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2) Queen
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The remarkable history of Alex Haley's paternal side. Queen is the daughter of a slave and a plantation owner. During the turbulent decades of the antebellum South, the Civil War, Reconstruction, and beyond, she searches for a home in the two cultures and at times is shunned by both. Rejection and hate are no match for her unconquerable will.
3) Roots
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An adaptation of Alex Haley's Roots, in which he traces his family's history from the mid-18th century when one of his ancestors was captured and sold into slavery. Follows the struggle for freedom that began with the boy's abduction to America and continued throughout the generations that followed.
4) Roots
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English
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An adaptation of Alex Haley's "Roots", in which Haley traces his African American family's history from the mid-18th century to the Reconstruction era.
5) Roots
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English
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An adaptation of Alex Haley's "Roots", in which Haley traces his African American family's history from the mid-18th century to the Reconstruction era.
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Special Edition Blu-ray edition that includes both the original 188 minute original cut and the 135 minute director's cut of Mailer's Pulitzer Prize winning novel based on the true story of Gary Gilmore, a convicted murderer who commited two separate and senseless murders then lobbied for his own execution, becoming the first person to be executed in the USA -- by firing squad, as he chose -- in over ten years since the government reinstated the death...
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Follows the life and times of Frank Sinatra, one of the most popular and acclaimed singer/actors of the 20th century. Begins with his childhood in Hoboken, New Jersey and follows Sinatra's rise to the top in the '40s. Continues through the dark days of the early '50s and his triumphant re-emergence in the mid-'50s. Goes on to show his status as pop culture icon in the '60s, '70s and '80s. In between, highlights all the main events of Frank's life,...
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In the 1980s, everyone was making the big bucks and F. Ross Johnson, CEO of RJR Nabisco, wants to make his fortune. He decides to buy out the Nabisco shareholders and take over his company in order to escape the tyranny of the stockholders. Johnson is introduced to the master of the leveraged buyout, Henry Kravis, but afraid of losing the company to this sharp dealer, he decides to make his move with Peter Cohen. Kravis mounts his own buy-out campaign,...
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Helen was a young girl everyone believed was too deaf, dumb and blind to be helped. A child with the inability to speak or comprehend the world around her. She was saved by Annie Sullivan, a persistent and outspoken teacher who came into Helen's life. Together they accomplished the impossible and taught one another the values of patience, tolerance and compassion. They embark on an amazing and triumphant journey that made the name Helen Keller synonymous...