#1. The Devil's Miner (2005)

Storyline: Filmmakers Kief Davidson and Richard Ladkani profile Basilio, a 14-year-old Bolivian who supports his family by working in a silver mine. Like his fellow workers, the boy looks to Satan for protection from the daily hazards he encounters in the bowels of the Earth.

Plot Keywords: teen boy, miner, coworker, townsperson, fascinating, bleak, bolivia ...

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#2. Baadasssss! (2003)

Storyline: Director Mario Van Peebles chronicles the complicated production of his father Melvin's classic 1971 film, "Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song." Playing his father in the film, Van Peebles offers an unapologetic account of Melvin's brash and sometimes deceptive conduct on the set of the film, including questionable antics like writing bad checks, tricking a local fire department and allowing his son, Mario, to shoot racy sex scenes at the age of 11.

Plot Keywords: director, actor, father, son, amusing, brash, crafty ...

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#4. Daens (1992)

Storyline: In the 1890s, Father Adolf Daens goes to Aalst, a textile town where child labor is rife, pay and working conditions are horrible, the poor have no vote, and the Catholic church backs the petite bourgeoisie in oppressing workers. He writes a few columns for the Catholic paper, and soon workers are listening and the powerful are in an uproar. He's expelled from the Catholic party, so he starts the Christian Democrats and is elected to Parliament. After Rome disciplines him, he must choose between two callings, as priest and as champion of workers. In subplots, a courageous young woman falls in love with a socialist and survives a shop foreman's rape; children die; prelates play billiards.—<jhailey@hotmail.com>

Plot Keywords: priest, socialist, foreman, prostitute, bishop, child, dark ...

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#5. Wild Boys of the Road (1933)

Storyline: At the bottom of the depression, Tom's mother has been out of work for months when Ed's father loses his job. Not to burden their parents, the two high school sophomores decide to hop the freights and look for work. Wherever they go, there are many other kids just like them, so Tom, Ed and now Sally stick together. They camp in places like 'Sewer City' as long as they can until the local authorities run them off. They travel all over the mid west and when they get to New York, Ed thinks that they may finally find work.—Tony Fontana <tony.fontana@spacebbs.com>

Plot Keywords: teen boy, high-school student, police officer, teen girl, aunt, gritty, dark ...

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#6. The Water Babies (1978)

Storyline: This story is about a 12-year-old boy who discovers a complex underwater world where young children are held prisoner by an evil shark and an eel. Before he can return to the surface and clear his name, however, he must help the Water Babies leave their enclosed lake and reach the free waters of the ocean.—Anthony Pereyra {hypersonic91@yahoo.com}

Plot Keywords: young boy, shark, boss, apprentice, lighthearted, spectacular, suspenseful ...

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#7. Loverboy (2005)

Storyline: A quirky, overly possessive single woman (Kyra Sedgwick) is taken aback by her young son Paul's (Dominic Scott Kay) growing independent streak. After unsuccessfully trying to strengthen their bond by taking the boy on vacation, Emily returns home and enrolls him in school. Believing that Paul is slipping away from her, Emily becomes unhinged.

Plot Keywords: mother, son, father, man, teacher, bleak, tense ...

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