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2. Freetown (film) - Wikipedia

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   Freetown is a 2015 biopic film based on a true story [1] about missionaries of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Liberia seeking to escape the 1990 Liberian Civil War to safety in bordering Sierra Leone. [2]

3. List of films based on actual events - Wikipedia

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   This is an index of articles that features lists of films based on real-life events. As new entries are produced, they should be included to ensure the list remains current and complete. List of films based on actual events (before 1940)

4. Skin (2008 film) - Wikipedia

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   Skin is a 2008 biographical drama film directed by Anthony Fabian.It is based on the book When She Was White: The True Story of a Family Divided by Race by Judith Stone, [1] and the life of Sandra Laing, a South African woman born to white parents, who was classified as "Coloured" during the apartheid era, presumably due to a genetic case of atavism.

5. 30 Must-See Movies Based on Unbelievable True Stories - AOL

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   In 2020, the horrific story was turned into a true-crime drama. Based on a book by Robert Kolker, Lost Girls centers on real-life activist Mari Gilbert (Amy Ryan), who brought attention to the ...

6. The 25 best Netflix movies based on true stories streaming now

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   Since the dawn of the medium, fact-based films have given audiences insight into real events in a personal, visceral fashion. While there are dramatizations, such as 2023’s Society of the Snow ...

7. 20 of the best movies based on a true story - AOL

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   Life may imitate art, but sometimes art imitates life right back. True stories have served as fodder for media for decades across television, films, and even podcasts. Major moments in history ...

8. Hotel Rwanda - Wikipedia

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   A paperback novel published by Newmarket Press, titled Hotel Rwanda: Bringing the True Story of an African Hero to Film, released on 7 February 2005, dramatizes the events of the Rwandan Genocide in 1994, as depicted in the film, and expands on the ideas of how Rusesabagina sheltered and saved more than 1,200 people in the hotel he managed in ...

9. Silverton Siege - Wikipedia

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   Silverton Siege is a South African film directed by Mandla Dube. It is based on the real life siege that took place in Silverton, Pretoria in 1980. The film was released internationally on Netflix on 27 April 2022.