Channel Four Films (Firm)
1) Elizabeth I
Pub. Date
c2006, c2005
Description
Explores the intersection of the private and public life of Elizabeth I in the latter half of her reign, offering a personal look at her allies, her enemies, and her suitors as she struggles to survive in a male-dominated world.
3) Elizabeth
Pub. Date
c1999
Description
Queen Elizabeth I must learn to weigh her counsel carefully and ignore her private yearnings if she is to keep her crown--and her head. A thriller of intrigue in the court of one of history's greatest monarchs.
8) El Norte
Pub. Date
2008
Description
Beginning in the mountains of Guatemala, El Norte is the story of a brother and sister who flee their homeland in search of the "promised land" after their father is assassinated by the government. El Norte is a work of social realism imbued with dreamlike imagery -- a heartbreaking story of hope and survival.
Pub. Date
1998.
Description
Charles Morritz, a rare musical instrument appraiser, discovers a one-of-a-kind, blood-red violin at an auction house; in establishing its provenance, he uncovers the spectacular journey of the priceless masterpiece and must wrestle with his own demons and choose between burying the truth, and risking everything.
10) The Red Violin
Pub. Date
1998.
Description
An appraiser of rare musical instruments traces the history of a blood-red violin and everyone whose lives it touched.
11) Oleanna
Series
Pub. Date
[2003]
Description
Desperate to pass one of her classes, Carol approaches her professor John behind the closed doors of his university office. Words are exchanged. A touch. A glance. And what began as a simple meeting between teacher and student, suddenly spirals wildly out-of-control. But when Carol files harassment charges against him, the wheels are set in motion for a high stakes game of cat-and-mouse with shocking, devastating results
Series
Pub. Date
2010.
Description
A look at two Brazilian teenagers who feel the only way out of the poverty and strife they live in is to join a well-known dance troupe from North America. Determined to beat the odds and follow their dream, these dancers will do whatever it takes to break free from their lives, and into a new one.
13) Endgame
Pub. Date
[2010]
Description
Depicts the covert discussions that brought down apartheid in South Africa.
14) The truce
Pub. Date
[1998?]
Description
Primo Levi embarks on a thousand-mile journey back home to Italy after WW II ends. Along the way, he faces great odds but rediscovers the simply joys of life that the war threatened to destroy forever.
15) The Woodlanders
Pub. Date
2005.
Description
Returning from finishing school to her rural England home, a young woman reluctantly parts with her sweetheart, a woodsman, and marries a doctor instead.
16) Trainspotting
Pub. Date
2004.
Description
A young heroin addict in Edinburgh tries to kick the habit but his junkie friends aren't making it easy for him.
17) The winter guest
Pub. Date
2005
Description
An inside look at the lives of eight people living in a remote and icy Scottish village. The story focuses on the relationship between a mother and a daughter, played by real-life mother and daughter Emma Thompson and Phyllida Law.
18) Elizabeth
Author
Pub. Date
c1998
Description
Recounts the intrigues and intricacies of court life during the tumultuous early years of the reign of Queen Elizabeth I.
19) The red violin
Series
Pub. Date
[2008]
Description
An appraiser of rare musical instruments traces the history of a blood-red violin and everyone whose lives it touched.
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