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Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
Français
Description
The story of Paul Dedalus, an anthropologist preparing to leave Tajikistan. Reflecting on his life, he has a series of flashbacks starting from his childhood in Roubaix; his mother's attacks of madness, his father's alienating depression. He remembers a student trip to the USSR, where a clandestine mission led him to offer up his own identity for a young Russian, whom he considered a phantom twin for the remainder of his life.
2) Los Reyes
Publisher
Grasshopper Film
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
Español
Description
The oldest skate park in Santiago, Los Reyes, brings together teenagers from very different social and cultural backgrounds. Chola is young and vigorous and spends her days playing with balls that she throws to the pools in which skaters ride. Football is an old dog, but beautiful and energetic, that obsessively accompanies Chola in this game. As Football grows old and Chola is left alone, the juvenile stories confront viewers with the rawness of...
3) Eighth grade
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old Kayla endures the tidal wave of contemporary suburban adolescence as she makes her way through the last week of middle school (the end of her thus far disastrous eighth grade year) before she begins high school.
Publisher
Sony Picture Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-old Dawn "Wienerdog" Wiener is a junior high geek who just wants to be popular. Teased by her classmates and tormented by the school bully, Dawn develops an improbable plan to seduce the star of a high-school garage band.
Publisher
Cassano Visuals
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
An autistic coming of age story exploring what it means to be a nonverbal disabled person in society.
The Limits of My World follows a nonverbal young man's transition from the school system into adulthood. Brian has autism and faces the daily challenges of adjusting to his new life. Filmed from the intimate perspective of his older sister Heather, this documentary seeks to understand Brian's personality beneath his disability. The Limits of My World...
7) PollyWorld
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
Join Polly Pocket and her friends as they travel to the world's most fabulicious amusement park full of monster good rides, the ultimate shopping experience and awesome music. Polly and her classmates compete in a charity version of their favorite reality show. The only thing holding them back from winning is Polly's scheming future stepmom and her jealous classmate, Beth.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
A two-part, four-hour documentary that explores America's youth mental health crisis through the eyes of more than twenty young people, who speak about their lived experience with mental health challenges, from depression to addiction to suicide ideation.
10) Turning red
Series
Publisher
Disney
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Introduces Mei Lee, a confident, dorky 13-year-old torn between staying her mother's dutiful daughter and the chaos of adolescence. Her protective, if not slightly overbearing mother, Ming, is never far from her daughter--an unfortunate reality for the teenager.And as if changes to her interests, relationships and body weren't enough, whenever she gets too excited, she "poofs" into a giant red panda!
11) Only yesterday
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
After living her whole life in the city, 27-year-old Taeko decides to visit her relatives in the countryside. As she travels, memories of her youth resurface. And after meeting young farmer Toshio, she wonders if she's been true to the dreams of her childhood self.
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
c2014.
Language
English
Description
Hazel and Gus are two extraordinary teenagers who share an acerbic wit, a disdain for the conventional, and a love that sweeps them on an unforgettable journey. Their relationship is all the more miraculous, given that they met and fell in love at a cancer support group.
13) Love, Simon
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Everyone deserves a great love story, but for seventeen year old Simon Spier, it's a little more complicated. He hasn't told his family or friends that he's gay, and he doesn't know the identity of the anonymous classmate that he's fallen for online. Resolving both issues proves hilarious, terrifying and life changing.
14) My friend Dahmer
Publisher
FilmRise
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
A young Jeffrey Dahmer struggles to belong in high school.
15) Fame
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Passions will be tested and young hearts will be broken. Ultimately, talent, dedication and hard work will triumph. Centers around a group of dancers, singers, musicians and actors at the New York City High School of Performing Arts, and their spirited drive to live out their dreams of stardom. In an incredibly competitive atmosphere, each student must shine amidst the tumult of school work, deep friendships, budding romance and self-discovery.
16) You got served
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004], c2003
Language
English
Description
At Mr. Rad's Warehouse, the best hip-hop crews in Los Angeles compete for money and respect. But a crew from the suburbs moves in and crashes the party, stealing their dancers, and their moves. Elgin and David are street dancers who will have to pull together in order to believe in themselves, their crew, and in their dreams if they are to represent the streets and win the challenge and the money that is up for grabs.
18) Mallrats
Publisher
Universal Studios
Pub. Date
c1999
Language
English
Description
When T.S. is dumped by his girlfriend, he retreats to the mall with his comic book-loving best friend Brodie, whose girlfriend has also left him. Between brooding and visits to the food court, the unmotivated suburban New Jersey teenagers decide to win their girlfriends back with the help of Silent Bob and Jay, the ultimate delinquents, as they scheme to disrupt T.S.'s girlfriend's father's dating game TV show that is going to be broadcast from the...
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