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Call them dwarfs, although they prefer "little people" or "people of short stature." But you might as well call them what they are: homeowners, parents, students, friends, lovers, working professionals and contributing members of society.
Jan Krawitz' Big Enough is an intimate and refreshing portrait of what it is like growing up as a Little Person. Reminiscent of Michael Apted's acclaimed 7-Up series, Big Enough explores what a group of little people achieve and learn during their lives - and the emotional and physical challenges they have faced in an "average-sized" world.
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Celesta Davis has been on both Oprah and Primetime Live to talk about Awful Normal
Celesta and Karen Davis grew up in a loving family. They shared many wonderful childhood moments and, at the time, thought it all was normal. But when Karen and Celesta were molested in 1978, little was being done about sexual abuse. Their parents' lack of action was neither questioned nor challenged, including years of continued social contact with the perpetrator, his wife and their two young children. This made for some not-so-normal memories.
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Roger Weisberg and Vanessa Roth's Aging Out is the emotionally stirring and poignant saga of three teenagers in New York and Los Angeles who, for most of their lives, have been shuffled from one foster care home to another. Now, they find their teen years in foster care coming to an end and are "aging out" of their ability to continue as wards-literally being forced to fend for themselves in a harsh world.
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In the early 70s, you could get anything you want at Alice's Restaurant. But at Marv's, you get whatever's on the plate. Like chewing gum stuck under a Formica countertop, Marv's has been a less-than-appetizing side of Cleveland's Coventry Rd. neighborhood for as long as anyone can remember. Avuncular but seedy owner-operator Marv congenially presides over a motley, faithful after-hours crowd, maintaining an extramarital affair with head waitress Grace and slipping bribes to keep health inspectors out of the kitchen.
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A white man stranded on the side of the road. A black man speeding by in an SUV. An act of kindness with fatal repercussions. Two strangers, harboring dark secrets, learn how much can change in just thirty miles. Humorous, moving and suspenseful, 30 Miles is a road movie full of secrets, betrayal, murder and deception.
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Mixing strong drink with restless humor, Sunday on the Rocks is a voyeuristic romp with four roommates, a bottle of scotch and the universal struggles of love, faith, sex and friendship.
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She takes body, mind, & soul
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A suburban indie-rock band meets the Big Apple and a cyborg costume comes to life in Rock and Roll Superhero, the true story of Watt White and his quest for a record deal. After producing two CDs that failed to get the attention of the music industry, Watt had a new concept: a rocking band of comic book superheroes. Selling athletic footwear by day, by night he morphed into a seven-foot tall cyborg named "Machine." His transformation and dream of success inspired the making of Rock and Roll Superhero.
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The Poet and the Con is a 78 minute "personal voice" documentary about the relationship between the filmmaker, Eric Trules, a performance poet, and his uncle, Harvey Rosenberg, a career criminal and confessed murderer. It is also a film about family, crime, morality, and redemption ? with poetry.
Through his identification with his uncle, and in making the film, Trules attempts to come to terms with his own moral conflicts, and with his role as an artist/outsider in society at large.
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After reading an article about the child sex trafficking industry, Holly Mosher began to research this little talked about problem. During that search, she came across two remarkable programs that work directly with street children in the beautiful coastal city of Recife, Brazil - a worldwide hub for sex tourism.
Hummingbird goes onto the street to see the reality of these kids, and then goes into the programs to see just how these high risk kids can be helped. Although the recovery process is slow - it can be successful.