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"Fade to black"
Fragments of a boy's last day before his death.
"Fade to black"
Fragments of a boy's last day before his death.
Ezra Kovwitzsa
The boy
Liam Graves
The ominous man
Charles C. Marshall
Ominous man (Voice over)
Fragments of a boy's last day before his death.
Three people — a blue-collar American, a French journalist and a London school boy — are touched by death in different ways.
When seventeen-year-old Hannah stumbles upon a website about Thinspiration--an online community devoted to anorexia as a life choice--she becomes an obsessive follower of the site founder, ButterflyAna. By the time Hannah's family realizes what is happening and get Hannah the help she needs, the disease has fully taken hold and Hannah is refusing to eat. Will this family be able to exorcise the demon of anorexia from their lives?
Thomas Montgomery, a married father of two young daughters, gets seduced by the world of online gambling and chat rooms where a virtual romance and sexual obsession ultimately leads to the murder of an innocent man.
Bruce Springsteen, a young musician on the cusp of global superstardom, struggles to reconcile the pressures of success with the ghosts of his past.
James White is a troubled twentysomething trying to stay afloat in a frenzied New York City. As he retreats further into a hedonistic lifestyle, his mother's battle with a serious illness faces a series of setbacks that force him to assume more responsibility. With the pressure on him mounting, James must find new reserves of strength or risk imploding completely.
94-year-old Eleanor Morgenstein tries to rebuild her life after the death of her best friend. As a result, she moves back to New York City after living in Florida for decades.
A dying 15-year-old boy draws stories of an invincible superhero as he struggles with his mortality.
Susan, a single mother of two, works as a waitress in a small town. Her son, Henry, is an 11-year-old genius who not only manages the family finances but acts as emotional support for his mother and younger brother. When Henry discovers that the girl next door has a terrible secret, he implores Susan to take matters into her own hands.
Based on the true story of a black girl who was born to two white Afrikaner parents in South Africa during the apartheid era.
A young man with a bright future suffers a near-fatal accident and recreates his new life with the help of an unlikely animal friend.