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By April of 1944, Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt have occupied the White House for more than eleven years. The President is secretly convalescing in South Carolina from a recently diagnosed bout of congestive heart failure while the war rages overseas and his family is under press scrutiny at home. Despite his failing health, FDR has ambitious postwar plans for his country: to see the horrific struggle through to victory, and then to bring the United...
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Frosty the snowman: When Frosty comes to life, he must weather a storm of adventures and the plans of an evil magician before he can find safety and happiness at the North Pole. Frosty returns: When a power-hungry tycoon invents a product that will eliminate snow, Holly must convince the people of Beansboro to save the snow and her friend Frosty.
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Explore the history of a uniquely American art form: country music. From its deep and tangled roots in ballads, blues and hymns performed in small settings, to its worldwide popularity, learn how country music evolved over the course of the 20th century, as it eventually emerged to become America’s music. COUNTRY MUSIC features never-before-seen footage and photographs, plus interviews with more than 80 country music artists. The eight-part series...
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Feeling that the Christmas message is getting lost amid all the seasonal glitter, Charlie Brown has the blues. But when he takes Lucy's advice and tries desperately to organize a Christmas pageant, nothing seems to go his way. Join Charlie Brown and the Peanuts gang as they discover for themselves the true meaning of Christmas.
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Thirty years after their final clash at the 1984 All Valley Karate Tournament, Johnny Lawrence is at his lowest point as a jobless handyman haunted by his wasted life. When he rescues a bullied kid from bullies, he is inspired to resurrect the notorious Cobra Kai dojo. It also resurrects his old rivalry with Daniel LaRousso. Daniel is a successful businessman who may be happily married but is missing an essential balance in life since the death of...
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CSI investigator Barry Allen is endearingly book-smart, somewhat awkward late and, as a result of a scientific experiment gone awry, the fastest man alive. Zigzagging through the action-packed new series from the creative team behind Arrow and based on the supersonic DC Comics character. With his life shadowed by his mother's murder and his father wrongly convicted of the crime, Barry finds that his newfound power of super speed grants him the ability...
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Thirty years after their final clash at the 1984 All Valley Karate Tournament, Johnny Lawrence is at his lowest point as a jobless handyman haunted by his wasted life. When he rescues a bullied kid from bullies, he is inspired to resurrect the notorious Cobra Kai dojo. It also resurrects his old rivalry with Daniel LaRousso. Daniel is a successful businessman who may be happily married but is missing an essential balance in life since the death of...
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Physicists Leonard and Sheldon understand everything from the inescapable gravitational pull of a black hole to the intricate structure of the atom. But take those atoms and assemble them into a woman, and their comprehension comes to a grinding halt. And when Penny, a woman with all those atoms in all the right places, moves in across the hall, Leonard and Sheldon's universe begins to expand in ways they never could have imagined.
13) Ghana
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This documentary studies the cultural landscape of Ghana through the lens of that country's television programming. TV shows include… Thank God It's Friday, News Reports, Agenda, Colonial Court, Mmaa Nkommo, Religious Programs, Soccer Academy, Children's Channel.
14) Cameroon
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This documentary studies the cultural landscape of Cameroon through the lens of that country's television programming. TV shows include… The Good News, News Reports, Star-Crossed Destinies, Polygamous Household, Music Videos, My Favorite Song.
15) Mozambique
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This documentary studies the cultural landscape of Mozambique through the lens of that country's television programming. TV shows include… Canal Zero, Historias do Bairro (Neighborhood Tales), Public Service Messages, Brazilian Telenovelas, The Greatest Portuguese of All Time, For Law and Order, Sorriso (Smile), Talk Shows, Full Stop, Mais Jovem (Younger), Fama Show (Glory Show).
16) Burundi
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This documentary studies the cultural landscape of Burundi through the lens of that country's television programming. TV shows include… News Reports, Music Videos, Ni Nde? (Who Is It?), Religious Programs.
17) Mauritius
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This documentary studies the cultural landscape of Mauritius through the lens of that country's television programming. TV shows include… Tulsi, Kel Fami! (What a Family!), Bonnto (That's Great), Badinaz, C'est la Vie, Sega Hungama.
18) Namibia
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This documentary studies the cultural landscape of Namibia through the lens of that country's television programming. TV shows include… School Grounds, Green Horizon, News Reports, One Against Crime, Religious Programs, Miss Namibia, Just Fabulous, The Ties that Bind.
19) Benin
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This documentary studies the cultural landscape of Benin through the lens of that country's television programming. TV shows include… Sports Events, News Reviews, Entre Nous (Between Us), Le Grand Journal du Bien (The All-Is-Well News), Midi Pile (Twelve on the Dot), Music Videos, Christ dans vos Maisons (Christ in Your Homes), Au Delà du Réel (Beyond the Real), Nécrologie (Obituary Column), Rubi, Les Inséparables (The Inseparable Ones).
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Prison escapee Richard Kimble is a doctor who has been falsely convicted of killing his wife. He is determined to prove his innocence by leading Lt. Philip Gerard to the one-armed man who committed the crime. Because the compassionate Dr. Kimble has a natural inclination to help people, he always gets involved with strangers in need. Many discover his true identity and he is forced to go on the run.