Ailing from a sickness that threatens to silence her forever, Umm Kalthoum, the greatest Egyptian singer the world has ever known, takes to the stage one final time for her most important performance yet, one with the potential to heal a nation broken by the shadow of a great defeat. As she slowly steps onto the stage to deafening chants and applause, fearful for her health and country, a legend finds herself walking down memory lane, reminiscing on her humble beginnings and the seven decade journey of triumphs, failures, defying social conventions, and loves lost that followed.

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Two FBI agents investigating the murder of civil rights workers during the 60s seek to breach the co...

A young teacher inspires her class of at-risk students to learn tolerance, apply themselves, and pur...

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In 1763, Britain defeated France in the worldwide Seven Years War - referred to in the American Colo...

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101-year-old Rose DeWitt Bukater tells the story of her life aboard the Titanic, 84 years later. A y...

In the poverty-stricken favelas of Rio de Janeiro in the 1970s, two young men choose different paths...