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e'Lollipop

Rated: 0 | 146 Views Released Year: 1976

Genre: Family Dramas
About: Set against the tumultuous backdrop of South Africa's horrifying Apartheid era, filmmaker Ashley Lazarus's heartwarming tale centers on the enduring friendship between Tsepo (Muntu Ndebele) and Jannie (Norman Knox). Following the tragic death of his parents, Jannie is sent to a village mission, where he and Tsepo strike up an unexpected relationship that exemplifies the innocence of childhood and the transcendence of true friendship.
URL: e'Lollipop

In Desert and Wilderness

Rated: 0 | 170 Views Released Year: 2001

Genre: Family Dramas
About: At the end of the 19th century, two Polish kids -- children of engineers working on the Suez Canal -- are kidnapped in the heart of the African continent. The children, along with two African youths, escape from their captors and embark on a journey across the harsh yet breathtakingly beautiful African landscape. Their great adventure is full of danger as they learn about life on their return home.
URL: In Desert and Wilderness

I Am David

Rated: 0 | 197 Views Released Year: 2004

Genre: Family Dramas
About: Based on Anne Holm's novel North to Freedom, I Am David chronicles the struggles of a 12-year-old boy (Ben Tibber) who manages to flee a Communist concentration camp through sheer will and determination. All he has in his possession is a loaf of bread, a letter to deliver to someone in Denmark and a compass to help get him there. Co-stars James Caviezel and Joan Plowright.
URL: I Am David

I Am Sam

Rated: 0 | 151 Views Released Year: 2001

Genre: Family Dramas
About: Sam (Sean Penn) is a grown man with the mental capacity of a 7-year-old. After fathering a child with a homeless woman, Sam raises the baby himself until an incident at a birthday party finds the Child Protective Services deeming him an unfit guardian. With the help of yuppie lawyer Michelle Pfeiffer, Sam attempts to regain custody of his daughter and prove that, despite his handicap, he's a truly loving father.
URL: I Am Sam

I Remember Mama

Rated: 0 | 175 Views Released Year: 1948

Genre: Family Dramas
About: Based on a play by John Van Druten, this drama directed by George Stevens gathers the recollections of a Norwegian family relocated to San Francisco -- especially those of Katrin (Barbara Bel Geddes), a novelist who credits her mother, Marta (Irene Dunne), for her and her siblings' success. In spite of poverty and the difficulties of adjusting to a new country, Marta persevered, paving the way for her children's bright future.
URL: I Remember Mama

Jacob Have I Loved

Rated: 0 | 165 Views Released Year: 2003

Genre: Family Dramas
About: Based on the Newbury Award-winning book by Katherine Paterson, this coming-of-age tale centers on plain 16-year-old Louise Bradshaw (Bridget Fonda), who's been eclipsed all of her life by her beautiful twin sister. In their small fishing community in Chesapeake Bay, Louise dreams of escaping her family's business and discovering her own life. When she begins a friendship with an old sea captain, Louise must reconsider what matters most to her.
URL: Jacob Have I Loved

Little House on the Prairie: I'll Be Waving as You Drive Away

Rated: 0 | 131 Views Released Year: 2003

Genre: Family Dramas
About: Frontier life was rarely easy but always filled with love in the Ingalls household. In this two-part episode of the TV show based on Laura Ingalls Wilder's literary works, oldest daughter Mary (Melissa Sue Anderson) struggles to cope with her failing vision. As Charles (Michael Landon) weighs the options for his soon-to-be-blind daughter, Laura (Melissa Gilbert) and the rest of the family contemplate Mary's potential departure.
URL: Little House on the Prairie: I'll Be Waving as You Drive Away

A Christmas Carol

Rated: 0 | 178 Views Released Year: 1938

Genre: Family Dramas
About: Briskly helmed by Edwin L. Marin, this adaptation of Charles Dickens's yuletide classic stars Reginald Owen as miserly Ebenezer Scrooge, who gets a last chance to redeem himself on Christmas Eve through the intercession of three spirits. The film boasts a fine MGM supporting cast that includes Leo G. Carroll, Barry Mackay, Ann Rutherford, Terry Kilburn and June Lockhart, who makes her big-screen debut as one of the cheery Cratchit children.
URL: A Christmas Carol

A Plumm Summer

Rated: 0 | 172 Views Released Year: 2007

Genre: Family Dramas
About: Based on a true story, this family film set in late-1960s Montana tells the tale of the Plumm boys (Owen Pearce and Chris Massoglia), two young brothers from a hardscrabble background who set out to solve the kidnapping of their favorite TV puppet, Froggy Doo. Though the intriguing FBI-caliber search for a missing marionette is great fodder for adventure, equally compelling here is the theme of repairing familial rifts as a part of coming of age.
URL: A Plumm Summer

A Walk to Remember

Rated: 0 | 177 Views Released Year: 2002

Genre: Family Dramas
About: When bad boy Landon (Shane West) is cast opposite the campus bookworm (Mandy Moore) in a school play, no one expects romance to bloom. Despite peer pressure and strict parents, the newly minted lovebirds forge a heartfelt bond ... until tragedy tears them apart. This adaptation of Nicholas Sparks's pulpy best-seller provides teen pop sensation Moore her first starring role -- and lets viewers clean out their tear ducts.
URL: A Walk to Remember

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