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Genre: Biopic


Protesters stand in a crosswalk with their arms raised to stop traffic on a city street, as a woman in a wheelchair leads them in their protest.

Being Heumann

Siân Heder

In 1977, disability rights activist Judy Heumann leads a historic 28-day occupation, uniting protesters in a fight for accessibility laws and equal rights.

Carl Sagan, a man with short dark hair in black-and-white smiling as he leans over a laboratory desk in a knit sweater.

Carl Sagan: We Are Made of Star Stuff

Nanette Burstein

This intimate film explores the life of the visionary astronomer, author, and television star who transformed our understanding of the cosmos.

Edward Said, an older man with dark hair, dressed in a dark plaid jacket and patterned tie, poses, resting his chin on his hand amid leaves and film strips.

Edward Said: Between Worlds

Maiken Baird

This fascinating portrait traces the life of charismatic Palestinian-American scholar Edward Said, celebrated as a prophet and vilified as a terrorist.

Black-and-white, a woman and older man sit side-by-side at a table, while a uniformed official watches behind them.

Fatherland

Paweł Pawlikowski

At the height of the Cold War, writer Thomas Mann (Hanns Zischler) and daughter Erika (Sandra Hüller) embark on a road trip across a divided Germany.

The Girl with the Leica

Alina Marazzi

1936 Paris. Pioneering photojournalist Gerda Taro spends a final day before returning to the Spanish Civil War, as past and present intertwine.

A man in sweats, a beanie, and hand wrappings lifts both his fists triumphantly in the air against a hazy city skyline.

I Play Rocky

Peter Farrelly

The electrifying true story of how Sylvester Stallone bet everything on himself to play the lead role in Rocky against seemingly impossible odds.

A man stands alone, facing away, in a simply decorated yet elegant room. He has gray hair and wears a blue checkered suit and stares into his reflection in a distant standing mirror.

The Loneliest Man in Town

Tizza Covi, Rainer Frimmel

When a real estate company targets blues legend Al Cook’s apartment for demolition, he’s forced to forge a new path in this winning blend of reality and fiction.

Elon Musk wearing a black jacket and pants with a large belt buckle stands with his arms raised in front of an American flag lifted by construction cranes, a light blue sky in the background and a saluting crowd with flags and signs.

Musk

Alex Gibney

Oscar-winning documentarian Alex Gibney delivers the definitive portrait of one of the most controversial and unchecked figures of our time: Elon Musk.

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