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The story of four real-life women who risked everything to take on a life of espionage during the Civil War. After shooting a Union soldier in her front hall with a pocket pistol, Belle Boyd became a courier and spy for the Confederate army, using her charms to seduce men on both sides. Emma Edmonds cut off her hair and assumed the identity of a man to enlist as a Union private, witnessing the bloodiest battles of the Civil War. The beautiful widow,...
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[2006]
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Suffering through years of psychological and physical abuse under the ruthless watch of a cruel patriarch, young Jo Ann Foley did not think she would ever escape her grandfather's horrifying cycle of violence and torment. But a chance meeting leads to a friendship with the elderly Black couple who live behind her. They provide Jo Ann with the stable family environment she needs, giving her the courage and hope to fight for her redemption and begin...
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