Tag: foster care

  • A Home of Our Own

    In 1960s Los Angeles an energetic widow and her six children try to make a dream of theirs come true: to have a home of their own. They leave L.A. and head for the countryside, all the while facing numerous difficulties and obstacles during their journey.

  • White Oleander

    A teenager journeys through a series of foster homes after her mother goes to prison for committing a crime of passion.

  • Gimme Shelter

    After running away from her abusive mother, a streetwise teen seeks refuge with her father, but he rejects her when he learns that she’s pregnant.

  • Short Term 12

    Grace, a compassionate young supervisor at a foster care facility, helps at-risk teens. But when a new charge dredges up memories of her own troubled past, Grace’s tough exterior begins eroding.

  • Ayla: The Daughter of War

    In 1950, amidst the ravages of the Korean War, Sergeant Süleyman stumbles upon a a half-frozen little girl, with no parents and no help in sight and he risks his own life to save her, smuggling her into his army base and out of harm’s way.

  • My Name Is Emily

    Packed off to a foster home after her father is insti­tu­tion­al­ized, a rebellious young Irish girl resolves to bust her dad out of the hospital where he’s been confined.