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Kalani (Joi "JoiStaRR" Campbell) is a teenager living in Harlem, New York with her older brother Jacob and her younger sister Bebe while her mother struggles to make ends meet. Her college counselor Mr. Rose (Danny Glover) sees great promise in her future.
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On the east coast of New Zealand, the Whangara people believe their presence there dates back a thousand years or more to a single ancestor, Paikea, who escaped death when his canoe capsized by riding to shore on the back of a whale. From then on, Whangara chiefs, always the first-born, always male, have been considered Paikea's direct descendants. Pai, an 11-year-old girl in a patriarchal New Zealand tribe, believes she is destined to be the new chief. But her grandfather Koro is bound by tradition to pick a male leader. Pai loves Koro more than anyone in the world, but she must fight him and a thousand years of tradition to fulfill her destiny.
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John's boring working-class life in 1974 England gets turned upside down when he's introduced to the enthralling music and furious choreography of American soul music by a local DJ, Matt. Sharing a passion for the music's energy, John and Matt leap into the DJ scene, planning underground raves and searching for cover-ups, rare soul recordings kept hidden and exclusive with false labels. Amidst all the insanity of the club scene's underbelly, both boys are swept up by the beat and hype. With the dream of a trip to America implanted in their minds, can John and Matt ignore the distractions and focus on the soul?
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A coming-of-age story about four working-class friends growing up in Long Island, New York, as clam diggers.
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An aspiring writer craving inspiration (Emma Roberts) stalks her literary idol (John Cusack) and finds work in a sex toy shop in this very funny and sexy comedy.
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Filmed over twelve years with the same cast, Richard Linklater's acclaimed smash hit is a groundbreaking celebration of life. Stars Ethan Hawke and Patricia Arquette.
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A young boy has lost his mother and is losing touch with his father and the world around him. Then he meets Hesher who manages to make his life even more chaotic.
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A directionless, young campus bus driver and a Samoan security guard named Pineapple form an unlikely kinship as they navigate the unpredictable late shift known as the "DRUNK BUS."
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A troubled young woman is sent to live with her grandmother for the summer, while hiding a secret that could potentially tear her family apart.
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A teenage boy (Tye Sheridan) falls in love with a girl (Kaitlyn Dever), but after a summer prank goes awry, he must grapple with his guilty conscience.
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Dawn recently lost her husband, and experiences growing anxiety as her daughter Melanie plans to move away for college. An altercation with a hostile new neighbor aggravates Dawn's mental condition, and she begins to show signs of paranoid delusions. Determined to help her mom, Melanie attempts a series of interventions, but challenging Dawn's reality of persecution threatens to destroy their loving relationship. Melanie is forced to make the toughest of choices as she struggles to support her mother on the path toward recovery and healing. A bittersweet story about coming of age in the shadow of mental illness.
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Twelve-year-old ABE is an aspiring chef, but his family-half-Israeli, half-Palestinian-have never eaten together without a fight. But when ABE ditches camp to spend time with street chef Chico, his mentor's fusion cuisine inspires him to unite his family through food. ABE wants to cook a meal that will bring everyone to the table, but he's about to learn that the kitchen can't heal some divides.
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