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Biopics

BlacKKKlansman
A black detective sets out to infiltrate the Colorado chapter of the Ku Klux Klan with the help of his Jewish colleague. In the midst of the 1970s civil rights movement, they risk their lives to obtain insider information on the violent organization.

Dead Man Walking
Moving portrayal of real-life nun Helen Prejean, who develops a bond with a death-row inmate, in this powerful adaptation of Prejean's memoirs.

Frida
Best Actress nominee Salma Hayek stars as Mexican surrealist Frida Kahlo in this biopic, which chronicles her turbulent marriage to Diego Rivera, her political activism and the severe pain she experienced following a bus accident.

Fruitvale Station
Drama centered on the tragic shooting of Oscar Grant, a 22-year-old Bay Area father who was gunned down by a BART subway officer on New Year's Day in 2009, and whose murder shocked the nation after being captured on camera by his fellow passengers.

Just Mercy
A lawyer defends Walter McMillian, who, in 1987, was sentenced to die for the notorious murder of an 18-year-old girl, despite a preponderance of evidence proving his innocence and the fact that the only testimony against him came from a criminal with a motive to lie.

Respect
Following the rise of Aretha Franklin's career from a young child singing in her father's church's choir to her international superstardom. "Respect" is the remarkable true story of the music icon's journey to find her voice and become the Queen of Soul.

Selena
Biographical drama charting the extraordinary career and tragic slaying of pop singing sensation Selena as her career transcended the Tejano scene that launched her into crossover, mainstream success.

Selma
The marches from Selma, Ala., to Montgomery to secure voting rights for black Americans are depicted in this docudrama set during the U.S. Civil Rights Movement, and which focuses on the actions of Martin Luther King Jr.

Trial by Fire
Set in Texas, this true-life story follows a penniless ex-criminal and father who is accused of murdering his three children by arson in 1992. Sentenced to death, the father's only ally is a single mom from Houston who fights endlessly for his cause throughout his imprisonment.

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