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Betye Saar: Ready to Be a Warrior (2022)
Character: Self
Wielding a paintbrush, Betye Saar steadfastly forges her own path with the mantra "Make Better Art." Her unwavering determination disrupted art conventions, paving the way for experimentation and conceptualism, ultimately sparking the Black women's movement. Now in her 90s, this icon from Watts is documented in this vivid portrait of her remarkable ascent in the art world and how she continues to carve an indelible mark in history.
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Secrets of the X-Files (1995)
Character: Self
This documentary sheds light on the story behind the X-Files. Follow the conspiracy and take a look at some of Mulder and Scully's most extraordinary cases Plus profiles of the agents and the shadowy characters working to help and hinder them.
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Rain (2008)
Character: Ms. Adams
Rain is a spirited 14-year old who, after the death of her grandmother, seeks out her estranged mother in the big city of Nassau. Her dreams of a loving reconciliation are quickly shattered when she meets Glory, a scarred, proud, guarded woman bearing no resemblance to the mother she had hoped for.
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Race (1998)
Character: Lucinda Davis
An East L.A working stiff is bullied by his wife to run for a City Council position against a well-organized recognized political figure.
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The Tower (2008)
Character: Evie
Revolves around a group of Chicago reporters who treat breaking news as cases to be investigated and solved.
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When I Was Young I Said I Would Be Happy (2016)
Character: Narrator (voice)
WHEN I WAS YOUNG I SAID I WOULD BE HAPPY is a feature length documentary about the transformation achieved by 12 orphan genocide survivors in Rwanda after participating in a new form of sustainable humanitarian aid called Project LIGHT. Using a train the trainer model, these young people called Ambassadors, were trained to heal their Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and their hearts as well as teach others to do the same. In only two short years they paid forward their healing to hundreds, from Rwanda to Sandy Hook, Connecticut.
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The Shield: Wrap Day (2006)
Character: Self
Documentary of the final day of production on the second season finale of FX's "The Shield", which took place on March 14, 2003.
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No Place Like Home (1989)
Character: Prue
A Pittsburgh apartment superintendent loses his job and home when the apartment building where he lives and works at is suddenly destroyed by fire. Daniel and his family moves in with his brother but that doesn't last for long due to the two families not getting along with each other. The family moves from rundown hotels to homeless shelters as Daniel searches work as a electrician while his wife takes waitress jobs to try to make ends meet.
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Final Justice (1998)
Character: Danielle Kline
Merle Hammond (Michael McKean), a sleazy attorney, uses corrupt tactics and convinces a jury to acquit his client who is a killer. Gwen (Annette O'Toole), the murdered victim's sister, plots revenge against the attorney. Out of desperation, she kidnaps and tortures him in an attempt to make him confess to his unscrupulous tactics. The cards twist when he escapes and puts her on trial for his kidnapping.
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A Touch of Hope (1999)
Character: Lily Keyes
Hands-on healer Dean Kraft struggles for many years to come to terms with his abilities and deal with the skepticism of the medical profession.
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The Ernest Green Story (1993)
Character: Daisy Bates
Follows the story of Ernest Green, one of the Little Rock Nine who were the first blacks to integrate into an all white school.
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Question of Faith (1988)
Character: Roberta
A woman struck down by terminal cancer shuns conventional medical techniques at her husband's insistence and turns to alternative treatment to combat the disease.
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Run Till You Fall (1988)
Character: Janice
A small-time, down-on-his-luck private eye tries to win back his estranged wife and their young disabled son when he takes on a seemingly easy case that sours.
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Common Ground (1990)
Character: Rachel Twymon
Fact based story about the racial tensions that occurred in Boston in the 1970's because of court ordered busing to end desegregation. The story focuses on an African-American mother determined to get her children a quality education and a white lawyer trying to deal with inner city problems.
