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1) Mr. Blue Sky
Description
This is a love story involving three friends: two girls, one born with Down syndrome, and one boy, who all grow up fighting how they are perceived by society.
2) Girlfriend
Description
Evan, a young adult with Down Syndrome, lives in a poor, working-class town. He unexpectedly inherits a large sum of money and wishes to use it to help out an old high school crush. As the two become friends, their relationship is threatened by her ex-boyfriend, resulting in revealed secrets. A Toronto International Film Festival official selection and winner of three Audience Awards.
3) Any day now
Description
When a teenager with Down syndrome is abandoned by his mother, a gay couple takes him in and becomes the loving family he's never had. But when their living arrangement is discovered, the men are forced to fight a biased legal system to save the life of the child they have come to love as their own.
Description
Cara longs to be a part of the in-crowd at her new school. In an effort to impress town hottie Brandon, she befriends Grace, a girl with Down Syndrome, a friendship she tries to hide when she meets popular girls Skylar and Quinn. When Skylar loses her bid to be on the Homecoming Court, she sets it up for Grace to win Homecoming Queen, as the Senior Prank.
7) Anita
Description
The story of a young woman with Down syndrome who lives a happy, routine life in Buenos Aires, being meticulously cared for by her mother Dora. One tragic morning in 1994, everything changes when Anita is left alone, confused and helpless after the nearby Argentine Israelite Mutual Association is bombed. As Anita wanders through the city, she learns not only to care for herself, but touches the lives of those around her, from an alcoholic to a family...
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