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Who are the actors in the movie Julia?

In Canton, Mississippi, a fearless young lawyer and his assistant defend a black man accused of murdering two white men who raped his ten-year-old daughter, inciting violent retribution and revenge from the Ku Klux Klan. Director: Joel Schumacher | Stars: Matthew McConaughey, Sandra Bullock, Samuel L. Jackson, Kevin Spacey.

Was Julia the first black actress to win an Oscar?

Mar 17, 2000 · Erin Brockovich: Directed by Steven Soderbergh. With Julia Roberts, David Brisbin, Dawn Didawick, Albert Finney. An unemployed single mother becomes a legal assistant and almost single-handedly brings down a California power company accused of …

Who is Julia Baker (aka Julia Baker)?

Julia: Created by Hal Kanter. With Diahann Carroll, Lloyd Nolan, Marc Copage, Michael Link. Julia Baker is a young African-American woman working as a nurse. She is also a widow (her husband died in Vietnam) trying to raise a young son alone.

What is the movie Legally Blonde about?

Two New Yorkers accused of murder in rural Alabama while on their way back to college call in the help of one of their cousins, a loudmouth lawyer with no trial experience. Director: Jonathan Lynn | Stars: Joe Pesci, Marisa Tomei, Ralph Macchio, Mitchell Whitfield. Votes: …

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Erin Brockovich-Ellis is an unemployed single mother, desperate to find a job, but is having no luck. This losing streak even extends to a failed lawsuit against a doctor in a car accident she was in. With no alternative, she successfully browbeats her lawyer to give her a job in compensation for the loss.

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The real Erin Brockovich-Ellis claimed that the film was 98-99% accurate.

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Julia Baker is a young African-American woman working as a nurse. She is also a widow (her husband died in Vietnam) trying to raise a young son alone.

Did you know

Diahann Carroll said in interview that the show ended when she asked to be let out of her television contract, having grown tired of the controversy surrounding the show from its inception.

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Just for the record, no one seems to have commented on the social importance of this show. It was the first television series to star a black woman. (And one of the few of its time to star any black actor or actress.) It was also important in that it did not play to stereotypes of of the role of black women, let alone single black mothers.

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By what name was Julia (1968) officially released in Canada in English?