- Rating: 8.20
- Year of issue: 2017
- Genres: History, Biography, Drama
- Countries: United States
- Duration: 51 minutes
- Complexity: 8
The life tales of history's biggest minds. From their days as young adults to their final years we see their discoveries, loves, partnerships, creates, problems and brilliant.
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1. Chapter One
DescriptionThe life of the 20th century’s most brilliant icon, Albert Einstein, was full of passionate, volatile relationships. -
2. Chapter Two
DescriptionAfter butting heads in class, Einstein falls in love with the determined Mileva Maric. Their affair raises eyebrows. -
3. Chapter Three
DescriptionEinstein struggles to support his pregnant wife and land an academic post in a rigid world of tradition and protocol. -
4. Chapter Four
DescriptionAlbert Einstein and Mileva juggle raising a kids with his attempts to catch the eye of the scientific establishment. -
5. Chapter Five
DescriptionEinstein begins to experience the academic life he coveted, but he falters in his familial responsibilities. He is reintroduced to his cousin Elsa. -
6. Chapter Six
DescriptionEinstein moves his family for work, and to be closer to his new love, Elsa. He sets out to prove his theory as his marriage reaches a breaking point. -
7. Chapter Seven
DescriptionIn the wake of the war, patriotism corrupts one of Albert Einstein’s closest friends, Fritz Haber, pitting them against each other. -
8. Chapter Eight
DescriptionEinstein and his wife Elsa attempt to flee Germany after the rise of the Nazis, but they face unexpected roadblocks. -
9. Chapter Nine
DescriptionAlbert Einstein settles into life in America, but dangers abroad continue to be a threat to both him and his former colleagues. -
10. Chapter Ten
DescriptionAfter the atomic bomb is dropped and World War II draws to a close, Einstein assumes the role of world citizen in his twilight years.
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1. Chapter One
DescriptionPablo Picasso confronts the threat of fascism in Spain, and Young Pablo rejects traditional painting to search for his own voice. -
2. Chapter Two
DescriptionPicasso's relationship with Dora Maar is strained by war. Young Pablo succeeds by imitating the masters, but struggles to be original. -
3. Chapter Three
DescriptionPicasso meets his great love Franoise Gilot. Young Pablo begins his Blue Period after the suicide of his friend. -
4. Chapter Four
DescriptionAs older Picasso juggles two love affairs, Young Pablo strives to create a masterpiece that will signal his arrival as a great artist. -
5. Chapter Five
DescriptionPicasso tries to convince Franoise to move in with him, while Young Pablo is challenged by the radical genius of Matisse. -
6. Chapter Six
DescriptionPicasso takes Franoise Gilot on vacation. Young Pablo starts cubism with Georges Braque, but is accused of stealing the Mona Lisa. -
7. Chapter Seven
DescriptionAfter WWII, Picasso joins the Communist Party. He is haunted by a tragic love affair. -
8. Chapter Eight
DescriptionPablo meets his first wife, a ballerina, while designing a ballet. Older Picasso struggles to manage his complex family. -
9. Chapter Nine
DescriptionFranoise Gilot defies Picasso and pursues her artistic goals. Meanwhile a young Dora Maar strives to meet Picasso. -
10. Chapter Ten
DescriptionAfter Franoise leaves him, Picasso withdraws from society to create the perfect painting.
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1. Respect
DescriptionDesperate for a hit, Aretha travels to Muscle Shoals in 1967 to record her first album with Atlantic Records. After suffering the loss of her surrogate mother, Little Re braves her first solo in 1953, in her father’s, C.L. Franklin, church. -
2. Until the Real Thing Comes Along
DescriptionStruggling to find her sound, Aretha catches the attention of Jerry Wexler at Atlantic Records in 1966. Meanwhile, Little Re has her first touring experience on the Gospel Circuit in 1954 with C.L. Franklin and meets her idol, Clara Ward. -
3. Do Right Woman
DescriptionAretha juggles her music career and her commitment to the civil rights movement, led by Martin Luther King Jr., in 1967 and 1968. Meanwhile, Little Re leaves behind her newborn child to return to the Gospel Circuit in 1955, meeting with music legends James Cleveland and Little Sammie Bryant. -
4. Unforgettable
DescriptionAretha is featured on the cover of Time Magazine in 1968, but she’s devastated when the article focuses on the scandalous details of her personal life. Barbara Franklin and Young C.L. Franklin struggle to establish themselves in Memphis in 1941, before Little Re is born. -
5. Young, Gifted and Black
DescriptionAretha, inspired by Angela Davis and the Soledad Brothers, records her protest album “Young, Gifted and Black” in 1970. Despite Jerry Wexler’s uncertainty, the album is a success. Barbara Franklin makes a decision that has a devastating effect on Little Re in 1951. -
6. Amazing Grace
DescriptionAretha records her best-selling live Gospel album “Amazing Grace” in 1972 at New Temple Missionary Baptist Church, ignoring her sibling’s pleas to record instead at New Bethel with their father, C.L. Franklin. -
7. Chain of Fools
DescriptionAs the Queen of Soul enters the age of disco, Aretha will do anything to remain relevant—including stealing an opportunity from her sister Carolyn. She receives a GRAMMY nomination but is ultimately snubbed from winning the award. -
8. No One Sleeps
DescriptionDespite significant emotional losses, including a second divorce and the death of her father in 1984, Aretha pushes herself artistically and triumphs.