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1) Love, Simon
Language
English
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CSPL LGBTQ Pride: Movies
Pride Month - Films (SCPL)
Pride Month: Community Picks
Description
Everyone deserves a great love story, but for seventeen-year-old Simon Spier, it's a little more complicated. He hasn't told his family or friends that he's gay, and he doesn't know the identity of the anonymous classmate that he's fallen for online. Resolving both issues proves hilarious, terrifying, and life-changing.
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Description
A Marine sergeant stationed overseas falls in love with a woman only through correspondence. On the train back home, he meets a beautiful young doctor who's starting a new practice in the same small town. Once in town, he finds his pen pal's place of residence, but to his surprise he only finds the girl's mother living at the old mansion with her servant - the old woman informs him that her daughter has gone away and will return shortly, but asks...
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English
Description
When political turmoil forces a British-Caribbean dictator to flee his island nation, he seeks refuge with his pen pal, a rebellious teenage girl in suburban America, and teaches her how to start a revolution and overthrow the "mean girls" and popular kids who rule her high school.
5) Mary and Max
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English
Description
Mary is a lonely eight-year-old girl who lives with her alcoholic mother, her factory working father, and a pet rooster in the suburbs of Melbourne, Australia; and Max is a forty-four-year old, severely obese man with Asperger's syndrome living in New York City. Two unlikely pen-pals, they share a lengthy long-distance relationship that becomes complicated by Max's mental health issues, which cause problems both physical and emotional.
8) Leo
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English
Description
For a class assignment, a troubled young boy named Leo, begins to write to Stephen, a convicted felon in prison. Through their letters, Stephen has a lifeline to the outside world and Leo finds fatherly strength and guidance as he struggles with his mother's tragic past. When he is released from prison, Stephen sets out on a journey to help the boy and perhaps in the process, he can redeem himself. On his way, some co-workers help him, while others...
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English
Description
Eight-year-old Tyler is armed with strong faith and courage as he faces a battle against cancer. His prayers take the form of letters he sends to his ultimate pen pal, God, on a daily basis. These letters find their way into the hands of Tyler's postman, Brady, who is at a crossroads in his life, and is searching for meaning. Brady is at first is confused over what to do, but his decision ultimately is a testament to the power of Tyler's shining spirit,...
10) Dear Ruth
Series
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English
Description
Teenager Miriam Wilkins was an energetic activist during World War II, involving her family in causes without first gaining their consent. Her parents are puzzled when young Lieutenant Bill Seacroft, on leave from the Italian front, appears at their home asking for their 22-year-old daughter Ruth. Unbeknownst to all, Miriam has been writing letters to Bill and signing Ruth's name as part of a program to keep up soldiers' morale. Although Ruth has...
11) Out of reach
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English
Description
Billy Ray Lancing, a former covert, agent turned survivalist, discovers that the foster program he is involved with in Poland is actually a human trafficking network. When a letter from his young pen pal states that she is going to go with a new "sponsor", Lancing suspects that something is not right. He discovers the trafficking operation and begins to make his plans to shut it down.
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English
Description
Through a series of letters, Jared Marshall and Sgt. Vince Carerra bond over a love of baseball. Jared reveals his lonelieness and estrangement from his dad after his parents' divorce. When Vince returns home and meets Jared with his mother, he finds himself falling for her.
14) Mary & Max
Language
English
Description
A claymation tale of pen pals whose friendship spans 20 years and 2 continents. Mary is a lonely 8-year-old in the suburbs of Melbourne. Struggling with questions that no one can answer, she writes to Max, an obese 44-year-old Jewish man with Asperger's syndrome living in New York City.
16) Dear dictator
Language
English
Description
When political turmoil forces a British-Caribbean dictator to flee his island nation, he seeks refuge with his pen pal, a rebellious teenage girl in suburban America, and teaches her how to start a revolution and overthrow the "mean girls" in her high school.
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English
Description
Nicole's pen pal: "Freshly engaged interior designer, Nicole, still wonders if the one she is meant to be with is her mystery college pen pal whose letters she has kept all these years. At a loss of what to do, she seeks out assistance from The Love Club -- four women who met 10 years prior and made a vow to always be there for one another should any of them encounter relationship challenges at any point in their lives. Nicole and the ladies of The...
18) Mary and Max
Language
English
Description
Mary is a lonely eight-year-old in the suburbs of Melbourne. Struggling with questions that no one can answer, she writes to Max, an obese 44-year-old Jewish man with Asperger's Syndrome living in New York City, which starts a friendship that spans 20 years and two continents.
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English
Description
Sydney's journey: "Former star track athlete, Sydney, is now a successful food blogger who still holds a flame for her college boyfriend whom she hasn't seen in ten years. After running into him unexpectedly, she discovers he has entered the Valentine 10k Run and doesn't want to miss out on an opportunity to reconnect. She quickly signs up for the run then recruits The Love Club - four women who made a vow to always be there for one another during...
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