The life of the swedish writer Moa Martinson: at the age of 18, Moa marries the stone worker Karl and has five children. The marriage becomes stormy and fringed with tragedies. In the adversities, Moa begins to write about her life. She tells unpleasant truths, and doesn't get much understanding. Her life changes when the books are published in ever larger editions. She can tear herself out of her poverty, but never abandons her origins. In 1929 she remarries the writer Harry Martinson.
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Arriving in Chicago, Henry moves in with ex-con acquaintance Otis and starts schooling him in the wa...
A daughter is constantly overshadowed by her famous father, but she is determined to make her own ma...
The inspiring true story of Richard Montañez, the Frito Lay janitor who channeled his Mexican Americ...
The amazing true story of Billy Moore, an English boxer incarcerated in Thailand’s most notorious pr...
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In 1928, Amelia Earhart gains fame by undertaking a transatlantic flight as a passenger. In 1937, sh...
New York gangster Ben 'Bugsy' Siegel takes a brief business trip to Los Angeles. A sharp-dressing wo...
The story of Bobby Sands, the IRA member who led the 1981 hunger strike during The Troubles in which...
The story of Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, a boxer wrongly imprisoned for murder, and the people who aid...