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Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
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Javed, a British teen of Pakistani descent, is growing up in England in 1987. Amidst the racial and economic turmoil of the times, he writes poetry as a means to escape the intolerance of his hometown and the inflexibility of his traditional father. But when he is introduced to the music of 'the Boss,' Javed sees parallels to his working-class life in Springsteen's powerful lyrics.
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Publisher
Redhook
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
"Alex Woods was struck by a meteorite when he was ten years old, leaving scars that marked him for an extraordinary life. The son of a fortune teller, bookish, and an easy target for bullies, he hasn't had the most conventional childhood. When he meets curmudgeonly widower Mr. Peterson, he finds an unlikely friend. Someone who teaches him that that you only get one shot at life. That you have to make it count. So when, aged seventeen, Alex is stopped...
Language
English
Description
A beautiful day in the neighborhood: Tom Hanks portrays Mister Rogers in a timely story of kindness triumphing over cynicism, based on the true story of a real-life friendship between Fred Rogers and journalist Tom Junod. After a jaded magazine writer is assigned a profile of Fred Rogers, he overcomes his skepticism, learning about kindness, love, and forgiveness from America's most beloved neighbor.
Blinded by the light: Javed, a British teen of...
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Language
English
Description
A spirited young American girl goes to London in search of her long-lost father. When she finds him, she sets out to prove that love can conquer all, but finds that her unique, impulsive style threatens the relationship she has waited for all her life.
5) Tormented
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
"Can revenge reach beyond the grave? When Darren Mullet, an awkward, bullied boy commits suicide, few kids at his school can do anything but snicker, except for sweet Justine, who delivers a eulogy but admits she can't remember ever meeting the boy. But Mullet knew her, and remembered every humiliation he suffered at school. When his unrepentant tormentors begin getting weird and threatening text messages from the dead boy's phone, they believe they're...
Publisher
Binge Box
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
It's kind of a funny story: Sometimes what's in your head isn't as crazy as you think ... that's certainly true for Craig, a stressed-out teenager who checks himself into a mental health clinic for some time out. What he finds instead is an unlikely mentor, a potential new romance and an opportunity to begin anew. Charming, witty and smart, it's a coming-of-age story that's kind of a funny story.
Trainspotting: A young heroin addict in Edinburgh...
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Big chill : The growing pains of seven college housemates from the 1960s who have drifted apart and then reunite at the funeral of a friend. Harold has "grown up" to be a running-shoe magnate; Michael, a gossip magazine journalist; Sam, TV's hottest private eye; Nick, a drug dealer; Sarah is a doctor; Meg, a lawyer; and Karen, a wife and mother in the suburbs. Stunned by the death of their peer, sensing their own mortality and the loss of their innocence,...
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