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Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Young Musa is orphaned after a mysterious illness strikes his village. In search of his uncle and the truth about what is killing his people, Musa sets out for the big city. He sneaks aboard a truck driven by Nobe, a father of four girls but no boys, who tries to help Musa find work in Johannesburg. However the streets are already teeming with other orphaned 'street kids.' Urged by his determination to survive and his growing social awareness, Musa...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
Français
Description
Two orphan vampires (Les Deux Orphelines Vampires) follows Henriette and Louise (Isabelle Teboul and Alexandra Pic), two blind girls of unknown origin, raised in an orphanage by two adoring nuns. Little do the nuns know, each night as the sun goes down, their "little angels" acquire night vision (they "see blue"), as well as an appetite for blood and teenage mischief.
Publisher
Entertainment One
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
John is a rugged small time crook, running from a past full of mistakes and regrets. He soon crosses paths with Louis, a newly orphaned teenage boy, who becomes an unwilling accomplice on an open-road adventure fueled by robberies, guns and deception. John's lonely outlaw lifestyle soon catches up with him and he must confront his demons and decide if his life of doing wrong is still right for him and Louis.
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Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
Thai
Description
While growing up in rural Thailand, a young and beautiful orphan girl is taught the mysterious art of dark magic by her grandmother. When her grandmother falls sick, young Dau travels to Bangkok looking for work in order to earn enough money for medicine. She lands a job as an exotic dancer at a go-go club. Hesitant at first and ridiculed by the other dancers, circumstances force Dau to become an adult before her time and ultimately becomes the most...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
A feature film examining the plight of Africa's 10,000,000 children orphaned by AIDS. Everyone's Child is an eloquent call for action on behalf of Africa's millions of parentless children. Through the tragic story of one Zimbabwean family devastated by AIDS, the film challenges Africans to reaffirm their tradition that an orphan becomes "Everyone's Child." Everyone's Child is the most recent production from Zimbabwe's Media for Development Trust (MFD)....
Publisher
Shout Factory
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
When a group of orphans become stranded in Hope Valley for Christmas, their caretakers, who are sisters who have a mysterious backstory, lead Bill to investigate the circumstances of their arrival. He discovers the sisters and their orphanage are in jeopardy, so Abigail and the other residents rally to make it a Christmas to remember for the orphans. Elizabeth, who is preparing for the birth of her child, organizes her students to engage in selfless...
Publisher
GMC Network
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Fourteen year old Gertie is singlehandedly raising her little sister, Izzie. Orphaned after their mother's death, the two girls are secretly living on their own, attempting to stay under the radar so they can remain together. Meanwhile Gertie's new teacher, Mrs. Freeman, and her husband struggle with their inability to have a child. Both Gertie and Mrs. Freeman have fallen from faith, but can these two "broken" families find renewed devotion by coming...
10) The power of one
Series
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
A young English boy, orphaned in a foreign land and terrorized for his political belief, turns to boxing. As he grows up fighting with his fists and leading with his heart, he takes on the system and the social injustices around him--finding that one person really can make a difference.
11) The best thing!
Publisher
Maverick Entertainment Group
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
One day, restaurant owner Justin Alexander's life takes a dramatic turn when he finds out from one of his customers that his deceased ex-girlfriend has a son in the child welfare system. This child is around the age of when Justin and his girlfriend split up. Could this boy be Justin's son? Determined to find out if this kid is his, Justin recognizes being united with this child could have frightening consequences. Or it could be the best thing!
Publisher
Relativity Media
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
The supernatural terror returns and unspeakable evil sets its sight on new prey when a group of orphaned children are forced to move into the abandoned Eel Marsh House with their caretakers, Eve and Jean. As the children begin to mysteriously disappear, Eve makes a shocking discovery; it may not be a coincidence that she has come to reside in a place inhabited by the murderous Woman in Black.
15) Oliver Twist
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Born into a miserable workhouse orphanage, Oliver eventually flees to London, where the cheerful Artful Dodger immediately befriends him and introduces him to the villainous Fagin and his gang of thieves
16) Oliver Twist
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
An orphan escapes from the dreary workhouse where he has spent his childhood, only to fall in with a gang of young thieves
Series
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
The seventh victim: A naive orphan goes to Manhatten to find her missing sister but her investigation leads her to a satanic cult
Shadows in the dark, the Val Lewton legacy: Chronicles the life and films of the great horror movie producer Val Lewton with commentary by his colleagues
18) Oliver Twist
Series
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
English
Description
After escaping from the dreary workhouse where he has spent his childhood, an orphan runs away to London, only to fall in with a gang of young thieves
19) Jane Eyre
Publisher
WGBH Boston Video
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Friendless, orphaned Jane Eyre takes a job as governess to a lively French girl and falls in love with the child's guardian
Publisher
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Experience the terrifying story of how Annabelle was created: several years after the tragic death of their little girl, a dollmaker and his wife welcome a nun and several girls from a shuttered orphanage into their home, soon becoming the target of the dollmaker's possessed creation.
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