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Tennessee Williams

Follows the childhood of Thomas Lanier "Tennessee" Williams and his career as a playwright.

The $700 Billion Man

Neel Kashkari, a top US Treasury official, helped develop the $700 billion Troubled Asset Relief Program, which bailed out banks following the economic collapse in 2008. Kashkari subsequently left Washington D.C. and moved to an isolated cabin in Northern California.

The American Duchess: T...

Handsome, charismatic, and popular Prince Edward is expected to marry a well-bred virgin who will one day become Queen of England when he ascended the throne. But when the prince is nearly forty, he falls in love with a divorced American woman—Wallis Simpson. No one thinks the relationship will last, and when the prince becomes king, everyone assumes that it's the end of the affair. But to the shock of the British establishment, the new king announces his intention to marry the American divorcée. Overnight, Wallis is accused of entrapping the prince in a seductive web in order to achieve her audacious ambition to be queen. After declaring that he could not rule without the woman he loves, the king abdicates, and his family banishes him and his new wife from the country. The couple spends the rest of their days in exile, but happy in their devoted love for each other.

The Defender

Biopic of heroic lawyer Scipio Africanus Jones who risked his life and career to defend 87 men wrongfully accused of murder in the wake of the Elaine, AR massacre of 1919.

The Devil in the Kitchen

Marco Pierre White has a tumultuous childhood upbringing before becoming a rock star chef in 1980s London.

The Diary of Anne Frank

A young Jewish girl hides with her family from the Nazis in an attic in Amsterdam.

The Dictator's Shadow

The story centers on the Chilean dissident movement in the wake of General Augusto Pinochet's seizure of power in 1973.

The Jazz Ambassadors

The film centers on Duke Ellington orchestra's tour of Iraq during a 1963 CIA-led coup that would eventually pave the way for Saddam Hussein's rise to power. Part of the intrigue is the discovery, years later, that the CIA exploited the global zeal for Ellington's jazz by planting spies in the entourage as the orchestra toured hostile parts of the world.

The Lady in the Locker ...

Set during the 1980s, a woman battles to secure equal rights for female sports journalists, insisting they deserve the same access to athletes as their male colleagues. She eventually becomes one of the first women to enter the locker room.

The Last Beat

During his final days, a famous American rock star in the early ’70s, navigates his relationships with two women in Paris — a glamorous French Countess and his California “soulmate.”
Location: France

The Madison Kid

In 1989, the 24-year-old Hellmuth became the youngest World Champion of Poker by defeating the two-time defending champion, Johnny Chan, in the World Series of Poker main event. Hellmuth attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison for three years before dropping out to play poker full time much to the chagrin of his father, a professor at the school.

The Man in the Rockefel...

Follows Christian Gerhartsreiter, a German-born imposter who posed as a member of the Rockefeller family and married a business consultant who eventually realized her husband had lied to her and sought a divorce. After their estrangement, Gerhartsreiter kidnapped their daughter in 2008 and was arrested; he was also charged in 2011 with a 1985 murder in Los Angeles.

The Man Who Drank Canad...

In the early 1980s, Canadian snooker icon "Big" Bill Werbeniuk comes out of nowhere to become one of the world's top-ranked players despite suffering from a hereditary disease that causes his cuing hand to shake uncontrollably. Bill's solution - alcohol, and lots of it - up to 50 pints of beer in a day to keep himself steady and at the top of his game. After quickly becoming a fan favorite in his adopted homeland of England, his career is abruptly brought to an end after the medication he takes to protect his heart from the booze, is summarily banned by the sport's governing body.

The Mathew Knowles Story

Mathew Knowles helps his daughters become global superstars and manages both Destiny's Child and the solo careers of Beyoncé and Solange as well as Michelle Williams and Kelly Rowland.

The Murderous Miss High...

During her formative years, author Patricia Highsmith has a fascination for gruesome murders. Her tumultuous love life influences her persona.

The Passenger

A biopic of the legendary rocker Iggy Pop. The movie will follow Pop's early years with his band, the Stooges.

The Rabbit Garden

Jerzy Kosinski a Holocaust survivor and award-winning author, leads a turbulent life. He is plagued with allegations of plagiarism and sex-addiction. Ultimately, he commits suicide in 1991 leaving a note that reads, "I am going to put myself to sleep now for a bit longer than usual. Call it Eternity."