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1) Till
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"Till is a profoundly emotional and cinematic film about the true story of Mamie Till-Mobley's relentless pursuit of justice for her 14-year-old son, Emmett Till, who, in 1955, was lynched while visiting his cousins in Mississippi. In Mamie's poignant journey of grief turned to action, we see the universal power of a mother's ability to change the world"--Container.
2) Till death
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After a romantic evening in their secluded lake house, Emma awakens handcuffed to her dead husband. Trapped and isolated in the dead of winter, she must fight off hired killers to escape her husband's twisted plan.
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Pat Tillman chose to walk away from a multimillion-dollar football contract and join the military for no other reason than he felt it was the right thing to do. Documented are the facts surrounding the way the military manipulated his tragic death in the line of duty into a propaganda tool, which is totally unfathomable.
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"World War II is over, and millions of GIs forever changed by the war return to a nation far different from the one they left. Among them are three Marines: Bill, an easygoing cowpoke with a silver plate in his head and a dream of buying a ranch; Perry, a once-promising boxer who lost his legs in combat; and the youngest, Cliff, who went to war a boy and came back a man. Once home, Cliff meets a gentle war widow as profoundly altered by the conflict...
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The shameful, sadistic murder of 14-year-old Emmett Till, a black boy who whistled at a white woman in a Mississippi grocery store in 1955, was a powerful catalyst for the civil rights movement. Although Till's killers were apprehended, they were quickly acquitted by an all-white, all-male jury and proceeded to sell their story to a journalist, providing grisly details of the murder. Three months after Till's body was recovered, the Montgomery Bus...
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Aaron Corbin, a successful businessman, finds himself enjoying life and his new bride Kelly. Married life suits Aaron and his company has hit it big, but with new found success comes bigger problems. His life begins to fall apart and to save it means regrettable deadly consequences of betrayal and murder. --Amazon.com
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Classic musicals volume 8
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Till the clouds roll by: This Technicolor musical is loosely based upon the life of composer Jerome Kern, showing Kern's struggles to break into writing songs for Broadway, his moving to London for the sake of his work and his eventual triumph on Broadway as the composer of one of the biggest musicals ever, Show Boat.
All-American co-ed: Two colleges, all-male Quinceton University and all-female Marr Brynn University. After some Marr Brynn students...
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An orchestra violinist's dreams of becoming a celebrated soloist and fears of his own mediocrity get in the way of his marriage to the patient, caring Marta. Played out to the music of Beethoven, this film is a heartbreaking tale of one man's inability to overcome the demons standing in the way of his happiness.
15) Tillie and Gus
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"When Mary Sheridan's father dies, lawyer Phineas Pratt informs her that her father left nothing but debt. Pratt purchases the Sheridan house and land in Danville, forcing Mary, her husband Tom and their baby King to move out. Tom invests his college savings in the only possession he has left, the Fairy Queen, a decrepit ferry he hopes to restore to working condition.
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"The civil rights movement in the United States is usually thought of in terms of its leadership, but often the catalysts for progress were people who fought from within a larger group or performed individual acts of heroism. Some were victims who just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. These are some of those stories"--Container.
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Tillie is a friendly neighborhood duck with a wonderful sense of humor and lots of friends. Tillie is so much fun to be around, that her friends are constantly dropping by her place for surprise play-dates. Tillie loves when that happens, because then she can play her favorite game in the whole world-guessing who's knocking on her door! As young viewers listen and play along, tillie knock-knock introduces them to animal names and the typical sounds...
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From Dusk Till Dawn: Two bank robbers escape to a Mexican brothel run by vampires. From Dusk Till Dawn 2: A group of bank robbers stumble upon a Mexican bar run by vampires. From Dusk Till Dawn 3: A group of outlaws in the 1900's seek refuge in a brothel run by vampires. Full-Tilt Boogie: A docu-drama about the making of 'From Dusk Till Dawn'.