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APPROVED MOVIE LIST
(summaries provided by IMDb)


"12 Years a Slave" (2013, Rated R)
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In the Antebellum (pre-Civil War) U.S., Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery.

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"The Alamo" (2004, Rated PG-13)
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Based on the 1836 standoff between a group of Texan and Tejano men, led by Davy Crockett and Jim Bowie, and Mexican dictator Santa Anna's forces at the Alamo in San Antonio Texas.

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"Amistad" (1997, Rated R)
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In 1839, the revolt of Mende captives aboard a Spanish owned ship causes a major controversy in the U.S. when the ship is captured off the coast of Long Island. The courts must decide whether the Mende are slaves or legally free.
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"April Morning" (1988, Rated TV-MA)
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Tells the story of a family caught up in the battles between local militia and the British in Lexington and Concord at the start of the American Revolution.

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"Cold Mountain" (2003, Rated R)
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In the waning days of the Civil War, a wounded soldier embarks on a perilous journey back home to Cold Mountain, North Carolina to reunite with his sweetheart.

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"The Conspirator" (2010, Rated PG-13)
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Mary Surratt is the lone female charged as a co-conspirator in the assassination trial of Abraham Lincoln. As the whole nation turns against her, she is forced to rely on her reluctant lawyer to uncover the truth and save her life.

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"The Crossing" (2000, Rated TV-MA)
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A dramatization of George Washington's perilous gamble of crossing the Delaware River and attacking the Hessian forces at Trenton.

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"Django Unchained" (2012, Rated R)
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With the help of a German bounty hunter, a freed slave sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal Mississippi plantation owner.

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"Emancipation" (2022, Rated R)
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A runaway slave forges through the swamps of Louisiana on a tortuous journey to escape plantation owners that nearly killed him. Based on a true story.

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"Free State of Jones" (2016, Rated R)
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A disillusioned Confederate army deserter returns to Mississippi and leads a militia of fellow deserters and women in an uprising against the corrupt local Confederate government.

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"Gettysburg" (1993, Rated PG)
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In 1863, the Northern and Southern forces fight at Gettysburg in the decisive battle of the American Civil War.

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"Glory" (1989, Rated R)
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Robert Gould Shaw leads the U.S. Civil War's first all-black volunteer company, fighting prejudices from both his own Union Army and the Confederates.

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"Gods and Generals" (2003, Rated PG-13)
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The rise and fall of Confederate General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson as he meets with military success against the Union from 1861-1863.

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"Gone with the Wind" (1939, Rated PG)
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A manipulative woman and a roguish man conduct a turbulent romance during the Civil War and Reconstruction periods.

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"Hamilton" (2020, Rated PG-13)
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The real life of one of America's foremost Founding Fathers and first Secretary of the Treasury, Alexander Hamilton, is captured live on Broadway with the original cast.

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"Harriet" (2019, Rated PG-13)
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The extraordinary tale of Harriet Tubman's escape from slavery and transformation into one of America's greatest heroes, whose courage, ingenuity, and tenacity freed hundreds of slaves and changed the course of history.

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"Johnny Tremain" (1957, Rated PG)
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Johnny Tremain is drawn into the American Revolution and becomes a patriot fighting to free the colonies from England. Along the way he learns about life and about himself.

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"The Last of the Mohicans" (1992, Rated R)
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Three trappers protect the daughters of a British Colonel in the midst of the French and Indian War.

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"Lincoln" (2012, Rated PG-13)
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As the Civil War continues to rage, America's President struggles with continuing carnage on the battlefield as he fights with many inside his own Cabinet on the decision to emancipate the slaves.
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"Little Women" (2019, Rated PG)
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In the years after the Civil War, Jo March lives in New York City and makes her living as a writer, while her sister Amy March studies painting in Paris. Amy has a chance encounter with Theodore "Laurie" Laurence, a childhood crush who proposed to Jo, but was ultimately rejected. Their oldest sibling, Meg March, is married to a schoolteacher, while shy sister Beth develops a devastating illness that brings the family back together.

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"The New World" (2005, Rated PG-13)
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The story of the English exploration of Virginia, and of the changing world and loves of Pocahontas.

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"The Patriot" (2000, Rated R)
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Peaceful farmer Benjamin Martin is driven to lead the Colonial Militia during the American Revolution when a sadistic British officer murders his son.

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"The Revenant" (2015, Rated R)
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In a remarkable true story, a frontiersman on a fur trading expedition in the 1820s fights for survival after being mauled by a bear and left for dead by members of his own hunting team.

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"Revolution" (1985, Rated PG)
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A trapper and his young son get pulled into the American Revolution early as unwilling participants and remain involved through to the end.

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