John Briley
1) Cry freedom
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The true story of the friendship between black activist Stephen Biko and white newspaper editor Donald Woods, who was instrumental in bringing Biko's anti-apartheid message to the international community.
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Midwich, a rural English village, is cut off from the outside world, and its inhabitants rendered unconscious, for several hoursNine months later, several of the town's female citizens give birth to strange, emotionless children with formidable psychic powers . The product of alien invasion via artificial insemination, the children intend to take over the world. Can they be stopped?
Six psychically gifted children of unknown origin are gathered in...
3) Gandhi
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Chronicles the life of Gandhi beginning with his political activities in South Africa during the late 1890's and ending with his assassination at the hands of a Hindu extremist in 1948. Shows the development of his philosophy of non-violence as he leads the people of India to independence from the British.
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This is the touching account of Father Damien who went to the Hawaiian island of Molokai in 1872 to minister to the lepers exiled in a labor colony. He became widely known as the "Apostle of the Lepers" or "The Leper Priest" because of the care and sacrifice he made for those forgotten people . Based on a true story.
5) Enigma
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A C.I.A. Agent tries to infiltrate Soviet intelligence to stop a murderous diabolical plot.