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All My Babies
All My Babies
George C. Stoney

This beautiful film is the story of "Miss Mary" Coley, an African-American midwife more than half a century ago in rural Georgia. Conceived as a demonstration film for illiterate "granny" midwives,...

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Audrey Hepburn
Audrey Hepburn
Remembered
Janson Media

Audrey Hepburn was one of movies best-loved stars, blessed with beauty, talent, an elegant sophistication, and an enduring aura of youthful innocence.

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Black, White and Gray
Black, White and Gray
Robert Mapplethorpe

Yale-educated and born with a silver spoon in his mouth, Sam Wagstaff's transformation from innovative museum curator to Roger Mapplethorpe's lover and patron is extensively probed in Black,...

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Charlton Heston
Charlton Heston
For All Seasons
Janson Media

Here, in his own words, is Heston's life as well as highlights of a career that resulted in over 60 motion pictures.

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El Charro Immortal
El Charro Immortal
Rafael E Portas

This documentary takes a look at the life and work of Jorge Negrete, the beloved Mexican film star known as "The Singing Cowboy." Footage of some of Mexico's biggest film stars of the 1930s, 40s,...

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Christopher Reeve: Hope In Motion
Christopher Reeve: Hope In Motion
Christopher Reeve

This intimate portrait focuses on Chris's remarkable recovery of movement and his constant fight to fully regain his mobility. Following Chris closely over many months of treatment and public...

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Confessions of a Super Hero
Confessions of a Super Hero
Matthew Ogens

CONFESSIONS OF A SUPERHERO is a feature length documentary that chronicles the lives of three mortal men and one mortal woman who make their living working as superhero characters on Hollywood...

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Diary of a Vampire
Diary of a Vampire
The Legacy of Bram Stoker
Reality Films

There are mysteries which men can only guess at, which age by age they may solve only in part. Bram Stoker

What are the mysteries which mere men can only guess at? Have we finally solved all the...

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East LA Marine
East LA Marine
The True Untold Story of Guy Gabaldon
Steve Rubin

East LA Marine is the true story of WWII Marine Guy Gabaldon who singlehandedly captured over 1,500 Japanese during the bloody battle of Saipan in the summer of 1944. This all-but-forgotten American...

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Fantasy Film World of George Pal
Fantasy Film World of George Pal
Charlton Heston

Among the legends of Hollywood, George Pal takes his place as a true visionary, an innovator and showman who profoundly shaped the art of motion pictures

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