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Twenty Feet from Stardom (2013)

Summary: Backup singers live in a world that lies just beyond the spotlight. Their voices bring harmony to the biggest bands in popular music, but we've had no idea who these singers are or what lives they lead, until now.
Release Date: July 26, 2013
Genres: Documentary, Biography, History
Director: Morgan Neville
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White Male
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Writer: Morgan Neville
Morgan NevilleWriter
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White Male
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Runtime: 1 h 31 min
MPAA: PG
Production: Gil Friesen Productions, Tremolo Productions
Distributor: Anchor Bay Entertainment
Country: United States
Language: English
Movie budget: $ 1,000,000
Domestic: $ 4,946,445
International: $ 892,923
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The Sapphires (2012)

Summary: In 1968, four talented young Australian Aboriginal girls learn about love, friendship, and war when their all-girl group The Sapphires entertains the US troops in Vietnam.
Release Date: August 09, 2012
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Biography
Director: Wayne Blair
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Latino Male
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Writers: Keith Thompson
Keith ThompsonWriter
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White Male
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, Tony Briggs
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Black Male
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Runtime: 1 h 43 min
MPAA: PG
Production: Goalpost Pictures
Distributor: The Weinstein Company, Cinesky
Country: Australia
Language: English
Movie budget: $ 10,000,000
Domestic: $ 2,450,867
International: $ 17,972,761
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The Commitments (1991)

Summary: Jimmy Rabbitte, an unemployed Dublin boy, decides to put together a soul band made up entirely of the Irish working class.
Release Date: September 13, 1991
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Music
Director: Alan Parker
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White Male
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Writers: Roddy Doyle
Roddy DoyleWriter
Roddy Doyle ethnicity
White Male
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, Dick Clement
Dick ClementWriter
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White Male
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, Ian La Frenais
Ian La FrenaisWriter
Ian La Frenais ethnicity
Indian Male
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Runtime: 1 h 58 min
MPAA: R
Production: Beacon Communications, Beacon Pictures, Dirty Hands Productions
Countries: Ireland, United Kingdom, United States
Language: English
Movie budget: $ 12,000,000
Domestic: $ 14,919,570
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Pretty in Pink (1986)

Summary: A poor girl must choose between the affections of dating her childhood sweetheart or a rich but sensitive playboy.
Release Date: February 28, 1986
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Director: Howard Deutch
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Jewish Male
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Writer: John Hughes
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White Male
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Runtime: 1 h 37 min
MPAA: PG-13
Production: Paramount Pictures
Distributor: National Broadcasting Company (NBC), Fathom Events, HBO Max
Country: United States
Language: English
Movie budget: $ 9,000,000
Domestic: $ 40,471,663
International: $ 7,817
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Janis: Little Girl Blue (2015)

Summary: Musician Cat Power narrates this documentary on Janis Joplin's evolution into a star from letters that Joplin wrote over the years to her friends, family, and collaborators.
Release Date: December 15, 2015
Genres: Music, Documentary, Biography
Director: Amy Berg
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White Female
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Writer: Amy Berg
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White Female
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Runtime: 1 h 43 min
MPAA: TV-MA
Production: Disarming Films, Jigsaw Productions
Distributor: FilmRise
Country: United States
Language: English
Domestic: $ 410,465
International: $ 1,272,701
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Do the Right Thing (1989)

Summary: On the hottest day of the year on a street in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, everyone's hate and bigotry smolders and builds until it explodes into violence.
Release Date: July 21, 1989
Genres: Comedy, Drama
Director: Spike Lee
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Mixed / Other Male
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Writer: Spike Lee
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Mixed / Other Male
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Runtime: 2 h 00 min
MPAA: R
Production: 40 Acres & A Mule Filmworks
Distributor: Universal Pictures, MCA Home Video, CBS, The Criterion Collection, Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE), Peacock, The Criterion Channel
Country: United States
Language: English
Movie budget: $ 6,500,000
Domestic: $ 27,545,445
International: $ 9,750,000