The epic tale of celebrated Pulitzer-prize winning author Alex Haley's ancestors as portrayed in the acclaimed twelve hour mini-series Roots, was first told in his 1976 bestseller Roots: The Saga of an American Family. The docu-drama covers a period of history that begins in mid-1700s Gambia, West Africa and concludes during post-Civil War United States, over 100 years later. This 1977 miniseries eventually won 9 Emmy awards, a Golden Globe award, and a Peabody award, and still stands as the most watched miniseries in U.S. history.
Miss Austen takes a literary mystery – Cassandra Austen notoriously burning her famous sister Jane’s letters – and reimagines it as a fascinating, witty and heart-breaking story of sisterly love, while creating in Cassandra a character as captivating as any Austen heroine.
Follow the story of R&B pioneers Michael Bivins, Ricky Bell, Ronnie Devoe, Bobby Brown, Ralph Tresvant and Johnny Gill as they navigate fame from their native Boston to Hollywood and beyond.
The plot centres around Phileas Fogg making a £20,000 wager with three members of the Reform Club that he can circumnavigate the world in 80 days. He takes with him his newly employed French valet Passepartout, and is pursued by Detective Wilbur Fix who mistakenly thinks Fogg robbed the Bank of England and is using the wager as a cover to escape capture.
Film, savaşın, dini çatışmaların ve güç mücadelelerinin hayatları ve aileleri parçaladığı bir arkaplan üzerinde gerçekleşiyor. Kingsbridge'de muhteşem bir katedral inşa edilmektedir. Bu sırada yaşanan aşk hikayeleri birbirine karışır: ustabaşı Tom, soylu kadın Aliena, kötü kalpli Lord William, Kingsbridge başrahibi Philip, taş ustası Jack, ve ormandaki kadın Ellen. Bu hem duygusal ve sürükleyici bir aşk hikâyesi, hem de tutkulu bir çağın hırçın ruhunu taşıyan bir epik. Follett 12. yüzyıl İngilteresi'nin siyasi karmaşaları içinden hikâyelerini ustaca örerken bugünün ve geleceğin seyircileri için de inandırıcı ve ilginç bir dünya kurguluyor