Perspectives

The story of a young writer's transformation when her past invades her present.

Agnes and her two sisters struggle through a day in a home overrun by gamblers, thieves, and johns.

A disturbed and institutionalized 16-year-old girl struggles between fantasy and reality.

A woman who works in a meat packing plant is continuously preyed upon by lecherous men.

In New York City, a young girl is caught in the middle of her parents' bitter custody battle.

A nightmarish evening unfolds for neighbors David and Robert when they accidentally hit a woman on her bike and flee the scene. While David is increasingly plagued by feelings of guilt, Robert shows no remorse and becomes overbearing and possessive.

Tom and Mae Garvey are a Tennessee farming couple battling violent floods to save their land. In addition to natural disasters, the Garveys fight to stop a selfish land developer and a local corporation from foreclosing on their farm. While Mae stays at home to care for their children and tend to the crops, Tom finds work as a scab at a steel mill to preserve his family's property.

A young woman who has just become engaged has her life completely shattered when she is raped while on her way home from work.

A teenager faces an uphill battle when she fights to give women the opportunity to play competitive soccer.

The legendary Roberto Duran and his equally legendary trainer Ray Arcel change each other's lives.

Jo, the mother of seven children, divorces her second husband in order to marry Jake, a successful but promiscuous screenwriter. Though they are physically and emotionally compatible, they are slowly torn apart.

A pair of twin brothers from East L.A. choose to live their lives differently and end up on opposite sides of the law.

After being falsely accused of a terrible crime, Hector, a man with a neurological disability, goes to a secret prison. His goodness conquers the prisoners, who plan to prove their innocence.

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?

A troubled young woman becomes obsessed with her mysterious new neighbor, who bears a striking resemblance to the girl's dead mother.

A woman is released from prison after serving a sentence for a violent crime and re-enters a society that refuses to forgive her past.

The true story of 20-year-old Colleen Stan, a hitchhiking woman abducted by a young couple and held captive for seven years, during which time she's tortured and forced to live as a slave to her captors.

A man struggles with the tragic memories of his past to make sense of his present, but soon realizes that time isn't the enemy he thinks it is.

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.