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College Republicans
Centers on aspiring politician Karl Rove as he leads a dirty campaign for College Republican Chairman under the guidance of Lee Atwater, his campaign manager.
Location: US - Texas
McCarthy
Charts the epic rise and fall of infamous US Senator Joseph McCarthy (Shannon).
Location: Czech Republic
Article II
Two friends become bitter rivals for the presidential election, which is won by computer fraud.
Damascus Gate
A political thriller involving a journalist and a group of extremists in modern-day Jerusalem.
Tabloid
Inspired by political and personal imbroglios of Democratic presidential nominee John Edwards – with a serial killer thrown in.
Emma's War
The plot focuses on British aid worker Emma McCune, who travels to Sudan and ends up marrying a local warlord and supporting wholeheartedly his bloody bid to take over the southern part of the county.
Let Her Speak
Texas senator Wendy Davis' 11-hour filibuster helps stall an anti-abortion bill in the Texas state house.
Night of Camp David
A junior U.S. senator comes to believe that the president is mentally unbalanced and sliding into paranoia amid escalating tensions with the Soviet Union.
Reason of State
Set over 24 hours inside of 10 Downing Street.
Rodham
During the height of the Watergate scandal, rising star Hillary Rodham is the youngest lawyer chosen for the House Judiciary Committee to Impeach Nixon, but she soon finds herself forced to choose between a destined path to the White House and her unresolved feelings for Bill Clinton, her former boyfriend who now teaches law in Arkansas.
The Fighting Shirley Ch...
The story of Shirley Chisholm, a U.S. Representative who was both the first woman and the first person of color to seek a major American political party’s nomination for President.
The Spy of God
A group of Warsaw Pact spies try to infiltrate the Vatican in the late 1970s in reaction to the Pope's support of the Solidarity movement in Poland and his ties to the CIA.
A Man Must Die
Described as a being in the vein of Carlos.
Against All Enemies
A counterterrorism adviser to the past three presidents charges that the Bush administration prioritized Iraq above threats from al Qaeda before and after the September 11, 2001 attacks.
Average Height, Average...
In this tale, a serial killer seeks the assistance of a lobbyist to change laws that would make it simpler for him to avoid punishment for his crimes. Meanwhile, a retired police officer refuses to give up on solving the murders. The killer endeavors to stop the retired officer from pursuing the case, now that he is no longer an active member of the force. As a result of his crimes, the serial killer becomes a celebrated figure in the public eye.
Location: US - Massachusetts
Curse The Darkness
A grounded approach to Haitian zombie practices is used to tackle immigration issues.
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Based on the political scandal that divided France in the 1890s and the early 1900s, involving the wrongful conviction of Captain Alfred Dreyfus in 1894 for treason. Dreyfus was a young French artillery officer of Alsatian Jewish descent who was accused of giving French military secrets to the German Embassy in Paris.
How to Rig an Election
Traces GOP operative Allen Raymond’s downfall following a campaign to jam phone lines at Democratic Party headquarters in an effort to swing a 2002 Senate election in New Hampshire.
Margaret Betts Politica...
Described as a contemporary political drama.
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