Philip Kleinbart
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (86 min.) : sound, color with black & white sequences, DVD video ; 4 3/4 in.
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The ordinary interactions and everyday routines of the Watsons, an African American family from Flint, Michigan, are changed drastically as the result of a trip to visit Grandma Sands in Birmingham, Alabama in the summer of 1963.
2) Our Sons
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Julie Andrews and Ann-Margret star as the mothers of two gay sons, one of whom is dying from AIDS. As a small town waitress, Luanne Barnes must overcome her own homophobia and learn to love her son Donald unconditionally. Throughout the process, she cements a true bond with Audrey Grant, mother to Donald's boyfriend, James. Inspired by the 1987 documentary, 'Too Little, Too Late.'
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In 1951 Florida, a poor, illiterate migrant farmer is wrongly imprisoned for fraud and served a long sentence. Upon her release, the embattled mother prepares to regain custody of her three children by learning to read and representing herself in the courtroom. Based on a true story.
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Spoiled Beverly Hills housewife Irma Summers totals a $50,000 car while racing home in order to make it to the couch in time for her afternoon talk shows. Convinced that her retired husband Walter is fed up with her antics and has set out to kill her, Irma stays one step ahead of the perceived plot. She escapes her mansion with an enterprising con-woman, and the mismatched pair soon find themselves up to their elbows in action, intrigue, and misadventures....
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After a lifetime of fighting crime in the city, Detective Heather Brooks returns to her hometown and faces a disturbing case. When a group of the high school's most universally cherished athletes are accused of raping Leslie, a mentally handicapped girl, their defense stays that the girl "asked for it." Brooks focuses wholeheartedly on the investigation, and works to unravel a heinous cover-up.