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My Girlfriend's Back (2010)
Character: Constance
This intelligent romantic comedy chronicles the socio-economic ascent of Derek Scott. Derek has spent his entire life plotting a course for his success. His diligence is about to pay off when he happens upon an unexpected detour. This "road less traveled" intrigues Derek so much so that he considers throwing away his entire well orchestrated life to experience the one thing his plan has yet to provide...love.
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Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives (2003)
Character: N/A
When the Civil War ended in 1865, more than four million slaves were set free. Over 70 years later, the memories of some 2,000 slave-era survivors were transcribed and preserved by the Library of Congress. These first-person anecdotes, ranging from the brutal to the bittersweet, have been brought to vivid life in this unique HBO documentary special, featuring the on-camera voices of over a dozen top African-American actors.
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Coriolanus (1979)
Character: Valeria
A video recording of a New York Shakespeare Festival 1979 stage production of Coriolanus with an all-black and Hispanic cast. Producer Joseph Papp intended to provide professional opportunities for actors of minority ethnic backgrounds. A banished hero of Rome allies with a sworn enemy to take his revenge on the city.
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Cora Unashamed (2000)
Character: Ma Jenkins
Cora Jenkins and her parents are the only African-Americans in their community in 1920s Iowa, supported only by Cora's wages as housekeeper to the wealthy Studevants. When tragedy strikes, will Cora speak the truth...with consequences? From the short story by Langston Hughes.
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Murder in Mississippi (1990)
Character: Fannie Lee Chaney
In 1964, members of the Ku Klux Klan murdered three Civil Rights workers who had traveled to the South to encourage African-American voter registration. Examines the last three weeks in the lives of the slain activists.
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Avatar 5 (2031)
Character: Mo'at
The fifth installment of the franchise. Plot TBA.
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Little Girl Fly Away (1998)
Character: Dr. Geddes
Fact-based story about a woman whose life is shattered by a poetry-spouting stalker who manages to evade her police protectors.
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Zooman (1995)
Character: Ash
Shots ring out on a Brooklyn street and suddenly a young girl lies dead on her front steps. The killer's name is Zooman (Khalil Kain), and though dozens of neighbors saw the unintentional shooting, no one is willing to come forward with information. Life goes on, a killer goes free, and one grieving, broken father (Louis Gossett Jr.) is forced to take his cry for justice to the media, hoping to spark a confrontation with his daughter's murderer. Charles Dutton and CCH Pounder costar in this powerful original drama.
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Avatar 4 (2029)
Character: Mo'at
The fourth installment of the franchise. Plot TBA.
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The Disappearance of Christina (1993)
Character: Detective Davis
Joe and Christina's marriage is in trouble when they take a sailing trip with their married best friends. On the trip, Christina vanishes and is presumed dead. Joe is suspected of her murder, but he believes Christina isn't dead at all when strange things begin to happen. Joe isn't sure whom he can trust as he discovers disturbing information about his missing wife.
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Things That Go Bump (1997)
Character: Harriet Napolean
It's New Orleans on the eve of Mardi Gras celebrations. Three kids call upon the legend of Sleepy Head to seek vengeance on their parents. Officer "Bump" Bumpstead aspires to become a detective and stumbles into one *weird* case.
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Booker (1984)
Character: Jane
Booker tells the true story of Booker T. Washington, who, as a young slave, dreams of learning to read and write. After the Civil War frees him, Booker is forced to work long hours in a salt furnace to help his family survive. But with hard work and persistence, Booker finds a way to learn and gain the freedom that comes with education.
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Psycho IV: The Beginning (1990)
Character: Fran Ambrose
When he hears talk radio host Fran Ambrose discussing the topic of matricide, Norman calls in under a false name to tell his story.
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Benny & Joon (1993)
Character: Dr. Garvey
A mentally ill young woman finds her love in an eccentric man who models himself after Buster Keaton.
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If These Walls Could Talk (1996)
Character: Jenny Ford
A powerful, intimate portrait of three women living in the same house during different eras who all face unplanned pregnancies. The vignettes follow a recently widowed nurse struggling to take control of her life in the early 50s, a mother of four balancing raising a family and maintaining a career in the 70s, and a student making a difficult decision with the help of one woman that will change the course of both their lives in the 90s.
