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1) Awakenings
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English
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Dr. Malcolm Sayer (Robin Williams) is a shy research physician who uses an experimental drug to "awaken" the catatonic victims of a rare disease. The awakening of the first patient proves a rebirth for the doctor, too, as the patient reveals life's simple but sweet pleasures to the introverted doctor. Encouraged by Leonard's stunning recovery, Sayer administers the drug to other patients.
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"The landmark HBO documentary that sparked an international movement to "Free the West Memphis Three", Paradise Lost [: the child murders at Robin Hood Hills] investigates the gruesome 1993 murder of three eight-year-old boys and the three teenagers accused of killing them as part of a Satanic ritual. From real-life courtroom drama and clandestine jailhouse interviews to behind-the-scenes strategy meetings and intimate moments with grief-stricken...
3) Foxcatcher
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Based on true events, the dark and fascinating story of the unlikely and ultimately tragic relationship between an eccentric multi-millionaire and two champion wrestlers.
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
American serial killers are hardly a phenomenon confined to the 20th and 21st centuries. The Old West was a well-known time of lawlessness. A time when serial killers stalked the mountains, prairies and deserts of North America. A time when men like, Billy the Kid, Jesse James, John Wesley Hardin, and the Kentucky cannibal left a trail of victims strewn across the landscape. The ruthlessness of their murders will shock in this feature-length documentary...
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
True story centering on the new investigation surrounding the 1993 murders of three 8-year-old boys in the town of West Memphis, Arkansas. Evidence surrounding the murders exposed the wrongful conviction of three teenagers who lost 18 years of their lives imprisoned for crimes they did not commit.
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
A two-part documentary that explores the separate but parallel experiences of two young boys, James "Jimmy" Safechuck, at age ten, and Wade Robson, at age seven, both of whom were befriended by Michael Jackson. They and their families were invited into his wondrous world, entranced by the singer's fairy-tale existence as his career reached its peak. Through gut-wrenching interviews with Safechuck, now 37, and Robson, now 41, as well as their mothers,...
Series
Criterion Collections volume 753
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English
Description
Examines the roadside murder of a Dallas police officer, and the subsequent arrest and conviction of Randall Adams, who was given a death sentence despite overwhelming evidence of his innocence.
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Produced with the purpose of alleviating the stigma associated with dyslexia, The big picture features the testimony of individuals from various backgrounds diagnosed with dyslexia (including investment advisor Charles Schwab and billionaire Richard Branson) describing how they learned to live with and overcome their disability. Medical experts explain the neurological causes of the condition.
Pub. Date
[2001]
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English
Description
Returns to West Memphis, Ark. to re-examine the controversial story of the child murders at Robin Hood Hills, the most notorious murder case in the state's history, revealing startling new evidence and exploring the ironies and ambiguities of a mystery that refuses to go away.
13) The sentence
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Cindy Shank, mother of three, is serving a 15-year sentence in federal prison for her tangential involvement with a Michigan drug ring years earlier. This intimate portrait of mandatory minimum drug sentencing's devastating consequences, captured by Cindy's brother, follows her and her family over the course of ten years."--IMDb.
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English
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Fred Waitzkin, a sportswriter who dreams his 7-year-old son Josh will grow up to play baseball. One day in the park with his mother, Josh displays more than talent, he has a gift. Sensing his son is a future champion, Fred places Josh under the tutelage of a strict chess teacher. But when Josh suddenly starts to lose, his parents must confront their own motivations, and recognize what Josh prizes more than winning; his family's love.
15) Batkid begins
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
In 2013, while battling Leukemia, five-year-old Miles Scott was granted his wish to become Batman's sidekick Batkid through the work of the Make-a-Wish Foundation culminating in a media-event that captured the public imagination in the U.S. and around the world.
17) Chasing Madoff
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Presents an account of how Harry Markopolos and his team of investigators uncovered Bernard Madoff's investment fraud empire.
Series
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
In 1983, Deborah Peagler, a woman brutally abused by her boyfriend, was sentenced to 25 years-to-life for her connection to his murder. Twenty years later, California passed a law allowing incarcerated domestic violence survivors to reopen their cases. This documentary follows two attorneys who take Debbie's case and strive to attain testimonies of long lost witnesses, proof of perjured evidence, and new testimonies from the men who committed the...
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Six degrees of helter skelter: A documentary retelling of the notorious Manson Family murders, featuring original music recordings, rare vintage photos, and never-before seen autopsy reports. Hole: When a group of prep school friends throw a party a long-abandoned bomb shelter, a night of fun becomes a night of survival when someone locks them in from the outside. Nameless: Five years after her daughter, Angela, was murdered, Claudia receives a phone...
20) More than a game
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Follows Akron's St. Vincent-St. Mary Fighting Irish high school basketball team (featuring five future NBA players, including superstar LeBron James) as they win their way to national acclaim.
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