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Filmed inside Indiana's Lake County Juvenile Justice Complex, this documentary is one in a series of programs exploring where juvenile crime begins, how it evolves, and what's at stake for kids, families, and professionals in the system. Featured in this episode (the first of two parts) are the stories of Aaron, a self-proclaimed car thief and charmer who finds himself at a legally perplexing place at the crossroads between juvenile status and adulthood;...
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Filmed inside Indiana's Lake County Juvenile Justice Complex, this documentary is one in a series of programs exploring where juvenile crime begins, how it evolves, and what's at stake for kids, families, and professionals in the system. Featured in this episode (the second of two parts) are the stories of 16-year-old Kevin Wells, who at the tail end of a 100-day stay at Lake County reaches his breaking point; and teen mother Kymyada, who has a penchant...
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Identical twins Edgar and Allan Poe, the great-great-great-great-grandnephews of the famous poet who shares their name, are cast in a movie celebrating their defeat of a murderous mad scientist, but when they become the target of a deadly plot, the twins must abandon their movie star ambitions and return to fighting crime.
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Eleven-year-old Luke's brother and his best friend Lara have both become the superheroes Star Guy and Dark Flutter. When Luke, comic book expert, is transported to a spaceship, he learns aliens--who all look like his gym teacher--are filming a reality show and their next episode is the destruction of Earth! With no one listening to Luke's warnings, he must figure out how to save Earth himself--with no superpowers but his own wits.
5) Healing Neen
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After surviving a childhood of abuse and neglect, Tonier "Neen" Cain lived on the streets for two nightmarish decades, where she endured unrelenting violence, hunger, and despair while racking up 66 criminal convictions related to her addiction. Incarcerated and pregnant in 2004, a community mental health program offered her a way out... and up. Neen's inspiring story, told in this program, illustrates the consequences of childhood household trauma...
6) Teenage
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Teenagers didn't always exist. They had to be invented. As the cultural landscape around the world was thrown into turmoil during the industrial revolution, and with a chasm erupting between adults and youth, the concept of a new generation took shape. Whether in America, England, or Germany, whether party-crazed Flappers or hip Swing Kids, zealous Nazi Youth or frenzied Sub-Debs, it didn't matter-this was a new idea of youth. They were all "Teenagers."...