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A teenage mother is forced to give up her baby for adoption and, 19 years later, when she tries to contact her son, she learns that he died, under questionable circumstances when he was three years old.
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Nothing is more important to Mexican-American Marta Delacruz than her quinceanera -- the traditional 15th birthday celebration that symbolically ushers a young girl into adulthood. Marta is understandably angry and resentful when her father cancels the gala event, but her outlook changes completely when she accidentally uncovers her father's secret: He never became a U.S. citizen.
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A substantial insurance payment could mean either financial salvation or personal ruin for a poor black family.
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O professor Jaime Escalante tenta educar uma classe de alunos problemáticos em um bairro pobre de Los Angeles. Para motivar os jovens, a maioria de ascendência mexicana como ele, o professor resolve apelar para sua própria herança cultural. Assim, ele evoca latino-americanos famosos por seus feitos para demonstrar a importância do aprendizado na conquista da cidadania. Paulatinamente, a maré vira a seu favor.
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London Bridge, London, England, 1888: Jack the Ripper dies in the Thames river. London Bridge, Lake Havasu, Arizona, 1985: the last original stone used to rebuild London Bridge is laid and all the city is happy...but then some strange murders start happening. Policeman Don Gregory has some suspects, but when he develops a theory that Jack the Ripper has been resurrected, no one believes him.
