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Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
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Description
In 1950, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were arrested for allegedly passing information about the atomic bomb to the Soviet Union, an affair FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover labeled the "crime of the century." Their case became an international sensation, inspiring petitions, letters of support, newspaper editorials, and protests in countries around the world. Nevertheless, the Rosenbergs were executed after years of appeals, making them the only civilians...
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
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Description
A famous but troubled author whose fascination with a high-profile murder case brings his own dark past into focus. Based on the best-selling memoir by Stephen Elliott, the film follows one man's desperate journey through sex, drugs and lies as he tries to separate fact from fiction and ignite a life-changing romance.
5) Cropsey
Publisher
Breaking Glass Pictures
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Growing up in Staten Island, Joshua Zeman, Barbara Brancaccio and other kids had often heard the legend of the escaped mental patient 'Cropsey' who would come out late at night and snatch children off the streets. Urban legend was turned upside down in the summer of 1987 when a little girl with Down syndrome disappeared from their neighborhood. Two filmmakers delve into the mystery behind five missing children and the real-life bogeyman linked to...