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Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Go on an intimate and eye-opening journey inside a new frontier. Told from the perspective of parents, doctors, and, most revealing of all, eight transgender kids themselves, ranging in ages from 9 to 19, FRONTLINE takes a powerful look at this new generation, exploring the medical possibilities, struggles, and choices transgender kids and their families face today.
Publisher
New Day Films
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Anneke is 12. She loves ice hockey and has a loving, close-knit family. She's also a hardcore tomboy. Everybody who meets her assumes she's a boy. That makes puberty even harder for her than most girls. Anneke's not sure if she wants to be a girl, a boy, or something in-between when she grows up. To give her more time to decide, her doctor has put her on a medication that will suppress the hormones that are causing her body to change before she's...
Publisher
New Day Films
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
The Family Journey: Raising Gender Nonconforming Children follows the journey of the parents and siblings of young people who are questioning if they're a boy, a girl, or something in between. What about your thinking needs to change? How does your whole family come together to nurture and support them? The frank, vulnerable interviews with families living through this potentially scary transition demonstrate how loving and accepting your gender nonconforming...
Publisher
Strand Releasing
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
An official selection at the Cannes Film Festival, writer/director Michael O'Shea's debut feature THE TRANSFIGURATION follows troubled teen Milo who hides behind his fascination with vampire lore. When he meets the equally alienated Sophie, the two form a bond that begins to challenge Milo's dark obsession, blurring his fantasy into reality. A chilling portrait of violence, THE TRANSFIGURATION is an atmospheric thriller set against the grit of New...
Publisher
Grasshopper Film
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Part of absurdist comedy, a part deep-seated satire of contemporary Australia as experienced by the young and affluent, the show follows twenty-somethings Ray and Alice as they navigate a series of increasingly awkward and comedic situations, from limp romantic encounters to bungled opportunities for professional growth. Once they have tacitly buried their vague ambitions, all that remains are half-hearted attempts with equally indeterminate results....
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Christina Ricci stars in director Sarah Spillane’s inspirational drama, a world premiere at the 2013 Toronto Film Festival. With encouragement from a drama teacher (Christina Ricci), a teen in Sydney, Australia (Hunter Page-Lochard) confronts his past and eventually takes control of his future. AROUND THE BLOCK is about breaking cycles and building dreams. Set in a contemporary, tough, inner-city precinct, this is a story of revenge and triumph,...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Roach has been living on the streets since age 14, he's rebellious, loud and defiant. As part of S.P.I.T., Roach has been given a camera to document his world. The footage he gets is urgent, because there's a war against squeegee kids. The RoachCAM is positioned behind enemy lines: living in derelict buildings, squeegeeing for money, being hunted by police. The viewer is forced to look at the living reality of Roach and his friends: Hungry on the...
9) Beast beast
Publisher
Passion River
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Three interwoven stories of youth navigating identity, first love, petty crime, and gun violence in a Southern, American town.
Publisher
Sisu Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
"In this new documentary, Paula Weiman-Kelman tells three stories of spiritual innovation, focusing on young Jews in Israel, Canada and the US. These stories - vibrant, quirky, moving - are braided together, like the fringes of a tallit, to create an inspiring portrait of cutting-edge Judaism in the 21st century."--Container.
12) 3 generations
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
After Ray decides to transition from female to male, Ray's mother, Maggie, must come to terms with the decision while tracking down Ray's biological father to get his legal consent.
13) Sittwe
Publisher
Jeanne Hallacy
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
Burmese
Description
Banned in Burma (Myanmar), Sittwe is a story about two teenagers from opposing sides of deadly religious and ethnic conflict. The film gives voice to the youth in a deeply divided society, to create space for dialogue about reconciliation. Phyu Phyu Than is a Rohingya Muslim girl and Aung San Myint is a Buddhist boy. Both saw their homes burned down during communal violence in 2012. Five years later, Phyu Phyu Than is languishing in an apartheid style...
Publisher
Olive Films
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
From the opening strains of the "Aquarius" anthem, director Milos Forman's (Amadeus) film adaptation of Hair proves that it is not only a masterful interpretation of the 1968 Broadway musical sensation, but that it is pure cinematic entertainment.
Publisher
Vivendi Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Matthew Stevenson is a troubled kid from a broken home. When he vandalizes the local church to get back at his parents, Matthew has to repair the damage to the church to avoid criminal charges. While working at the church, he meets Ernest, an accomplished wood carver who created the intricate woodwork decoration that Matthew destroyed. Ernest has become something of a hermit, but reluctantly comes out of reclusion to help repair the church.
Publisher
Breaking Glass Pictures
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
Icelandic
Description
In acclaimed Icelandic film HEARTSTONE, two teens share a summer as one tries to win the heart of a girl while the other finds new feelings toward his best friend. When summer ends, it's time to leave the playground and face adulthood.
18) Moonlight
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
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Description
A young black man struggles to find his place in the world while growing up in a rough neighborhood of Miami.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
The search for identity is one of the major tasks of life, and it begins in earnest, during adolescence. This program explores some of the factors that influence a teenager's developing identity. Relationships with parents, the parenting styles and values they have been raised with, the opinions and experiences of peers, and the growing desire for independence, all play crucial roles in the development of young adults.
20) Boy meets girl
Publisher
Wolfe
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Three twenty year-olds living in Kentucky, Robby and his best friend since childhood, Ricky, a gorgeous transgender girl, have never dated. Lamenting the lack of eligible bachelors, Ricky considers dating a girl. In walks Francesca, a beautiful young debutante waiting or her Marine fianc ̌to return from the war. Ricky and Francesca strike up a friendship, and maybe a little more, which forces Robby to face his true feelings for Ricky.
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