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.

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13 rows where subject_race = "Middle Eastern (White)"

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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
197 197 Exodus: Gods and Kings http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1528100/ UK 2014 $65M Ridley Scott 1 Moses Historical Known Middle Eastern (White) 0 Male Christian Bale
318 318 King David http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089420/ US 1985 - Bruce Beresford 1 David Historical Known Middle Eastern (White) 0 Male Richard Gere
319 319 King of Kings http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055047/ US 1961 - Nicholas Ray 1 Jesus Historical Known Middle Eastern (White) 0 Male Jeffrey Hunter
415 415 One Night with the King http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0430431/ US 2006 $13.4M Michael O. Sajbel 1 Hadassah (Esther) Historical Known Middle Eastern (White) 0 Female Tiffany Dupont
496 496 Son of God http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3210686/ US 2014 $59.7M Christopher Spencer 1 Jesus Historical Known Middle Eastern (White) 0 Male Diogo Morgado
587 587 The Greatest Story Ever Told http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059245/ US 1965 $8M George Stevens 1 Jesus Historical Known Middle Eastern (White) 0 Male Max von Sydow
602 602 The Jesus Film http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079368/ US 1979 - John Krish, Peter Sykes 1 Jesus Historical Known Middle Eastern (White) 0 Male Brian Deacon
605 605 The King of Kings http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0018054/ US 1927 - Cecil B. DeMille 1 Jesus Historical Known Middle Eastern (White) 0 Male H.B. Warner
629 629 The Miracle Maker http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0208298/ UK 2000 - Derek W. Hayes, Stanislav Sokolov 1 Jesus Historical Known Middle Eastern (White) 0 Male Ralph Fiennes
647 647 The Prince of Egypt http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120794/ US 1998 $101M Brenda Chapman, Steve Hickner 2 Moses Historical Known Middle Eastern (White) 0 Male Val Kilmer
648 648 The Prince of Egypt http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120794/ US 1998 $101M Brenda Chapman, Steve Hickner 2 Ramses Historical Known Middle Eastern (White) 0 Male Ralph Fiennes
678 678 The Ten Commandments http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049833/ US 1956 $80M Cecil B. DeMille 1 Moses Historical Known Middle Eastern (White) 0 Male Charlton Heston
684 684 The Visual Bible: The Gospel of John http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0377992/ Canada/UK 2003 $4.07M Philip Saville 1 Jesus Historical Known Middle Eastern (White) 0 Male Henry Ian Cusick

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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
);