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Foster children Andi and Bruce have been placed with a flaky couple who care more for their aspiring rock careers than their charges. Their mischievous tendencies repeatedly get them into trouble. After a close call with the local pound, the kids end up searching for Friday, their secretly adopted dog, in an abandoned old hotel where they find several other stray dogs seeking shelter. They, along with three other local kids, begin caring for the strays....
2) Captive
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In this relentless thriller, French star Isabelle Huppert brings passion and courage to her portrayal of a hostage caught in a seemingly hopeless situation. At a beach resort in the Philippines, 20 guests are kidnapped by an Islamic separatist group fighting for their independence. French social worker Therese Bourgoine is among those taken to a jungle island, with the Filipino army in pursuit. As the captors and their hostages journey through dense...
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A closer walk is the first film to depict humankind's confrontation with the global AIDS epidemic. The film's director and producer, Robert Bilheimer, is an Academy Award nominee for his film Cry of reason, a profile of the South African anti-apartheid leader Beyers Naude. A closer walk was conceived with the late Jonathan Mann, architect of the World Health Organization's response to global AIDS. For the film, more than 50 women, men, and young people...
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Hallmark Hall of Fame volume 68
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"Irena Sendler was one of the most remarkable--and most unlikely--heroes of World War II, saving 2500 Jewish children during the German occupation of Poland. As a social worker, Irena had access to the Warsaw Ghetto, making it possible for her to rescue the daughter of a Jewish friend and safely hide the young girl with a Catholic family. Realizing that thousands of children were still in danger, Irena recruited sympathetic friends and co-workers...
5) Case 39
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Emily, a social worker, is assigned to the unusual and disturbing case of ten-year-old Lilith Sullivan, a girl with a strange and mysterious past. When Emily opens her home in an attempt to help Lilith, it turns into a deadly nightmare she may not survive.
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The unforgettable true story of Margaret Humphreys, a social worker who uncovered one of the most controversial scandals of recent times: the organized deportation of innocent children from the UK to Australia, where they were thought to be lost in the system forever. Against overwhelming odds, and with little regard for her own safety, Humphreys reunited thousands of families and brought worldwide attention to a corrupt system and an extraordinary...
8) The gateway
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"Parker, a down-on-his-luck social worker, finds himself in over his head when he tries to protect his client from her recently paroled husband. Can Parker save the family from the violent threat of the maniacal drug dealer and his crew, desperate to reclaim their priceless stash?"--Container.
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"In the murky alleyways of New York City, homeless Maxx huddles in his box and dreams of crushing evil villains. But when he bursts into the colourful netherworld of the Outback, the Maxx is a hero, in full purple splendour. His friend Julie, a freelance social worker, thinks the Maxx's alternate reality is just an escape from the harsh reality of New York - not realizing that she, too, roams the Outback as the Jungle Queen. The Maxx ... scours streets...
10) Stone pillow
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The great Lucille Ball plays an elderly bag lady struggling to survive on the streets of New York City. When approached by a young social worker, both women discover a new perspective on their lives.
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Kermit, Oscar, Bert, Ernie and Cookie Monster join Big Bird in a bighearted, cross-country adventure. A meddling social worker sends poor Big Bird off to live with a feathered foster family in Illinois. But try as he might, he doesn't fit in and runs away to return to Sesame Street. Now his old friends need to find him before he runs 'afowl' of trouble en route.
12) SP Chauhan
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A biopic based on the life of a famous social worker from Karnal, Haryana. The film is about his remarkable journey from poverty to prosperity in adverse situations, and the struggles he faced while working as a social worker for issues like women empowerment and alcohol-free society.
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When a young First Nations client dies in police custody, free-spirited social worker Stevie goes the extra mile to keep the people she works with away from the system she no longer trusts. Opening her home as a haven for George, an ex-con, and gambler, Tracy, a drug-seeking musician, and then Mina, a battered wife, Stevie expertly masks her issues with those of the broken lives she struggles to mend - until she's confronted with the real dangers...
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About a funny, feisty, compassionate man who is very determined to have nothing to do with the lemming-like rush-hour world. But his resolve is tested when social workers Sandra and Albert tell him that he must shape up, or his twelve-year-old nephew Nick will be shipped out to a foster home. Released when workday lifestyles went largely unchallenged, this inventive comedy-drama gleefully speaks to the nonconformist in all.
16) The gateway
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Parker is a down on his luck social worker who finds himself in over his head when he tries to protect his client from her recently paroled husband. Can Parker save the family from the violent threat of the maniacal drug dealer and his crew, desperate to reclaim their priceless stash at any cost?
17) Ann Vickers
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A story of a woman's passions, betrayals, and ultimate search for happiness through the portrayal of Ann (Dunne) as an unwed mother who struggles for the reformation of social causes, and her eventual meeting of Judge Barney Dolphin (Huston), who finally gives her the happiness she had been seeking.
18) Change of habit
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Laughter, romance and rockin' good times are just what the doctor ordered. He falls for a social worker, but this guitar playing doc will be playing a different tune when he discovers his would-be girlfriend isn't who-or what-she seems.
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It's a story of two opposites. Sriram who likes the good life and Dia who wants to do her bit and make a difference in society in her small way. It is love at first sight for him and she falls in love with him later. But differences drove them apart. Life goes on for a bit till he is all set to marry Vasudha and then he realize that maybe their love story is not over. He goes back in search of Dia and to woo her back. But she has moved on. Will he...
20) Some happy day
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Tina, a recovering addict, questions whether life is worth it as she tries to find her partner before he spends all the money, he has stolen from her. At a crisis center, she meets Frances, a troubled social worker who is 40, finally pregnant, and has just discovered her husband's secret. Their meeting leads both women to confront not only their partners but everything they ever believed in.
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