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Can Football Save the Economy?

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Reeling from the market correction? Concerned about gas prices? Will Elon Musk buy Russia and make everything better? Or can the NFL fix all with its outsized contracts, massive budget, and bloated warchest? Forget all this week had to offer and get ready for the NFL Draft by revisiting one of our favorite Football flix Backfield in Motion . Roseanne and her teenage son played by Johnny Galecki move to a small town where football reigns supreme. When Roseanne's son joins the JV team, she organizes a mothers vs. sons football game. Tom Arnold has a lead role as well so clearly this week's drama will fade into some sort of comic relief! But don't count on Galecki's gridiron gifts getting him too far. Roseanne and Tom at it again! Draft Backfield in Motion only on TheArchive  for your weekend score! TheArchive  channel is dedicated to aficionados and lovers of story, craft, and silver screen fun – streaming rare, retro, and restored films and classic TV. From indies and

One of TV's First Mixed-ish Couples

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In A Fight for Jenny , Kelsey and her new black husband must fight against her racist ex-boyfriend as he attempts to sue for full custody of their young daughter. Now Kelsey and her husband must fight injustice to get her back. Philip Michael Thomas, Lesley Ann Warren, and Jean Smart star. It is both a relief as to how far we've come, yet in many ways, how little progress has been made. In a New York Times review from 1986, the writer says " NBC has had some difficulty deciding how to ''play'' the television movie it is broadcasting tonight."  The network's vacillating no doubt has something to do with the movie's subject. A Fight for Jenny is about an interracial couple.  Kelsey, a divorced mother, is white. David is black.  It would be easy enough to say that interracial relationships are not at all unusual by now in American entertainments. Pop sociologists can point to everything from the film Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?  to the televisi

The Switch Features Story of Disabled Motorcyclist

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Among so many genres and eras,  TheArchive  also features inclusive content spotlighting a diverse group of underrepresented people. From autism to the deaf community and even those physically disabled, our content seeks to lift marginalized voices. In  The Switch , Larry McAfee is paralyzed from the neck down following a motorcycle accident, and gradually loses the will to live until he befriends a talk radio DJ and changes both their lives.  Bobby Roth (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Hawaii-Five-0, Grey's Anatomy) directs Gary Cole, Craig T. Nelson, and Beverly D'Angelo. Stream The Switch and more on  TheArchive  now.                      TheArchive  channel is dedicated to aficionados and lovers of story, craft, and silver screen fun – streaming rare, retro, and 4K restored films and classic TV. From indies and series, to Oscar winning documentaries, unearthed MOWs, and a killer horror library,  TheArchive  delivers forgotten, never-before-seen gems for free.  Marilyn ,  Karloff

The Secret Life of a Pope on the Slopes

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Keeping it Real   with true stories on TheArchive: This Easter, celebrate the majesty of nature and mystery of faith with the true story of a ski-loving Pope. The Secret Life of John Paul II (2004) The Skiing Pope that will inspire and melt away your winter blues. Behold the true story of Pope John Paul II when, in July of ‘84, his Holiness met a young man by the name of Lino Zani on the Italian slopes. Indulging in his beloved Winter hobby (held privately dear to the Pope), divine chance--perhaps a miracle-- brought these two together, under an umbrella for their shared love of skiing.  The Secret Life of John Paul II (2004) The unsuspecting ski lodge expert, Lino Zani, witnesses much upon the mountain and, over the years, remain friends with His Majesty, the Pope. Brothers of the mountain, united in adventure, the two would fulfill a magnificent journey of friendship, perseverance, and faith.  …Not to mention, adventure.   The Secret Life of John Paul II (2004) The Secret Life of

One Night Only: Alley Cat Screening at Tarantino's Beverly Cinema (Double Feature)

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The Archive Presents: "Alley Cat" One Night Only at Tarantino's Beverly Cinema (with "Raw Force") April 11, 2022 9:25 pm Alley Cat Alley Cat Don’t mess with girls in the park – it’s not nice! Set against the seedy streets of Los Angeles, a young woman (Karin Mani) will have to put her martial arts skills to the test when a local gang puts a target on her back, attacks her grandparents, and generally makes her life a living hell. Realizing the justice system is stacked against her, she’ll have to unleash her own brand of kung fu vigilante justice. Director Victor M. Ordonez, Ed Palmos, Al Valletta Writer

Parole For Another Monster?

