"Extraordinary talent won't be stopped"
The (mostly) true story of the greatest jazz drummer you've never heard of who stumbled upon a 16-year-old singer and nurtured her into a legend.
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The people behind it
Arlen Escarpeta
Chick Webb
Jaira Byrams
Ella Fitzgerald
Jason Stuart
Charles Buchanan
Ivar Brogger
Moe Gale
Meredith Thomas
Helen Oakley
Griffin Matthews
Bardu Ali
Ben Whitehair
Van Alexander
Basil Hoffman
Bob Stephens
Brian Grabin
Chick's Band
Kris Bergh
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Based on the short story by Stephen King.
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“A portrait of Carla Liss, evoking the atmosphere of the old horror films we both loved.”
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The scutes glisten in the corner of her mind and she starts to dig her memories up. What was like the museum director she encountered when she was lost?
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A group of Spanish boys take advantage of a high roof to ogle a sunbathing woman, but the presence of an adjacent male nude complicates matters.
While transitioning from male gender to female, Matia struggles with finding a sincere intimate relationship with a heterosexual male.
With failing health, Richard must take control of his life through the use of a stationary bike. Yet, too much control is never a good thing.
The family is preparing to celebrate Christmas, but everything has gone wrong. Dad has clumsily put up the Christmas tree, leading to an argument between the parents. Their daughter understands that while her parents are arguing, there will be no celebration. After all, Christmas presents only appear under a decorated tree. But the little girl has no idea how to reconcile her parents, who are not paying attention to her, immersed in sorting out their own relationship. Her best friend, a toy alpaca, comes to her aid and comes up with a whole plan to restore the festive mood.
Leaving the mafia is not that easy...
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Jazz legend Chet Baker finds love and redemption when he stars in a movie about his own troubled life to mount a comeback.
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The story of sex, violence, race and rock and roll in 1950s Chicago, and the exciting but turbulent lives of some of America's musical legends, including Muddy Waters, Leonard Chess, Little Walter, Howlin' Wolf, Etta James and Chuck Berry.
A drama set in the American South, where a precocious, troubled girl finds a safe haven in the music and movement of Elvis Presley.
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In order to be reinstated to the bar and recover custody of her daughter, a hotshot lawyer, now in recovery and on probation, must take on the appeal of a woman wrongfully convicted of murder.
Young teen girl Xiu Xiu is sent away to a remote corner of the Sichuan steppes for manual labor in 1975 (sending young people to there was a part of Cultural Revolution in China). A year later, she agrees to go to even more remote spot with a Tibetan saddle tramp Lao Jin to learn horse herding.
Feeling awkward and isolated, an imaginative and strong-willed teenage girl runs away from home with an older punk rock drifter.
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A psychotherapist helps a law student cope with schizophrenia in one of five interconnected tales dealing with mental illness.
A ferocious, bullying music teacher teaches a dedicated student.
An exploration of Ted Kaczynski's life in Lincoln, Montana in the years leading up to his arrest as The Unabomber.
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