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Octavia Spencer

Octavia Spencer is an American actress, producer and author. She is widely known for playing strong female characters in films such as "The Help", "Hidden Figures", and "Ma". Spencer has won numerous awards throughout her career, including an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for "The Help". She is also actively involved in philanthropic work.

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The Help

The Help

Film Age rating: 9 Year: 2011 IMDB Rating: 8.1

Aibileen Clark is a middle-aged African-American maid who has spent her life raising white children and has recently lost her only son; Minny Jackson is an African-American maid who has often offended...

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Red Band Society

Red Band Society

Series Age rating: 15 Year: 2014 IMDB Rating: 7.9

Children and teenagers become friends in a hospital where they are all patients. Together they try to escape the sad reality to create their own world with their own codes , while the nursing staff do...

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Hidden Figures

Hidden Figures

Film Age rating: 6 Year: 2016 IMDB Rating: 7.8

The untold story of Katherine G. Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson – brilliant African-American women working at NASA and serving as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in history...

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Norman Lear: 100 Years of Music and Laughter

Norman Lear: 100 Years of Music and Laughter

Film Age rating: 12 Year: 2022 IMDB Rating: 7.7

The one-night-only celebration honoring the life and legacy of the famed producer features intimate conversations, special performances and surprise reunions that pay homage to the man behind some of...

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Gifted

Gifted

Film Age rating: 9 Year: 2017 IMDB Rating: 7.6

Frank, a single man raising his child prodigy niece Mary, is drawn into a custody battle with his mother.

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Fruitvale Station

Fruitvale Station

Film Age rating: 14 Year: 2013 IMDB Rating: 7.5

Oakland, California. Young Afro-American Oscar Grant crosses paths with family members, friends, enemies and strangers before facing his fate on the platform at Fruitvale Station, in the early morning...

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Onward

Onward

Film Age rating: 4 Year: 2020 IMDB Rating: 7.4

In a suburban fantasy world, two teenage elf brothers embark on an extraordinary quest to discover if there is still a little magic left out there.

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The Shape of Water

The Shape of Water

Film Age rating: 16 Year: 2017 IMDB Rating: 7.3

An other-worldly story, set against the backdrop of Cold War era America circa 1962, where a mute janitor working at a lab falls in love with an amphibious man being held captive there and devises a p...

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Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker

Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker

Series Age rating: 15 Year: 2020 IMDB Rating: 7.3

This limited series chronicles the incredible true story of Madam C.J. Walker, who was the first African American self-made millionaire.

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Instant Family

Instant Family

Film Age rating: 10 Year: 2018 IMDB Rating: 7.3

When Pete and Ellie decide to start a family, they stumble into the world of foster care adoption. They hope to take in one small child but when they meet three siblings, including a rebellious 15 yea...

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