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When They See Us
2019
In 1989, a jogger was assaulted and raped in New York's Central Park, and five young people were subsequently charged with the crime. The quintet, labeled the Central Park Five, maintained its innocence and spent years fighting the convictions, hoping to be exonerated. This limited series spans a quarter of a century, from when the teens are first questioned about the incident in the spring of 1989, going through their exoneration in 2002 and ultimately the settlement reached with the city of New York in 2014. The cast is full of Emmy nominees and winners, including
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Maid
2021
Inspired by the powerful New York Times best-selling memoir Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive by Stephanie Land, Maid will chronicle a single mother who turns to housekeeping to - barely - make ends meet as she battles against poverty, homelessness, and bureaucracy. Told primarily through her point of view, Maid will be a beautiful, alive, gritty, and inspiring exploration of poverty in America.
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The Chair
2021
Dr. Ji-Yoon Kim as she navigates her new role as the Chair of the English department at prestigious Pembroke University. Ji-Yoon is faced with a unique set of challenges as the first woman to chair the department, and as one of the few staff members of color at the university.
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Moby Dick
2011
The sole survivor of a lost whaling ship relates the tale of his captain's self-destructive obsession to hunt the white whale, Moby Dick.
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Selena: The Series
2020
Late Tejano singer Selena as her dreams come true, and her family makes life-changing choices on the singer's journey to success.
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George & Tammy
2022
A look at the romance between famed country musicians George Jones and Tammy Wynette.
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The Upshaws
2021
It centers on a working-class African American family in Indiana struggling to make it work and make it right without any blueprints.
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Dolly Parton's Heartstrings
2019
8 of singer/songwriter Dolly Parton's most famous songs are brought to life in 8 different episodes.
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Madoff
2016
The rise and fall of Bernie Madoff, whose Ponzi scheme bilked $65 billion from unsuspecting victims; the largest fraud in US history.
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What/If
2019
An anthology series which tackles a different morality tale, and the ripple effect of a single decision that changes the trajectory of an entire life.
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Halston
2021
The story of a man who leverages his single, invented name into a worldwide fashion empire that's synonymous with luxury, sex, status and fame, literally defining the era.
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Welcome to Chippendales
The origin story of Somen "Steve" Banerjee, an Indian American entrepreneur who started the stripper troupe, Chippendales.
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Women of the Movement
2022
The series is based on the true story of Mamie Till-Mobley, who in 1955 risked her life to find justice after her son Emmett was brutally murdered in the Jim Crow South. Unwilling to let Emmett's murder disappear from the headlines, Mamie chose to bear her pain on the world's stage, emerging as an activist for justice and igniting the Civil Rights movement as we know it today.
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Hollywood
2020
A group of aspiring actors and filmmakers in post-World War II Hollywood try to make it big - no matter the cost.
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Mrs. America
2020
Conservative activist
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AJ and the Queen
2020
Ruby Red, a down-on-her-luck drag queen traveling across America, develops an unlikely sidekick named AJ.
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Colin in Black & White
2021
A bold new dramatic limited series that chronicles Kaepernick's coming of age story, tackling the obstacles of race, class and culture as the Black adopted child of a white family. Colin in Black and White stars Jaden Michael as Young Colin before reaching the highest levels of American football as an NFL quarterback and becoming a cultural icon and activist; Nick Offerman and Mary-Louise Parker as his well-meaning parents Rick and Teresa; and Colin Kaepernick himself, who appears as the present-day narrator of his own story, guiding viewers through a robust and colorfully presented array of historical and contemporary contextual moments. You don't know Kaepernick until you know Colin.
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