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The Jesse Owens story

1989
Presents the life of legendary track star Jesse Owens, who won four gold medals over Hitler's supermen and captured America's heart.

Zora is my name!

1990
A dramatization of the life of Zora Neale Hurston, who wrote of the folklore of the rural South.

Zora is my name!

2006
Dramatizes the life and career of novelist Zora Neale Hurston whose writings provided insights into African-American life in the 1930s and 1940s.

Ali

2002
The life and career of Muhammad Ali, from the 1964 fight with Sonny Liston to the 1974 championship bout with George Foreman.

The tragedy of Julius Caesar

1966
Brutus, best friend of the Roman ruler Caesar, reluctantly joins a successful plot to murder Caesar and subsequently destroys himself.

Once upon a time-- when we were colored

1998
A boy grows up in the segregated South, experiencing both the love and support of his tightly-knit "colored" community, and the bigotry and intolerance of outsiders.

Lackawanna blues

2005
Tells the tale of an African-American whose spirit and strength serve as the foundation for a community struggling through the segregation era.

Henry IV, part 1

While England is threatened by rebellion, the king's son haunts the taverns of London with a crew of rogues and thieves led by the dissolute knight, Sir John Falstaff, but the Earl of Northumber and his son scheme to overthrow King Henry IV.

Doctor Faustus

2010
Presents the classic drama of a magician's encounter with the demon Mephistopheles, and the exchange of his soul for worldly gains.

The burning season

the Chico Mendes story
1995
Tells the true story of Chico Mendes, a Brazilian rubber tapper who leads his people in protest against government and developers who want to cut down their part of the rainforest for a new road and ranch land.

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