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   John Adams

   Series · 2008 · also drama

   Adapted from David McCullough's Pulitzer Prize-winning biography, this lavish seven-part miniseries chronicles the life of Founding Father John Adams, starting with the B...

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   The Book of Negroes

   Series · 2015 · also drama

   Kidnapped in Africa and subsequently enslaved in South Carolina, Aminata must navigate a revolution in New York, isolation in Nova Scotia and treacherous jungles of Sierr...

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   East of Eden

   Series · 2026 · also drama

   In the early 1900s, a fiercely independent woman drives a rift between two brothers, igniting a saga that unfolds across two generations.

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

   Series · 2020 · also drama

   An African American washerwoman rises from poverty to build a beauty empire and become the first female self-made millionaire.

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   Washington Black

   Series · 2025 · also drama

   11-year-old George Washington "Wash" Black embarks on a globe-trotting journey of identity after fleeing a Barbados sugar plantation aboard a flying machine in the compan...

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   Suspect: The Shooting of Jean Charles De Menezes

   Series · 2025 · also drama

   London is rocked by terrorist attacks as armed police shoot dead an innocent man on his way to work.

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   TURN: Washington's Spies

   Series · 2014 · also drama

   The story of New York farmer, Abe Woodhull, who bands together with a group of childhood friends to form The Culper Ring, an unlikely group of spies who turn the tide in...

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   George & Tammy

   Series · 2022 · also drama

   A chronicle of the country music power couple George Jones and Tammy Wynette, whose complicated-but-enduring relationship inspired some of the most iconic music of all ti...

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   Julia

   Series · 2022 · also drama

   Through Julia Child’s life and her singular joie de vivre, the series explores a pivotal time in American history – the emergence of public television as a new social ins...

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    Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story

    Series · 2023 · also drama

    Young Queen Charlotte's marriage to King George of England sparks an epic love story and transforms high society in this "Bridgerton" universe prequel.

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