Born on a sharecropping plantation in Northern Florida, Ray Charles went blind at seven. Inspired by a fiercely independent mom who insisted he make his own way, He found his calling and his gift behind a piano keyboard. Touring across the Southern musical circuit, the soulful singer gained a reputation and then exploded with worldwide fame when he pioneered coupling gospel and country together.

The star-studded special celebrates the trailblazing music series' 40th anniversary. With guest host...

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A rebellious teenager, future Beatle John Lennon lives with his Aunt Mimi in working-class mid-1950s...

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Two young, inexperienced students, dissatisfied with the demands of their teachers and the mentoring...

A biopic of Napoleon Bonaparte, tracing the Corsican's career from his schooldays (where a snowball ...

A recently divorced man and an emotionally devastated widow begin a love affair.

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A biography of the dancer Isadora Duncan, the 1920s dancer who forever changed people's ideas of bal...

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Bound by their all-consuming desire, a young circus tightrope walker and a lieutenant forsake everyt...

An underprivileged, gifted young black man from Newark reaches Yale University, only for shadows and...

Swedish writer Stig Dagerman (1923-1954) was a literary sensation who after a few productive years, ...