious, captivating, realistic, disturbing, inspirational, sincere, informative, political drama
Plot:
politics, african american, president, convention, media, strategy, conversation, election, black history, martin luther king, fighting the system, underdog, social issues, life, career, usa president, community, female protagonist, congress, black, black american, based on real people, black woman, u.s. congress, strong female lead
Time:
70s, year 1972, 20th century
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
The inspiring true story of Richard Montañez, the Frito Lay janitor who channeled his Mexican American heritage and upbringing to turn the iconic Flamin’ Hot Cheetos into a snack that disrupted the food industry and became a global pop culture ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK, France, USA
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"Selma," as in Alabama, the place where segregation in the South was at its worst, leading to a march that ended in violence, forcing a famous statement by President Lyndon B. Johnson that ultimately led to the signing of the Civil Rights ...
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Duration: 100 min.
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Duration: 132 min.
Story:
Lyndon B. Johnson's amazing 11-month journey from taking office after JFK's assassination, through the fight to pass the 1964 Civil Rights Act and his own presidential campaign, culminating on the night LBJ is actually elected to the ...
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Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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481
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 271 min.
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Story:
A 1978 TV miniseries about the career of Martin Luther King Jr. from his days as a Baptist minister in Atlanta in the early '50s until his assassination in 1968.
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
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Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
31%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, serious, sincere, political, talky
Plot:
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
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Duration: 202 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Country: UK, France, South Africa
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Italy, Belgium, Bulgaria
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
thought provoking, tense, serious, realistic, disturbing ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Based on the book by John Heilemann and Mark Halperin, Game Change focuses on the Republican run of the 2008 Presidential election, when candidate John McCain picks a relative unknown, Alaskan governor Sarah Palin, to be his running mate. As the ...
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Audience:
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
In the pre-Civil War United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery. Facing cruelty as well as unexpected kindnesses Solomon struggles not only to stay alive, but to retain his dignity. In ...
Style:
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Audience:
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