Biopics: biopics.csv

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This table contains the data behind the story 'Straight Outta Compton' Is The Rare Biopic Not About White Dudes.

biopics.csv contains the following variables:

Variable Definition
title Title of the film.
site URL from IMDB.
country Country of origin.
year_released Year of release.
box_office Gross earnings at U.S. box office.
director Director of film.
number_of_subjects The number of subjects featured in the film.
subject The actual name of the featured subject.
type_of_subject The occupation of subject or reason for recognition.
race_known Indicates whether the subject’s race was discernible based on background of self, parent, or grandparent.
subject_race Race of the subject.
person_of_color Dummy variable that indicates person of color.
subject_sex Sex of subject.
lead_actor_actress The actor or actress who played the subject.

Source: IMDb.

Data license: CC Attribution 4.0 License · Data source: fivethirtyeight/data on GitHub · About: simonw/fivethirtyeight-datasette

11 rows where subject_race = "Middle Eastern"

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Link rowid ▼ title site country year_release box_office director number_of_subjects subject type_of_subject race_known subject_race person_of_color subject_sex lead_actor_actress
107 107 Caesar and Cleopatra http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038390/ UK 1945 - Gabriel Pascal 2 Cleopatra Historical Known Middle Eastern 1 Female Vivien Leigh
136 136 Cleopatra http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0024991/ US 1934 - Cecil B. DeMille 1 Cleopatra Historical Known Middle Eastern 1 Female Claudette Colbert
137 137 Cleopatra http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056937/ US/UK 1963 $57.8M Joseph L. Mankiewicz 1 Cleopatra Historical Known Middle Eastern 1 Female Elizabeth Taylor
161 161 Desert Dancer http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2403393/ UK 2014 $144K Richard Raymond 1 Afshin Ghaffarian Artist Known Middle Eastern 1 Male Reece Ritchie
268 268 I Am a Sex Addict http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0428649/ US 2005 $113K Caveh Zahedi 1 Caveh Zahedi Actor Known Middle Eastern 1 Male Caveh Zahedi
305 305 Jinnah http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0183306/ UK 1998 - Jamil Dehlavi 1 Mohammad Ali Jinnah Other Known Middle Eastern 1 Male Christopher Lee
334 334 Lion of the Desert http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081059/ US 1981 - Moustapha Akkad 1 Omar Mukhtar Activist Known Middle Eastern 1 Male Anthony Quinn
391 391 Muhammad: The Last Prophet http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0430377/ US 2002 - Richard Rich 1 Muhammad Historical Known Middle Eastern 1 Male  
427 427 Persepolis http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0808417/ US 2007 $4.44M Vincent Paronnaud, Marjane Satrapi 1 Marjane 'Marji' Satrapi Activist Known Middle Eastern 1 Female Chiara Mastroianni
466 466 Rosewater http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2752688/ US 2014 $3.09M Jon Stewart 1 Maziar Bahari Media Known Middle Eastern 1 Male Gael GarcÌ_a Bernal
628 628 The Message http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074896/ UK 1977 - Moustapha Akkad 1 Muhammad Historical Known Middle Eastern 1 Male Anthony Quinn

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CREATE TABLE "biopics/biopics" (
"title" TEXT,
  "site" TEXT,
  "country" TEXT,
  "year_release" INTEGER,
  "box_office" TEXT,
  "director" TEXT,
  "number_of_subjects" INTEGER,
  "subject" TEXT,
  "type_of_subject" TEXT,
  "race_known" TEXT,
  "subject_race" TEXT,
  "person_of_color" INTEGER,
  "subject_sex" TEXT,
  "lead_actor_actress" TEXT
);