Rating: TVMA
Genre: Drama
Release Date: 11/28/2006
SubTitles: English/French/Espanol
Dubbed: English/Espanol
Sound: DD5.1/DD2
Run Time: 86 Minutes
Distributor/Studio: HBO Home Video

Cultural conflicts threaten to derail the relationship between a determined youth counselor and her headstrong young charge in this drama from Girls Town director Jim McKay. Despite being labeled a delinquent by the child welfare system, African-American inner-city youth Angel (Jonan Everett) is in reality just a troubled teen attempting to survive in his harsh surroundings. When Angel is kicked out of his home on the heels of a heated argument with his father, Angel's pregnant, thirtysomething counselor, Nicole (Rachel Griffiths), warmly accepts the troubled boy into her home until the birth of her baby. As Angel begins to drift back into the self-defeating patterns that led to the rift with his father and Nicole ponders the effect that childbirth will have on her identity, the pair's already fragile relationship threatens to crumble amidst these weighty issues.

~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide

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Cast:
Jonan Everett - Angel
Rachel Griffiths - Nicole
Denis O'Hare - Henry
Wallace Little - Raymond
Jon Norman Schneider - Jamie
Catherine Kellner - Heather
David Zayas - Angel's Father
Monique Curnen -

Production:
Jim McKay - Director
Paul S. Mezey - Producer
Alex Hall - Editor
Hannah Weyer Jim McKay - Screen Writer
Anu Schwartz - Art Director
Alexa L. Fogel - Casting
Andrew Fox - Casting
Chad Davidson - Cinematographer
Mel Ottenberg - Costume Designer
Adam Escott - First Assistant Director
Becky Glupczynski - Line Producer
Ben Barraud - Production Designer
Judy Karp - Sound/Sound Designer
Paul Soucek - Supervising Sound Editor
Jeremy Kipp Walker - Associate Producer

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