Ce sont quatre frères, deux Blancs et deux Blacks, issus de familles qui les abandonnèrent très tôt à leur sort. Quatre laissés-pour-compte, quatre incorrigibles gamins qui accumulaient les bêtises. Evelyn Mercer a été la seule à croire en eux, à les recueillir et à les aimer. Lorsque leur mère est abattue par deux braqueurs de supérette, les quatre frères se retrouvent pour un dernier hommage et constatent que le temps ne les a guère changés. Bobby, la tête brûlée, n'a rien perdu de son impulsivité et de sa virulence ; Angel, le macho, s'apprête à reconquérir une belle Latino abruptement plaquée ; Jack, le benjamin, espère encore imposer ses talents de rocker. Seul Jeremiah, le plus posé de la bande, a fondé un foyer et s'est lancé dans les affaires. Il est aussi le seul des quatre frères à faire confiance au lieutenant Green pour retrouver les assassins d'Evelyn...
L’énigmatique M. Roarke donne vie aux rêves de ses chanceux invités dans un complexe hôtelier luxurieux et isolé. Mais quand leurs fantasmes les plus fous se transforment en véritables cauchemars, les invités n’ont d’autre choix que de résoudre les mystères de cette île pour en sortir vivants.
Gabe, 11 ans, adore jouer au basket avec ses trois meilleurs copains et se balader dans son quartier à New York. Il ne s'intéresse pas aux filles... jusqu'à ce qu'il rencontre Rosemary à son club de karaté. Gabe est fasciné, même s'il ne comprend pas tout des sentiments aussi passionnés que perturbants qui le tourmentent... Lorsque Rosemary lui apprend qu'elle va bientôt partir en colonie de vacances, et que pire encore, elle ira sans doute dans une autre école à la rentrée, Gabe est effondré. Jamais, dans sa jeune vie, il n'a connu d'enjeu aussi important : il doit tout faire pour garder son premier amour...
A documentary examines the claims the Tuohy family have made about adopting Oher for over a decade, casting scrutiny on the conservatorship they put in place which has now been terminated by a judge. Oher’s litigation with the Tuohys continues, with the latter filing a sworn document on November 8 that they paid Oher more than $138,000 in profits from the film. Oher is expected to file any counterclaims by the end of November.
Questions of race, identity and heritage are explored through the lives of young American women growing up as adoptees from China. These four distinct individuals reflect on their experiences as members of transracial families.
A dark comedy about a gay couple trying to adopt a newborn from a drug-addict and her abusive girlfriend.
When the mother of two adoptees is tipped off about the possible affair her husband may be having with one of their children, her sense of duty takes a macabre turn.
They were forced to assimilate into white society: children ripped away from their families, depriving them of their culture and erasing their identities. Can reconciliation help heal the scars from childhoods lost? "Dawnland" is the untold story of Indigenous child removal in the US through the nation's first-ever government-endorsed truth and reconciliation commission, which investigated the devastating impact of Maine’s child welfare practices on the Wabanaki people.
Kati Pohler was abandoned in a market in China when she was three days old. Her parents left a note saying they would meet her on a famous bridge 10 or 20 years later. When the time arrived, it became a huge story in China, but Kati was living in America and had no idea. This is how she finally met her biological family.
From 2000 to 2008, China was the leading country for U.S. international adoptions. There are now approximately 70,000 Chinese adoptees being raised in the United States. Ninety-five percent of them are girls. Each year, these girls face new questions regarding their adopted lives and surroundings. This is a film about Chinese adopted girls, their American adoptive families and the paradoxical losses and gains inherent in international adoption. The characters and events in this story will challenge our traditional notions of family, culture and race.
In 1966, Deann Borshay Liem was adopted by an American family and sent from Korea to her new home in California. There, the memory of her birth family was nearly obliterated, until recurring dreams led her to investigate her own past, and she discovered that her Korean mother was very much alive. Bravely uniting her biological and adoptive families, Borshay Liem embarks on a heartfelt journey in this acclaimed film that first premiered on POV in 2000. First Person Plural is a poignant essay on family, loss and the reconciling of two identities.
A Bolivian by birth, who grew up with adoptive parents in the Swabian town of Mössingen, is looking for his family in the mountains of Potosí. Out of poverty, his mother gave the little boy away when he was just a few months old. The search carries a story that goes far beyond personal fate. Because Manuel was born in a region known for the ruthless exploitation of silver. It's a film about identity, homeland and equal opportunities.
Explores racism in America through the lives of four white families who adopt African American children and must overcome their own inherent biases to become advocates. Is there a way to fix our country's racial divide? These transracial adoptive families just might provide the answer.