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Resting Place (1986)
Character: Ada Johnson
A television movie set in Rockville, Georgia, in 1972. Major Kendall Laird, a Survival Assistance Officer, arrives in this sleepy little town with the body of Lieutenant Dwyte Johnson, a Vietnam war hero. It's Laird's job to help Johnson's parents bury their son. But since the dead hero was black, his parents are turned away by the white racists who maintain the town's "all-white" cemetery.
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Postcards from the Edge (1990)
Character: Julie Marsden
A substance-addicted actress tries to look on the bright side even as she's forced to move back in with her mother to avoid unemployment.
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Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight (1995)
Character: Irene
Ex-soldier Frank Brayker is the guardian of an ancient key that can unlock tremendous evil; the sinister Collector is a demon who wants the key so he can initiate the apocalypse. On the run from wicked mercenaries for almost 90 years, Brayker finally stops in at a boarding house in New Mexico where — with the help of its residents — he plans to face off against the Collector and his band of ghouls, preventing them from ever seizing the key.
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Boycott (2001)
Character: Jo Ann Robinson
This made-for-TV movie dramatizes the historic boycott of public buses in the 1950s, led by civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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RoboCop 3 (1993)
Character: Bertha
The mega corporation Omni Consumer Products is still bent on creating their pet project, Delta City, to replace the rotting city of Detroit. Unfortunately, the inhabitants of the area have no intention of abandoning their homes simply for desires of the company. To this end, OCP have decided to force them to leave by employing a ruthless mercenary army to attack and harass them. An underground resistance begins and in this fight, RoboCop must decide where his loyalties lie.
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Batman: Assault on Arkham (2014)
Character: Amanda Waller (voice)
Batman works desperately to find a bomb planted by the Joker while Amanda Waller sends her newly-formed Suicide Squad to break into Arkham Asylum and recover vital information stolen by the Riddler.
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Jack Reed: One of Our Own (1995)
Character: Mrs. Harris
Jack Reed investigates a young woman whom he and his wife take into their household when she turns out to be targeted by unknown assassins.
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Superman/Batman: Public Enemies (2009)
Character: Amanda Waller (voice)
United States President Lex Luthor uses the oncoming trajectory of a Kryptonite meteor to frame Superman and declare a $1 billion bounty on the heads of the Man of Steel and his ‘partner in crime’, Batman. Heroes and villains alike launch a relentless pursuit of Superman and Batman, who must unite—and recruit help—to try and stave off the action-packed onslaught, stop the meteor Luthors plot.
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Orphan (2009)
Character: Sister Abigail
After losing their baby, a married couple adopt 9-year old Esther, who may not be as innocent as she seems.
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Avatar: The Way of Water (2022)
Character: Mo'at
Set more than a decade after the events of the first film, learn the story of the Sully family (Jake, Neytiri, and their kids), the trouble that follows them, the lengths they go to keep each other safe, the battles they fight to stay alive, and the tragedies they endure.
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Batman Beyond: The Movie (1999)
Character: Virtual News Anchor #1 (voice)
Fuelled by remorse and vengeance, a high schooler named Terry McGinnis becomes the new Batman as he fights crime in the futuristic Neo-Gotham City.
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Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story (2004)
Character: Winnie Mandela
Redemption tells the story of Stan "Tookie" Williams, founder of the Crips L.A. street gang. Story follows his fall into gang-banging, his prison term, and his work writing children's novels encouraging peace and anti-violence resolutions which earned him multiple Nobel Peace Prize nominations. After exhausting all forms of appeal, Tookie was executed by lethal injection.
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Rustin (2023)
Character: Dr. Anna Hedgeman
Activist Bayard Rustin faces racism and homophobia as he helps change the course of Civil Rights history by orchestrating the 1963 March on Washington.
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The Big Day (1999)
Character: Pearl
While trying to make amends, Zack sends his soon-to-be-married brother, John fleeing on his wedding day, all while his bride, Sara, is anxiously awaiting him.
