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drama film, historical film, silent film
thumb|left General Manuel Belgrano (Bushman) is leading a military campaign against Spanish rule. His sweetheart, Monica (Logan), the daughter of a Spanish loyalist, is acting as a spy and supplying information. Monica is captured and sent…
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documentary film, historical film, war film
historical film
Sad tidings have brought Sally, a young woman, from New England to the Barbary Coast. She is trying to find who murdered her brother. Sally is glad to get a job signing at Dude's saloon.
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drama film, historical film
documentary film, historical film, war film
silent film
The film takes place in Paris, 1793, during the Reign of Terror following the start of the French Revolution. Paul de Roulade (Pedro de Cordoba) is a hero to the Proletariat, who cry him 'Citizen de Roulade'. One evening he gets into an ar…
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biographical film, documentary film, historical film
A journey into the life and work of beat poet and activist Bob Kaufman and his insistence that poetry is fundamental to humanity's moral survival.
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historical film
drama film, historical film
historical film
historical film
Drama, drama film, historical film, sport film
The fictional story is set during the Heysel Stadium disaster that took place on 29 May 1985 at the Heysel Stadium in Brussels, during the 1985 European Cup Final between Liverpool and Juventus, which resulted in the deaths of 39 supporter…
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documentary film
Smith preempts the start of the interview by giving a summary of what he sees as the three inescapable problems that have faced humans from the earliest development of civilization: how to earn a living, how to get along with our fellow hu…
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adventure film, drama film, historical film, romance film, silent film
drama film, race film
The film focuses on a young African American who continues his family’s tradition of military service when he is drafted into the United States Army during World War II. Despite complications that arise during his basic training, including…
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historical film
drama film, historical film, silent film
documentary film, historical film, war film
historical film
Called before the House Un-American Activities Committee. (HUAC) during their notorious Hollywood Ten investigation, famed German playwright Bertolt Brecht must choose between betraying himself and his friends, and imprisonment. In the end…
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drama film, historical film, thriller film
The film portrays the ancient rivalry between the Boduas and the Shawlains, which has graduated into a tense and bloody unrest. Amidst this turmoil two young lovers, Jerome (Chris Okagbue) and Nadia (Fella Makafui), struggle transform the …
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documentary film, historical film
thumb|Filmmaker Ricardo Preve and actress Paula Odell Humphries, who played the role of Catherine Roberts in the documentary A group of Welsh colonists decides to emigrate to Argentina's Patagonia region in 1865. Among them is a woman call…
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documentary film, historical film, war film
Historical drama, Romance Film
biographical film, drama film, historical film