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The 90-minute film tells the story of a journey to Rome of frontline leaders to discuss with Pope Francis his encyclical “Laudato Si’, on Care for Our Common Home.”

Honest, yet sympathetic, the biographical film “Benjamin Franklin” gives viewers the opportunity to rediscover a Founding Father many may not have studied since elementary school.

“Mature themes aside, ‘A Samurai in the Vatican’ is free of objectionable material and makes for highly informative and educational viewing. Teens as well as grown-ups will profit from learning about the important episode in diplomatic and religious history the show seeks to rescue from oblivion.”

The PBS series “In Their Own Words” offers a biographical sketch of the current pontiff and an overview of his pontificate with the episode “Pope Francis.”

As the United States grapples with renewed demands for racial equity, the nation also is marking the centennial of one of the most shameful episodes in its history, the Tulsa Race Massacre.

Despite obvious defects, the biographical documentary “The Donut King” provides fascinating insights into both the bright and dark sides of the American dream.

The opening moments of the documentary “Billy Graham” focus on a high point in the celebrated preacher’s career, his address to the 116,000 souls who attended one of his crusades at Chicago’s cavernous Soldier Field on June 17, 1962.

Thanks largely to repeated TV airings of “The Wizard of Oz,” each generation of Americans rediscovers the classic 1939 film and embraces it as their own.