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Things Behind the Sun (2001)
Character: Judge
A young music journalist's dark memories are awakened when he goes to interview a female rock singer, and both are forced to confront troubling secrets from their pasts.
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NetForce (1999)
Character: Sandra Knight
Set in the year 2005, a division of the FBI, called "NetForce" has been initiated to investigate Internet crime. A Bill Gates-type character finds a loophole in his new web browser which enables him to gain control of the Internet. Net-Force, headed by Kristofferson and Bakula's characters set out to stop him.
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Aladdin and the King of Thieves (1996)
Character: Oracle (voice)
Legendary secrets are revealed as Aladdin and his friends—Jasmine, Abu, Carpet and, of course, the always entertaining Genie—face all sorts of terrifying threats and make some exciting last-minute escapes pursuing the King Of Thieves and his villainous crew.
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Inside Pandora's Box (2023)
Character: Self
A series of featurettes on the challenges facing cast and crew as filmmakers devise new technologies to push the limits of cinema
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Breaking the Maya Code (2008)
Character: Narrator (voice)
The complex and beautiful hieroglyphic script of the ancient Maya was until recently one of the last great undeciphered writing systems. Based on the best-selling book by Michael Coe, called by the New York Times "one of the great stories of 20th century scientific discovery", Breaking the Maya Code traces the epic quest to unlock the secrets of the script across 200 years, nine countries and three continents.
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The Naked Gun (2025)
Character: Chief Davis
Only one man has the particular set of skills... to lead Police Squad and save the world: Lt. Frank Drebin Jr. Following in his father's footsteps, he must solve a murder case to prevent Police Squad from closure.
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Disappearing Acts (2000)
Character: Mrs. Swift
A struggling construction worker and an aspiring musician find themselves falling in love.
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Prizzi's Honor (1985)
Character: Peaches Altamont
Charley Partanna is a hitman who works for the Prizzis, one of the richest crime families in the US. When he sees Irene Walker, it's love at first sight. But he soon finds that she, too, is a killer for hire. Charley can overlook his suspicions, but he can't turn off his heart. And the couple must remember that even if they love each other, the Prizzis love only money.
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All She Ever Wanted (1996)
Character: Marilyn
Rachel and Tom Stockman are the perfect couple. The only thing they lack is a child. But Rachel has a rare mental disorder, which can cause irreversible birth defects. With all the odds against them, it seems that Tom and Rachel must be reconciled to being childless. But Rachel is determined to have a baby - in fact, she is prepared to risk everything to become pregnant: her marriage, her healthy, even her sanity. So can she prove the medical community wrong? Can she beat the demons inside her own head? Or will she have a terrible price to pay?
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Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019)
Character: Senator Williams
Follows the heroic efforts of the crypto-zoological agency Monarch as its members face off against a battery of god-sized monsters, including the mighty Godzilla, who collides with Mothra, Rodan, and his ultimate nemesis, the three-headed King Ghidorah. When these ancient super-species, thought to be mere myths, rise again, they all vie for supremacy, leaving humanity's very existence hanging in the balance.
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Union City (1980)
Character: Mother
A 1950s accountant with a restless wife grows paranoid after hiding a milk thief's corpse next door.
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End of Days (1999)
Character: Detective Margie Francis
Cynical bodyguard Jericho is hired by a man possessed by Satan, who is in search of his bride. When Jericho realizes what is happening, he must do everything he can to save the woman and the world.
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Funny Valentines (1999)
Character: Ethel B.
A woman returns to her home town to sort out her troubled marriage and finds new happiness in the rekindling of a broken friendship with her cousin.
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As Summers Die (1986)
Character: Priscilla
Set in a sleepy Southern Louisiana town in 1959, a lawyer, searches for justice as he volunteers to help a black woman whose property is being threatened by the Holts, the first family of the town, after she refuses to sell her valuable land.
