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Dramatically presented situations, often controversial, of interest to children and teenagers. Several episodes were either in animated form or presented as documentaries. Topics included illiteracy, substance abuse and teenage pregnancy.
Lifestories: Families in Crisis is an American drama television series that premiered on HBO on August 1, 1992.
After accidentally breaking dishes at a local movie theater, a latchkey key named Billy works with the projectionist to pay off his debt.
A Mother is devastated when her sailor son is murdered by two of his crewmates in a homophobic attack.
Amy, a depressed seventeen year old high school girl, is visited by her guardian angel Oliver after wishing she had never been born. Oliver shows Amy how important she is to the people in her life.
Teenage girl is raped after accepting a date from the most popular boy in school.
Four high school friends find their lives changed forever when one of the friends drives drunk with devastating results.
A kid strives to be perfect, and in the end realizes that individuality is more fun.
Having never used drugs in his life, a teenage boy is shocked to test positive for drugs.
Neighborhood starts examining their feelings of racism when one of the neighbors is caught vandalizing the home of a black family, and people start taking sides.
Father and son magically switch personalities with comical results.
A teenager who tries to convince his town to farm without using pesticides finds many of the residents resistant to change.
A docudrama telling the true story of a young woman who learns she has contracted the AIDS virus after an encounter with a fellow student while in college.
