Watching a television series with more than one season can be a dilemma for many, but the great alternative is short titles that are easily found between miniseries. In the catalog of Netflix, there is a good supply of limited fictions to enjoy in a single weekend or perhaps less, depending on the length of the episodes. Check out this list of the productions with the most captivating stories that you won’t be able to pause on TV.
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Based on the podcast of the same name, this science fiction horror series is told in two parts, where Dan Turner (Mamoudou Athie) and Melody Pendras (Dinah Shihabi) will connect their lives through videotapes she recorded in the 1990s while conducting a documentary research project at the Visser Building. The footage was recovered after the site was the scene of a tragic fire, and he is hired to restore the video footage, a job she performs with excellent skill. The season is divided into eight episodes.
queen’s gambit
The acclaimed drama, starring Anya Taylor-JoyIt is an adaptation of the novel by Walter Tevis published in 1983. The plot follows Beth Harmon, an orphan who is interested in chess in her childhood and shows a brilliant skill at her young age, it could be said that she is simply a prodigy. As she grows older, the protagonist finds a home and deals with the addictions she developed from a very young age due to the medications she took in the orphanage, while she makes her way in a competition led by men. There are seven chapters in total.
unorthodox
Through four episodesthe miniseries brings the book to the small screen Unorthodox: The Scandalous Rejection of My Hasidic Rootsthe autobiography of Deborah Feldman. Starring Shira Haasthe story focuses on the life of Esty Shapiro, a young woman who managed to free herself from the ultra-orthodox Jewish community of Satmar, a community in New York, and how her journey led her to discover herself far away from the obligations of her family. and her husband.
someone has to die
This co-production of Spain and Mexico presents us with a Spanish society of the 1950s marked by conservatism and traditions in the context of Francoism. Gabino Falcón has just arrived in his native country from Mexico and is accompanied by his dancer friend, Lázaro, who will not be well regarded by his family. In addition, the young man will have to accept an unexpected marriage arrangement with Cayetana Aldama, the perfect girl chosen by his parents. Carmen Maura, Cecilia Suarez, Alejandro Speitzer, Ester Exposito, Carlos caves and more stars act in this three episode story created by Manolo Caro (the house of flowers).
this is how they see us
the acclaimed director Ava DuVernay run this award-winning four-part miniseries which was based on the true events of “The New York Five,” a case in which a group of African-American teenagers were forced to plead guilty to the 1989 rape and murder of a female Central Park jogger. Kevin Richardson (Asante Blackk), Anton McCray (Caleel Harris), Yusef Salaam (Ethan Herisse), Korey Wise (Jharrel Jerome) and Raymond Santana (marquis rodriguez) were falsely accused and served unjust prison sentences until adulthood, the full story is detailed in this moving title.
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