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1) Hush
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Twelve-year-old Toswiah finds her life changed when her family enters the witness protection program.
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Sixteen-year-old Starr Carter moves between two worlds: the poor neighborhood where she lives and the fancy suburban prep school she attends. The uneasy balance between these worlds is shattered when Starr witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend Khalil at the hands of a police officer. Khalil was unarmed. Soon afterward, his death is a national headline. Some are calling him a thug, maybe even a drug dealer and a gangbanger. Protesters...
3) Payback
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While riding his bike home, Dylan witnesses a crime but is worried about speaking up until he discovered he's being stalked and wonders if he made the right decision.
4) See no evil
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Two young friends witness a gang crime and don't know how to deal with the threats of the gang members.
6) Back
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When Jojo is released from prison after serving time for beating a man into a coma, Ardell, the victim's brother, makes plans to get revenge.
7) I, witness
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When Boone witnesses a murder and several friends are killed, he must try and find the truth.
9) El regreso
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Jojo returns to his neighborhood after serving time for a violent crime and tries to rebuild his life while others wish only to do him harm.
10) Light it up
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Told from multiple viewpoints, Shae Tatum, an unarmed, thirteen-year-old black girl, is shot by a white police officer, throwing their community into upheaval and making it a target of demonstrators.
A girl walks home from school. She's tall for her age. She's wearing her winter coat. Her headphones are in. She never makes it home. In the aftermath, while law enforcement tries to justify the response, one fact remains: a police officer has shot and...