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Summary: A film about the state of Chinese occupied Tibet and its history of oppression and resistance.
Runtime: 1 h 44 min
MPAA: Unrated

Country: United States
Language: English
Domestic: $ 578,241
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Summary: An elderly Charlie Chaplin discusses his autobiography with his editor, recounting his amazing journey from his poverty-stricken childhood to world-wide success after the ingenious invention of the Little Tramp.
Runtime: 2 h 23 min
MPAA: PG-13

Movie budget: $ 31,000,000
Domestic: $ 9,493,259
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Summary: A documentary on the life of John Lennon, with a focus on the time in his life when he transformed from a musician into an antiwar activist.
Runtime: 1 h 39 min
MPAA: PG-13

Country: United States
Language: English
Domestic: $ 1,109,146
International: $ 298,919
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Summary: The life of the lawyer who became the famed leader of the Indian revolts against the British rule through his philosophy of nonviolent protest.
Runtime: 3 h 11 min
MPAA: PG

Movie budget: $ 22,000,000
Domestic: $ 52,767,889
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Summary: The life and work of Archbishop Oscar Romero who opposed, at great personal risk, the tyrannical repression in El Salvador.
Runtime: 1 h 42 min
MPAA: PG-13

Countries: United States, Mexico
Language: English
Domestic: $ 1,316,495
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Summary: In the 1960s, two hippies go off into the jungle to evade the FBI. When they come back to New York in the 1980s, their fellow hippie friends have become rich yuppies.
Runtime: 1 h 40 min
MPAA: R

Country: United States
Language: English
Movie budget: $ 10,000,000
Domestic: $ 3,169,719
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Summary: This is the true story of Sung Neng Yee, now known as Nora Lam, who fled from Communist China to Hong Kong for her palpably real Christian faith.
Runtime: 1 h 41 min
MPAA: PG-13

Country: United States
Language: English
Domestic: $ 4,212,828
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Summary: Returning to Hollywood 1951 after working in France, a movie director meets McCarthyism head-on.
Runtime: 1 h 45 min
MPAA: PG-13

Country: United States
Language: English
Movie budget: $ 13,000,000
Domestic: $ 9,480,198
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Summary: The story of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a German clergyman of great distinction, who actively opposed Hitler and the Nazis. His convictions cost him his life.
Runtime: 1 h 28 min
MPAA: Not Rated

Language: English
Domestic: $ 296,181
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Summary: Michael Moore's view on what happened to the United States after September 11 and how the Bush Administration allegedly used the tragic event to push forward its agenda for unjust wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Runtime: 2 h 02 min
MPAA: R

Country: United States
Language: English
Movie budget: $ 6,000,000
Domestic: $ 119,194,771
International: $ 103,252,111
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Summary: The story of the actress, writer, and broadcasting pioneer Gertrude Berg.
Release Date: July 10, 2009
Runtime: 1 h 32 min
MPAA: Unrated

Production: Ciesla Foundation
Country: United States
Language: English
Domestic: $ 1,134,623
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Summary: This documentary tells the rise and fall of the Black Panther Party, one of the 20th century's most alluring and controversial organizations that captivated the world's attention for nearly 50 years.
Runtime: 1 h 55 min
MPAA: Not Rated

Country: United States
Language: English
Domestic: $ 516,893
International: $ 67,216
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Summary: In 1947, Dalton Trumbo was Hollywood's top screenwriter, until he and other artists were jailed and blacklisted for their political beliefs.
Runtime: 2 h 04 min
MPAA: R

Country: United States
Language: English
Movie budget: $ 15,000,000
Domestic: $ 7,857,741
International: $ 3,572,284
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Summary: How the infamous McDonald's hot coffee lawsuit and similar cases were exploited as part of a right wing crusade to weaken civil justice.
Release Date: June 17, 2011
Runtime: 1 h 28 min
MPAA: Not Rated

Country: United States
Language: English
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Summary: In 1953, a cashier poses as a writer for blacklisted talents to submit their work through, but the injustice around him pushes him to take a stand.
Runtime: 1 h 35 min
MPAA: PG

Country: United States
Language: English
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Summary: An American POW in the Korean War is brainwashed as an unwitting assassin for an international Communist conspiracy.
Runtime: 2 h 06 min
MPAA: PG-13

Country: United States
Language: English
Movie budget: $ 2,200,000
Domestic: $ 2,757,256
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Summary: The story of 7 people on trial stemming from various charges surrounding the uprising at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois.
Runtime: 2 h 09 min
MPAA: R

Movie budget: $ 35,000,000