For the Love of a Child (2006)

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Country: Canada, USA
Genres: Drama
Release: 2006-01-09
Director: Douglas Barr
Writers: Duane Poole , Sara O’Meara , Yvonne Lime
Language: English
Stars: Peri Gilpin , Teri Polo , Maria del Mar , John Pyper-Ferguson , Matthew Knight , Emily Hirst , Jake D. Smith , David McNally , Marty Antonini , Rod Heatherington
Runtime: 80 min
Awards: 2 wins
AKA: Îngerii dreptatii (Romania) , For the Love of a Child (India) , Prekinuta tisina (Croatia) , Pour le coeur d'un enfant (Canada) , For the Love of a Child , Pour le coeur d'un enfant (France, French Republic)
Plot: In 1959, support from US troops based in Asia and later from the States enables two actresses to start a charity for mixed-race 'orphans' who are locally neglected as outcasts. Thus originates Childhelp, which later runs multi-disciplinary centers for abused or neglected children in the States. Among them is bright Jacob Fletcher, whose stepfather, a lawyer, terrorized him into utter trauma and reclaims him shortly after 10 months in jail. Jacob's peers have distressing stories of their own, but competent, devoted staff helps most of them decisively on the former farm, using animal therapy.
IMDB:tt0479917