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8801) XXY
Series
Film Movement volume year 6, film 5
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
Español
Description
The dramatic story of a 15-year-old hermaphrodite, born with what the doctors call 'ambiguous genitalia, ' whose parents moved from Buenos Aires to an isolated cabin outside of Piriápolis, Uruguay, to protect their child from prejudice.
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"At nine-years-old, D. Watkins has three concerns in life: picking his dad's lotto numbers, keeping his Nikes free of creases, and being a man. Directly in his periphery is east Baltimore, a poverty-stricken city battling the height of a crack epidemic just hours from the nation's capital. Watkins, like many boys around him, is thrust out of childhood and into a world where manhood means surviving by slinging crack on street corners and finding himself...
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Continues to follow life on the ranch as people drift back to Heartland, craving the familiarity of home and family only to discover that everything seems to have changed. After the blush of first love in season three, Ty and Amy's relationship may blossom and mature, but only if they face up to a misunderstanding about what happened while they were apart. Includes all 18 episodes of Season 4.
8804) Bless me, Ultima
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
In New Mexico in the time of WWII, a young man goes to an aged medicine woman and forms a relationship which helps him challenge the fight amid the good and the evil that storms through his village.
8805) Ghost world
Series
Criterion collection volume 872
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
Blu-ray special edition.
Language
English
Description
Explores the relationship between directionless best friends Enid and Becky, and their adventures the summer after graduating high school.
8806) Of an age
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Set in the summer of 1999, a teenage ballroom dancer unexpectedly develops an intense romance with his partner's older brother.
8807) Skateland
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
For Ritchie Wheeler, a carefree teenager growing up in a small Texas town, Skateland is more than just a local roller rink, it's a fading symbol of friendship and good times. Now, everything's changing and the only thing Ritchie can hang on to is his budding romance with the sweet and beautiful Michelle. But one fateful night will force Ritchie to face the future and make the most important decision of his life.
8808) Legendary
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Suggestive material, brief partial nudity and some fighting scenes
After being bullied, book-smart (but not street-wise) teenager Cal Chetley, joins his Oklahoma high school's wrestling team, seeing it also as a way to reunite with his estranged and wayward brother, Mike. His mother, Sharon, is not initially supportive of Cal's decision, especially when she discovers that Mike is secretly coaching Cal after she gets a call from Mike Chetleys jail...
8810) Barrio
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
Español
Description
Caught in the concrete jungle of the big city, 15-year-old friends Rai, Manu, and Javi pass the summer dreaming of girls and sandy beaches. Javi is surprised by his friends' sexual interest in his sister Susi. Not having a vehicle, Manu struggles to keep his pizza delivery job. Rai decides to enter a contest for an exotic vacation, but wins a jet ski instead. This is immediately stolen before he manages to profit by selling it. Manu and his father...
8811) Bad lucky goat
Series
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
Creole
Description
After accidentally killing a bearded goat with their father's truck, two incompatible siblings in their teenage years embark on a journey of reconciliation.
8812) Next stop
Author
Pub. Date
[2024]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Pia is a soft-spoken middle schooler whose life is turned upside down after the loss of her younger brother, followed by her parents' decision to move to a new town. In an effort to get her mind off of the troubles at home, Pia goes on a bus tour with a family friend, stopping at weird and wacky roadside attractions. The final destination: a mysterious underground lake. The locals say it has magical powers; Pia won't admit she believes in it, but...
8813) The maze runner: DVD
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
Widescreen.
Language
English
Description
After his memory is erased, a teenage boy is placed into a remote community with other teens and they learn that they must work together to escape the perils of a giant maze and find their way to freedom.
8814) Beneath the harvest sky
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Casper and Dominic have been fiercely loyal friends since childhood. Desperate for a way out of their quiet town on the Maine-Canada border, the boys make a pact to pool their earnings on a car and hit the road. But when Casper is drawn into drug smuggling with his outlaw father to pay his share, their friendship is pushed to the brink and adult choices forced on them all too soon.
8815) George Washington
Series
Criterion collection volume 152
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Tells the story of a group of adolescents in rural North Carolina and the difficult choices they need to make after an unfortunate event.
8816) Boyhood
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Chronicles twelve years of the young boy Mason's life and family as he journeys to adulthood.
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
For six seasons, The Wonder Years captured the angst of growing up in suburban middle-class America in the late '60s, as seen through the life and times of Kevin Arnold. Audiences eagerly followed his evolution as a typical teenager who remembered every moment of his transition from childhood with excruciating detail and remarkable hindsight. Each episode of this award-winning show weaves cultural events and music into the storylines. Through it all,...
8818) Una noche
Pub. Date
2013
Language
Español
Description
Raul feels trapped in the slums of Havana and dreams of escaping to Miami. After he is accused of assault, he must flee the country to save himself. He begs his best friend Elio to leave and help him travel 90 miles across the ocean. But Elio is torn between helping his best friend and protecting his twin sister Lila. Soon the trio's commitment to their homeland and their desire of starting life anew in America is put to the test.
8819) Around the block
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
It's about breaking cycles and building dreams. Set in a contemporary, tough, inner-city precinct, this is a story of revenge and triumph, as a teenage boy is torn between his unexpected love of theatre and the disintegration of his family. With encouragement from his unconventional American drama teacher, he confronts his past and eventually takes control of his future.
8820) Plutona
Author
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Five suburban kids make a shocking discovery while exploring the woods one day after school... the body of the world's greatest superhero, Plutona, laying dead among the mud and grass. This discovery sends them on a dark journey that will threaten to tear apart their friendship and their lives.
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