Playing for Keeps (2009)
장르 : 드라마, TV 영화
상영시간 : 1시간 25분
연출 : Gary Harvey
시놉시스
A white woman has an affair with a married African-American basketball star and challenges him for custody of their mixed-race son. Based on a true story.
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Can a ruthless mass killer become a messenger of peace? This spellbinding documentary traces the rise and fall of General Butt Naked—feared warlord of Liberia’s 14-year civil war—and his self-proclaimed quest to heal his country and redeem his own soul as a newborn evangelist.
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