biographical films

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655
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biographical films

George Washington

Traces the life of George Washington from his youth in colonial Virginia to his election as president of the United States, focusing on his military career and role in the Revolutionary War.

Forget me not

the Anne Frank story
A young boy filled with hatred for Jews suddenly finds himself face-to-face with the consequences of his beliefs when he travels through time and meets Anne Frank.

Unbroken

Olympian and war hero Louis Zamperini survived in a raft for 47 days after a near-fatal plane crash in WWII, only to be caught by the Japanese Navy and sent to a prisoner-of-war camp.

The Directors

Sidney Lumet

The Directors

James Cameron

The Directors

David Zucker and Jim Abrahams and Jerry Zucker

Henry Hudson

2006
Two young hosts meet Henry Hudson and learn about his four voyages including an expedition along the eastern coast of North America and a voyage into what is now known as Hudson Bay.

Bach's fight for freedom

2002
Johann Sebastian Bach, the chapel organist for Duke Wilhelm, is already frustrated when the duke assigns him a servant he is sure is a spy. Young Frederick, however, is a free spirit like his master and they both know what it is like to not be able to follow one's dreams.

The Ernest Green story

2005
A dramatization of the 1957 Civil Rights stand at Little Rock Central High School, when Ernest Green, one of nine African-American students to integrate the all-white school, faced harassment in order to graduate.

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