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2) Sounder
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Set in rural Louisiana during the Depression, this heartfelt story tells of a sharecropper family struggling to overcome adversity. After stealing to feed his family, Nathan is sent to a prison camp. In their fight for survival, his determined wife and their eldest son hold the family together. Once the boy becomes an adult, he searches for his father but instead discovers manhood.
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Fifteen-year old Tina discovers she is pregnant and must choose between abortion, adoption, or being single parent. Abandoned by her boyfriend, she turns to her mother and learns that her pregnancy could reunite her shattered family and help her find her true purpose in life.
11) Man of miracles
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"In the sleepy town of Vine Creek, preacher and volunteer fireman Joe Cass (John Ritter) wakes up to realize his family and community are at a breaking point. Joe decides to take control of his life and must prove his bravery when he is called to save a child trapped inside a burning building. Lost inside the inferno, a mysterious fireman helps them to safety and quickly disappears"--Container.
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As the mayor of St. Nicholas, Iowa, Sarah has devoted her entire life to preserving the idyllic village. However, when St. Nick's only doctor dies, the town faces tragedy : a brand new hospital will close, dooming any future progress the area may hope for. Pressured by St. Nick's delightfully stubborn city council of elders, Sarah's only hope lies with her former high school sweetheart, Mike Greiser. Sarah must reluctantly ask Mike to move back to...
15) Road to Rio
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A pair of down-and-out Hollywood musicians find themselves on a slow boat to Rio de Janeiro where they meet a beautiful woman whose sinister guardian is trying to marry her off to a swindler.
16) Pit pony
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It's the turn of the century. Electricity, the telephone, automobiles and radio promise a new world -- even in the remote mining town of Glace Bay. But for young orphan Willie MacLean, his family and friends, the hardships of the present threaten to crush any hope for the future.