The Great Gilly Hopkins
Young and feisty Gilly Hopkins devises a scheme to escape from her new foster home and reunite with her birth mother.
Foster
With one in eight American children suffering a confirmed case of neglect or abuse by age 18, there are currently more than 400,000 children in foster care in the U.S., a number that continues to grow each year. Drawing on unprecedented access, FOSTER explores the often-misunderstood world of foster care through compelling stories from the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services, the largest county child welfare agency in the country.
Dealer
Fourteen-year-old drug dealer Johnny is in a home for young people. When he learns that he cannot go home at weekends any longer, he asks one of his customers, famous successful actor Antony, to be his weekend guardian.
Hotel for Dogs
Placed in a foster home that doesn't allow pets, 16-year-old Andi and her younger brother, Bruce, turn an abandoned hotel into a home for their dog. Soon other strays arrive, and the hotel becomes a haven for every orphaned canine in town. But the kids have to do some quick thinking to keep the cops off their tails.
A Chance in the World
A Chance in the World is the unbelievable real life story of Steve, a wounded and broken boy destined to become a man of resilience and vision. From the day he is five-years-old and dropped off at his foster home of the next eleven years, Steve is mentally and physically tortured by Betty (his foster mother), Willie (her husband) and his foster siblings. Desperate for a sense of family and belonging, Steve searches for his biological parents, but no one in the system can help him. No one can tell him why, with obvious African-American features, he has the last name of Klakowicz.
Sleepwalking
When her boyfriend is arrested for marijuana possession, Joleen Reedy and her 11-year-old daughter, Tara, take refuge with Joleen's aimless brother, James. Joleen soon runs off with a truck driver, and James is unable to meet his responsibilities. After Child Protective Services takes possession of Tara, James abducts her from a foster home, and the two travel from California to Utah, where his abusive father lives.
Black Girl
An aspiring dancer and her two wicked sisters resent their mother's love for a foster daughter.
Night Comes On
Angel is released from juvenile detention on the eve of her 18th birthday. Haunted by her past, she embarks on a journey with her 10 year-old sister that could destroy their future.
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Stephen Herek
Director
Dann Fink
as
Additional Voices
Julia Stiles
as
Courtney Rutherford Hopkins
Billy Magnussen
as
Ellis
Glenn Close
as
Nonnie Hopkins
Veerle Baetens
as
Eva
Hannah MacPherson
as
Yousra
Thor Freudenthal
Director
Eric Edelstein
as
ACO Max
Emma Roberts
as
Andi
Don Cheadle
as
Bernie
Ruben Garfias
as
Department Store Employee
Fred Williamson
as
Charlie
Tom Sizemore
as
John Sykes
Nicholas Turturro
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Mike Silvia
Jane Morris
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Mrs. Levin
Charlize Theron
as
Joleen
Dennis Hopper
as
Mr. Reedy
Woody Harrelson
as
Randall
Callum Keith Rennie
as
Will
Ossie Davis
Director
Kent Martin
as
Herbert
Ruby Dee
as
Netta's Mother
Jordana Spiro
Director
Dominique Fishback
as
Angel Lamere
Jeté Laurence
as
Erica
Max Casella
as
Mark
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