Sanctuary Pariahs
In the underbelly of a city that promised safety, an African refugee and a disowned Vietnamese immigrant must battle homelessness, prejudice, and their own inner demons to hold onto the only sanctuary they have left — each other.
In the underbelly of a city that promised safety, an African refugee and a disowned Vietnamese immigrant must battle homelessness, prejudice, and their own inner demons to hold onto the only sanctuary they have left — each other.
Suzan Mutesi
Bell
Caroline McQuade
Council Housing Representative
Hop Dao
Toni
Fidelis Nyambura
Anita
In the underbelly of a city that promised safety, an African refugee and a disowned Vietnamese immigrant must battle homelessness, prejudice, and their own inner demons to hold onto the only sanctuary they have left — each other.
Gentle and broken, a homeless man fights others on video for money but soon finds comfort in an unlikely friend and the lost diary of a young girl.
An optimistic, talented teen clings to a huge secret: she's homeless and living on a school bus. When tragedy strikes, can she learn to accept a helping hand?
The relationship of a couple who meet by chance in New York City is put to the test when they encounter a life or death circumstance.
A jazz musician seeks refuge from a lynch mob on a remote island, where he meets a hostile game warden and the young object of his attentions.
In New York City, a young girl is caught in the middle of her parents' bitter custody battle.
A young woman lives a life filled with bad choices. At a young age she marries and has a child--with an abusive thief who quickly ends up in prison. Left alone, she takes up with the guy's mate, another thief, who seems to give her some happiness but who also ends up locked up. She then takes up with a series of seedy types who offer nothing but momentary pleasure--if that.
After Margaret, a divorcée living in Dublin, loses her teenage son, she develops an unorthodox relationship with Joe, a homeless youth. Their tentative trust is threatened by his involvement with a violent gang and the escalation of her ex-husband's grieving rage.
Based on the true story of a black girl who was born to two white Afrikaner parents in South Africa during the apartheid era.
An attorney defends a hoodlum of murder, using the oppressiveness of the slums to appeal to the court.
An ex-felon returns home from prison and must confront the demons of his past.