Top Cast
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Yeung Yee-Yee
Grandma
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Lok Sze Ching
Chan Ching
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Sherring Ng
Head Teacher Tsui
Overview
"Running is prohibited on the playground"—a primary school prefect trying to do her job but simultaneously reflects on the implementation and significance behind the rule.
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A poor, struggling South Carolinian mother and daughter face painful choices with their resolve and pride. Bone, the eldest daughter, and Anney her tired mother, grow both closer and farther apart: Anney sees Glen as her last chance.
Bastard Out of Carolina
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Farming
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Holy Lands
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The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds
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Salomé
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Gracie
Evangelist Carlton Pearson is ostracized by his church for preaching that there is no Hell.