
Michael Dukakis
Actor · b. 1933 · Brookline, Massachusetts, USA
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Michael Stanley Dukakis (born November 3, 1933) served as the 65th and 67th Governor of Massachusetts from 1975–1979 and from 1983–1991, and was the Democratic presidential nominee in 1988. He was born to Greek immigrants of partly Vlach origin in Brookline, Massachusetts, also the birthplace of John F. Kennedy, and was the longest serving governor in Massachusetts history. He was the second Greek American governor in U.S. history after Spiro Agnew. Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael Dukakis, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Movies8
Movie7.8DocumentaryAn in-depth look at the prison system in the United States and how it reveals the nation's history of racial inequality.
13th
2016 · 815 votes
Movie6.7DocumentaryPrediction markets let anyone bet on anything, from the World Cup to alien invasions. "Instadocs" investigates the explosive rise of global betting.
Instadocs: The Prediction Games
2026 · 6 votes
Movie6.9DocumentaryA look at the role of the Buckeye State in the 2004 Presidential Election.
...So Goes the Nation
2006 · 9 votes
MovieDocumentaryAt the risk of a 5-year prison term, Francesco Da Vinci struggles with his Virginia draft board to be recognized as a sincere conscientious objector to the Vietnam war.
Movie7.7DocumentaryBoogie Man is a comprehensive look at political strategist, racist, and former Republican National Convention Committee chairman, Lee Atwater, who reinvigorated the Republican Party’s Southern Strategy to increase political support among white voters in the South by appealing to racism against African Americans. He mentored Karl Rove and George W. Bush and played a key role in the elections of Reagan and George H.W. Bush.
Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story
2008 · 13 votes
Movie7.0DocumentaryFollow the Leader is a real-life coming-of-age story of three traditional American boys with Presidential dreams. At sixteen-years-old, high school Class Presidents Ben, D.J. & Nick are all conservatives who plan to continue leading their peers as President someday. Over three life-changing years, they split into Republican, Democratic and Independent camps as each reconsiders his lofty ambitions.
Follow the Leader
2012 · 2 votes
Movie5.0ComedyThe Junior Defenders is a quirky comedy about the cast of a 1970s TV superhero show. With a fan base that rivals Star Trek's, The Junior Defenders is one of the top hits of its era. Twenty-five years after the show's sudden cancellation, a crazed fan named Norman Nields goes on a cross-country mission to kidnap the show's four washed-up ex-child stars, take them back to Hollywood, and then force them at gunpoint to act in his brand-new episode of The Junior Defenders.
The Junior Defenders
2007 · 3 votes
MovieDocumentaryFreedom Besieged is a feature-length documentary concerning the economic and political climate of Greece and specifically how such has impacted the development and psychology of the nation's youth. Treading fearlessly into what has been called a "humanitarian catastrophe", the film explores the pursuits of Greek youth living within the country's crisis. Freedom Besieged is an intimate portrait of a young Greek generation who serve as the focal point for the future of European youth today.
Freedom Besieged
2017
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TV7.6ComedyThe story about a blue-collar Boston bar run by former sports star Sam Malone and the quirky and wonderful people who worked and drank there.
Cheers
1982 · 715 votes
TV6.8Talk ShowThe Dick Cavett Show has been the title of several talk shows hosted by Dick Cavett on various television networks.
The Dick Cavett Show
1968 · 22 votes
TV5.7DramaSt. Elsewhere is an American medical drama television series that originally ran on NBC from October 26, 1982 to May 25, 1988. The series starred Ed Flanders, Norman Lloyd and William Daniels as teaching doctors at a lightly-regarded Boston hospital who gave interns a promising future in making critical medical and life decisions.
St. Elsewhere
1982 · 93 votes
TVDocumentaryRevisit the most influential presidential campaigns of the last 50 years. From Jesse Jackson’s groundbreaking 1984 and 1988 campaigns to Barry Goldwater’s 1964 campaign that launched of a brand of conservatism that influenced both Ronald Reagan and Hillary Clinton.
- TV7.0Comedy
LateLine is an American TV sitcom that ran on NBC from March 17, 1998, through March 16, 1999. Due to an abrupt cancellation, there were seven unaired episodes. Created by John Markus and Al Franken, LateLine depicted the behind-the-scenes goings-on of a fictitious late-night television news broadcast, patterned in part after the long-running ABC program Nightline. Many plotlines in the series were satirical, dealing with topics like Deep Throat and the Watergate break-in, and the episodes often had cameos by famous politicians. On August 17, 2004, Paramount released a DVD set containing all nineteen episodes on three discs.
LateLine
1998 · 1 votes
TV5.9DocumentaryLeading Axios journalists highlight the week ahead in politics, business and technology – and the big topics shaping the future. Each edition features coverage of a timely big issue, followed by documentary shorts, illuminating interviews with major newsmakers and trustworthy insights delivered with Axios’ signature “Smart Brevity” in a succinct, shareable format.
Axios
2018 · 11 votes
TV10.0ComedySixteen years ago, Jack Tanner's bid for the White House ended at the 1988 Democratic convention. Now the former congressman is the subject of a documentary film directed by his daughter Alex, focusing on the toll paid by failed contenders.
Tanner on Tanner
2004 · 1 votes
TV7.9DocumentaryFrom executive producers Kevin Spacey and Dana Brunetti, CNN Original Series "Race for the White House" captures the drama of how a high-stakes presidential election can turn on a single issue and so much more.
Race for the White House
2016 · 7 votes