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The Dive

A biopic of Francisco "Pipin" Ferreras and his wife, Audrey Mestre, two world record setters in the sport of "freediving"—diving as deep as possible on one breath and without any scuba equipment. Mestre died in 2002 while trying to break her record of 557.7 feet.

The Yankee Bandit

"The Yankee Bandit" is a biopic in the vein of "Catch Me if You Can" that will tell the life story of Eddie Dodson, a Hollywood art deco furniture store owner who lead a double life as a bank robber. After serving a 12-year prison term, Dodson became a caretaker for Jack Nicholson's Malibu home, before being arrested again for robbing banks. He died at age 54 after serving another three years in the slammer.

Titan

John D. Rockefeller is ruthless in building Standard Oil, and spends 30 years dodging investigations into his business tactics until Teddy Roosevelt takes him on. Rockefeller also turns into a philanthropist who gives away most of his fortune.

The Lady and the Panda

Follows Ruth Harkness, a 1930s New York socialite who unexpectedly takes over her late husband's expedition and becomes the first person ever to bring a live giant panda out of China and to the world's attention.

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 Journey Is the Dest...

In 1992, 22-year-old Dan Eldon travels to Somalia on assignment for Reuters. He witnesses American and UN troops launching 'Operation Restore Hope', first with a sense of relief, then growing frustration. His pictures help draw international attention to the developing crisis. On 12 July 1993, he is due to leave Mogadishu but then UN forces bomb a house where they believe the warlord General Farah Aideed is present. Instead, 74 innocent men, women and children are killed and more than 100 injured. Survivors race to the journalists' hotel and ask them to take pictures. Travelling in convoy, under the protection of Somalis, Eldon and a group of colleagues go to the bombed compound. As they begin to take photographs, the crowd erupts in anger at what has happened and attack the journalists, who are stoned and beaten to death.

The Survivor

The Survivor is based on the incredible true story of Harry Haft, who, after being sent to Auschwitz, survives not only the unspeakable horrors of the camp, but the gladiatorial boxing spectacle he is forced to perform with his fellow prisoners for the amusement of his captors. Unbeknownst to those who try to destroy him, Haft is driven by the most important reason any man has to survive, a quest to reunite with the woman he loves. After a daring escape, he makes his way to New York, where he succeeds in using his boxing skills to establish a name for himself in the hopes of finding his one true love. His indomitable spirit lands him in the ring with boxing legends like Rocky Marciano as he fights to make sense of his past and reclaim the life that was stolen from him.

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 Bootlegger's Boy

A big-screen adaptation of football coach Barry Switzer's memoir about coaching at Oklahoma University and the NFL's Dallas Cowboys

The Devil in the Kitchen

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

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 Great Pretender

Based on the autobiography of London-based music promoter Roy Tempest, who organized UK tours in the 1960s for some of America’s biggest soul acts – even though the acts were fakes.

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 Magician

Story center on the true story of Marlin "The Magician" Briscoe, the first African-American starting quarterback in football.

The Most Dangerous Man ...

Traces Julian Assange’s childhood to his founding of Wikileaks, the whistleblower website that put Assange into the US government’s crosshairs when in November 2010 he published secret diplomatic cables. Right after, he was accused of sexual offences and is currently on bail.

The Watergate Girl

Set against Watergate, the story of the only woman on the team that prosecutes the highest-ranking White House officials.

Tiny Dancer

A Mexican-American ballet prodigy from Oakland, Calif., faces personal and family challenges.