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Locomotive

2013

Locomotive

2013
A former straight-edge musician tries to reconnect with a former love interest, a groupie for the band he broke up.
Amazon Falls

2010

Amazon Falls

2010
Amazon Falls tells the story of a faded B-movie actress JANA who refuses to let go of her dream of being a star. Famous for her roles in Amazon movies where she portrayed a variety of pre-Xena warrior-princesses, she desperately tries to keep her leg in the B-movie game, and pursues her career with a zealous fervor.
Guilty of Innocence: The Lenell Geter Story

1987

Guilty of Innocence: The Lenell Geter Story

1987
This is the story of Lenell Geter, an engineer who was accused and convicted of armed robbery. Because he had such faith in the system, he thought that he would eventually be released. But he was in jail for 18 months until a lawyer from the NAACP was brought to assist in his case.
Hiding in Plain Sight

2012

Hiding in Plain Sight

2012
The Blackmon family subsist in their car following the recession, desperate to keep up appearances and reclaim their silent dignity as a stable unit.
Down by the River

2014

Down by the River

2014
A family deals with the disease of sickle cell, in there youngest family member. In the midst of this trying time and prosperous time at moments, there are many other obstacles that come in to play, that test the very foundation of this family.
The Pier

2011

The Pier

2011
After 20 years of no contact with his father, Jack McCarthy (played by Hurley) travels from New York to his father Larry's death bed in Cork. Upon arrival he is furious to find his father alive and well and even more so when he then discovers he can't leave. Soon, father and son are forced to deal with a painful history. At the core of their conflict is Larry's denial about the death of his wife, Jack's mother. The story explores the difficult and painful, but often very hilarious ways they try to communicate. Forging a begrudging peace, the reality of life sets in when Larry discloses to Jack another truth that leads to a final reconciliation.
Last Train Home

1989

Last Train Home

1989
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Tom Bradshaw searches for his family while riding the rails in this family drama set in the 1880s.
Crown Heights

2004

Crown Heights

2004
After the Crown Heights riots, an orthodox Rabbi and a community activist help two youths--one a Hasidic Jew, the other African-American--form a hip-hop group to heal their neighboorhood.
Great Expectations

2013

Great Expectations

2013
This stunning adaptation of Dickens' classic tale was captured live from the Vaudeville Theatre in the West End. Although Great Expectations has been adapted for film on two separate occasions, once by David Lean in 1946 and most recently by Mike Newell, it has never been produced for The West End or Broadway, widely believed to be too difficult to translate to stage. However, this Jo Clifford adaptation has been universally acclaimed as a triumph on its sellout tour of the UK head of its West End debut. In addition to the production, this version include red carpet arrivals from the February 7 premiere and behind the scenes footage exclusively for cinema audiences.
Jonah

2024

Jonah

2024
Jonah believes everything happens for a reason. He decides to test his faith and soon realises he is the one being tested
Falling Away

2012

Falling Away

2012
When a school bus accident devastates an inner city Los Angeles neighborhood, it will forever change the paths for all. Friendships will be challenged, beliefs questioned and it become a time when they must choose which way to fall.
Natalie's Rose

1998

Natalie's Rose

1998
Teenager Natalie Canton's world is turned upside down when her mother loses her battle with cancer on Valentine's Day. Natalie clings to a frail white rose as she struggles with her tragic loss. While visiting her aunt, Natalie drops the rose in a riding corral and returns to find that hope has blossomed in its place. A pure-white horse stands where the rose fell. And as Natalie rides and cares for Rose, the teenager learns life-affirming lessons and discovers that love is forever constant.
Kings of the Evening

2008

Kings of the Evening

2008
Homer Hobbs, home after two years in jail, discovers that life on the outside can be crueler than the back-breaking injustice of the chain gang...
Anatomy of Love

2010

Anatomy of Love

2010
Cassious is a hopelessly romantic college student seeking to find love and companionship with his best friend Jenesis. Jenesis is an emotionally scarred college girl who has outspokenly lost her faith in true love. Cassious is careful to not to spill his true feelings knowing her feelings regarding love and their friendship. Jenesis expresses her stern opinions of love in one of her college courses and winds up with a special assignment. Jenesis is challenged by her professor to document the opinions of at least 10 of her peers on the question "What is love?". Once she has documented her peers she is then to document her opinion after listening to her peers to see if her idea has changed. As Jenesis has done her whole life, she depends on Cassious to help her complete her learning and love. Cassious gets ribbed by his friends for following Jenesis around constantly and being her errand boy as she jumps from guy to guy and dismissed Cassious' obvious feelings... Written by Mason Younge
Love Lessons

2000

Love Lessons

2000
An older couple are about to retire, when they find out that they're about to be parents all over again.
Measure of Faith

2011

Measure of Faith

2011
Faith Donahue seems to have the picture perfect life: a great job in the church, a handsome, successful husband and wonderful friends. But Faith's world is about to unravel in ways she never imagined. After the sudden death of her beloved grandmother, Faith receives an unexpected guest - her broke and unemployed brother. The two estranged siblings must try and mend their troubled relationship forcing each to come to terms with deeper seeded secrets and lies that will change their lives forever.
City of Dreamers

2012

City of Dreamers

2012
Moving to Brighton in an attempt to fulfill her dreams of becoming a musician, Rose befriends an amiable homeless man and a charming young bartender.
Northeast

2012

Northeast

2012
Will, an unemployed and aimless playboy living in Brooklyn, has spent his 20s skating on easy charm from one casual, distant affair to the next. Noticing his friends’ happiness as they gradually settle into steady jobs and committed relationships, Will decides to trade apathy for effort in order to find someone with whom he can start the next chapter of his life.
Until Proven Innocent

2009

Until Proven Innocent

2009
In 1993 David Dougherty was found guilty and imprisoned for the abduction and rape of his 11 year old neighbor. It took two trials, two high court appeals, a petition to the Governor General and 3 years, 6 months and 1 week in prison before David finally won his freedom and was found not guilty of the crime he didn't commit. But it wouldn't have happened without the unrelenting efforts of three individuals - a journalist, a lawyer and a scientist - who put their own personal and professional lives on the line in order to prove that David Dougherty was innocent.
Askari

2001

Askari

2001
Set on a game reserve in Africa. Askari is an angry old elephant, the only survivor of the "A' family group which has been anhilitated in a government cull and he has turned rogue. Involved in the culling are Patrick Khumalo, a corrupt government official and Ribshaw, an unscrupulous white poacher accompanied by Ndhlovu, an old African tracker who is being blackmailed by Ribshaw. Anxious to save the elephants are game warden Joss Mckinley and his conservationist wife Paula who is studying and monitoring various family groups of elephants. When Paula's sixteen year old niece Emma Crawshay is orphaned she is sent to live with her aunt and uncle at Morena Game Park. She feels alienated but is gradually drawn into her aunt's passion for her work and her favourite elephant family the 'O' group, in particular a calf named Ollie.