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TheArchive  has learned that the monster responsible for the 1970s heinous Chowchilla kidnapping of a bus full of children, who went on to bury them all alive, has been put up for parole. And his other two accomplices are already free men. Is this our criminal justice system at work? He’s been denied 17 times and now for some reason he’s been deemed suitable for release. Mind you the three accomplices planned far in advance of this unspeakable act even determining the perfect amount of ransom to demand.  26 children fell victim to these heinous perpetrators all free to roam the streets again. TheArchive  happens to be streaming Vanished Without a Trace , the movie based on these unbelievable events. Karl Malden puts in a powerful performance as the bus driver who attempts to thwart the plan and save the kids. Stream this wild true story and many others only on  TheArchive . TheArchive  channel is dedicated to aficionados and lovers of story, craft, and silver screen fun – streaming rar

From After the Silence to Academy Award Winning CODA: Deaf Characters and their Cinematic Representation

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Written by Multicom's Nicole Bajorek (artwork by Nicole Bajorek) This post was originally published on (2/15/21) and updated on (3/27/22) . CODA has won Best Picture tonight at the 94th annual Academy Awards, a a historic win for the Deaf community. Deaf characters and actors have long been underrepresented, stereotyped, and ignored in the history of cinema and television. A majority of the few deaf characters featured or included in movies and shows were often played by hearing actors (usually with no ties to the Deaf community), and painted as highly-dependent beings. A deaf character was also often dismissed by the majority of (hearing) characters, and regarded as slow-minded and gullible.   While I cannot speak for deaf people, as a #CODA (acronym for Child of Deaf Adults), I’ve grown up among the Deaf community and have experienced, understood, admired, and respected Deaf culture firsthand. My mother was born deaf, while my father became deaf at the age of three due to tubercu

Academy Award Winning Dangerous Moves

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As we head into Oscar weekend,  TheArchive  is proud to present one of our favorite Academy Award winning films,  Dangerous Moves . It is the story of two chess masters who duel each other in classic gameplay but discover that it is their differing ideologies that truly raise the stakes. When aging Soviet Jew and title holder Akiva Liebskind arrives in Geneva to face off against his former student and USSR defector in the World Championship match, the Soviet authorities threaten to harm Akiva's family if he does not defeat the rogue player. Their differences will be put to the ultimate test when discovering they are mere pawns in a much more sinister game. TheArchive  brings you the Oscar winning Arthur Cohn production of  Dangerous Moves . “An engrossing Swiss film that offers a behind-the-scenes look at the cerebral sport of chess.” - Spirituality and Practice Review TheArchive  channel is dedicated to aficionados and lovers of story, craft, and silver screen fun – streaming rare

Uncovering Russian Disinformation

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We don't have all the answers but we do have the content that explores the many aspects of what we are currently experiencing. And it is serious. In Shootdown - a chillingly bleak cautionary tale based on a true story - Angela Lansbury is trying to get answers and refers to the fact that, getting information or rather the truth from the then Soviets, was nearly impossible. Lansbury plays the mother of one of the victims of Korean Airlines Flight 007, which was shot down while flying over the Soviet Union in 1983, and is desperately searching for answers regarding the tragedy. When tensions arise and a mystery ensues, and the Russians are behind it, Lansbury's character stops at nothing to get answers.   In the vein of Russian disinformation and propaganda, we also uncovered the Dean Stockwell narrated Phenomenon : a series that examines governments, corporations, and religious groups that have secretly wielded vast power by suppressing critical data or spreading disinformation

The Tale of Two Pams

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We've got the best of Pam, and the worst of Pam. But either way we're about to drop some wisdom on you but first we'll start with the foolishness. Are you ready for some Pam spam? If ever we’ve overreached to connect the dots of our content to what's up in the world, then we're about to outdo ourselves. This week we bring you two thesps. Well one. But two people nonetheless all up on our screens.  Renée Zellweger and Pamela Anderson.  We have been barraged lately with ads on  The Thing About Pam starring  two-time Academy-Award winner Renée Zellweger in the titular role. Speaking of titular, Pamela Anderson has been all over our screens lately as well. From the new year's kickoff of Hulu's Pam and Tommy to Pam's latest announcement that she's going to sell err tell her "real" story to Netflix. Big shout out to the Pams this week and in their honor, when you decide you want to get another taste of Renée, tune into sweeping romantic epic  T