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The Clock (2025)
Character: Elle Rivers
A resilient 75-year-old woman, haunted by a clock counting down in her dreams since childhood, confronts her mortality during a home invasion, sparking an unexpected conversation with a her neighbor that blurs the line between fate and free will as midnight approaches.
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Go Tell It on the Mountain (1984)
Character: Deborah
This film adaptation of James Baldwin's celebrated novel tells the journey of a family from the rural South to "big city" Harlem seeking both salvation and understanding and of a young boy struggling to earn the approval of a self-righteous and often unloving stepfather.
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Avatar: Fire and Ash (2025)
Character: Mo'at
In the wake of the devastating war against the RDA and the loss of their eldest son, Jake Sully and Neytiri face a new threat on Pandora: the Ash People, a violent and power-hungry Na'vi tribe led by the ruthless Varang. Jake's family must fight for their survival and the future of Pandora in a conflict that pushes them to their emotional and physical limits.
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Third Degree Burn (1989)
Character: Julie Cartwright (as C.C.H. Pounder)
A down-and-out private eye (Treat Williams) gets too close to the wife (Virginia Madsen) of a rich man (Richard Masur) soon found dead.
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Face/Off (1997)
Character: Hollis Miller
In order to foil a terrorist plot, an FBI agent undergoes facial transplant surgery and assumes the identity of a criminal mastermind. The plan turns sour when the criminal wakes up prematurely and seeks revenge.
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All That Jazz (1979)
Character: Nurse Blake
Joe Gideon is at the top of the heap, one of the most successful directors and choreographers in musical theater. But he can feel his world slowly collapsing around him - his obsession with work has almost destroyed his personal life, and only his bottles of pills keep him going.
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Home Again (2012)
Character: Dulsay Mooreland
Returning to a "home" they hardly know after being deported from their adopted countries for minor criminal offenses, three people from very different backgrounds try to make a new life for themselves, in Jamaica in this gutsy drama from writer-director Sudz Sutherland. (TIFF)
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Avatar (2009)
Character: Mo'at
In the 22nd century, a paraplegic Marine is dispatched to the moon Pandora on a unique mission, but becomes torn between following orders and protecting an alien civilization.
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For Their Own Good (1993)
Character: Naomi Brinker
A factory worker gets an ultimatum from her employer that she agree to be sterilized or be fired.
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Out of Rosenheim (1987)
Character: Brenda
A German woman named Jasmin stumbles upon a dilapidated motel/diner in the middle of nowhere. Her unusual appearance and demeanor are at first suspicious to Brenda, the exasperated owner who has difficulty making ends meet. But when an unlikely magic sparks between the two women, this lonely desert outpost is transformed into a thriving and popular oasis.
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Lifepod (1993)
Character: Mayvene
Lifepod cronicles the trip of eight passengers after the ship they were traveling on blew up on Christmas Eve. Immediately people start dying. The passengers begin to investigate why the ship blew up and how it relates to them
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The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones (2013)
Character: Dorothea
In New York City, Clary Fray, a seemingly ordinary teenager, learns that she is descended from a line of Shadowhunters — half-angel warriors who protect humanity from evil forces. After her mother disappears, Clary joins forces with a group of Shadowhunters and enters Downworld, an alternate realm filled with demons, vampires, and a host of other creatures. Clary and her companions must find and protect an ancient cup that holds the key to her mother's future.
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Sliver (1993)
Character: Victoria Hendrix
A woman moves into a Manhattan apartment, where she learns that the previous tenant's life ended under mysterious circumstances.
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White Dwarf (1995)
Character: Nurse Shabana
In a distant future New York medical student Driscoll Rampart accomplishes his internship at Rusta, a rural planet that doesn't revolve around its axis and therefore is divided into contrasting halves of eternal day vs. eternal night. One is a Victorian-styled colony, the other a medieval kingdom. Both leave Rampart in a state of constant wonder, as he finds his way among humans and aliens, strange dreams and even stranger reality, a dark keep and a red sea, and more universal matters of war and peace, good and bad, love and hate and sickness and health.
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