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The U.S. and the Holocaust (2022) Rated TV-14

A documentary looks at the U.S.’s involvement with the Holocaust and the challenge to democracy. Starring Guy Stern, Deborah Lipstadt, and Rebecca Erbelding. I was not impressed with this new documentary from Ken Burns. This one toes the line of … Continue reading

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Liberation Heroes: The Last Eyewitnesses (2019) Rated TV-14

A collection of stories from the survivors and witnesses of the Holocaust. Starring Fred W. Friendly. This TV movie was interesting to watch as the survivors and liberators talk about the scenes that they come across following the genocide of … Continue reading

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Sarah’s Key (2010) Rated PG-13

A journalist goes in search for a girl and her family whose lives were ripped apart during the Vel’ d’Hiv Roundup in 1942. Based on an adaptation of the novel with the same title by Tatiana de Rosnay. Starring Kristin … Continue reading

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12 Years A Slave (2013) Rated R

In 1841,Ā a free man in the north gets sold into slavery in the southern United States. Based on the true story of Solomon Northup and his book 12 Years A Slave. Starring Chiwetel Ejiofor, Dwight Henry, Dickie Gravois, QuvenzhanĆ© Wallis … Continue reading

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Tony Scott (1944-2012)

(1944-2012) Ā Deja Vu (2006) Rated PG-13 ATF agent Doug Carlin finds himself dogged by feelings of dĆ©jĆ  vu as he investigates a bombing on a New Orleans ferry. Should he shrug off the unsettling sensation, or can it help him … Continue reading

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Steven Spielberg

Ā  Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) Rated PG After a meeting with UFOs, a line worker feels undeniably drawn to an isolated area in the wilderness where something spectacular is about to happen. Synopsis by IMDB. Ā E.T. (1982) … Continue reading

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Documentary Films

Beyond the Gates of Splendor (2005) Rated PG-13 This documentary tells the extraordinary story of five American missionaries who, in 1956, traveled to the Amazon basin of Ecuador, where they were killed by the Waodani, an intensely violent tribe of … Continue reading

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