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Glasgow Youth Film Festival 2021
Death Becomes Her Death Becomes Her
Death Becomes Her and Hearts Beat Loud
Death Becomes Her (Country: US; Year: 1992; Director: Robert Zemeckis; Writer: Martin Donovan, David Koepp; Stars: Meryl Streep, Bruce Willis, Goldie Hawn, Isabella Rossellini, Ian Ogilvy, Adam Storke)
The rivalry between two ageing actresses only becomes more bitter when they acquire the gift of eternal youth.
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Do The Right Thing (Country: US; Year: 1989; Director: Spike Lee; Writer: Spike Lee; Stars: Danny Aiello, Ossie Davis. Ruby Dee, Richard Edson, Giancarlo Esposito, Spike Lee, Bill Nunn, John Turturro, Rosie Perez, Samuel L Jackson, John Savage, Robin Harris, Steve Park)
Racial tensions come to the boil on the hottest day of summer in Brooklyn.
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Everybody's Talking About Jamie (Country: UK, US; Year: 2021; Director: Jonathan Butterell; Writer: Tom MacRae, Dan Gillespie Sells; Stars: Max Harwood, Lauren Patel, Richard E Grant, Sharon Horgan, Sarah Lancashire, Shobna Gulati, Ralph Ineson, Samuel Bottomley, Ramzan Miah, Zane Alsaroori, Zion Battles, Gareth Joyner, Alex Anstey, Daniel Wallace, Dannie Pye)
A teenager overcomes prejudice to fulfil his ambition of becoming a drag queen.
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Hearts Beat Loud (Country: US; Year: 2018; Director: Brett Haley; Writer: Brett Haley, Marc Basch; Stars: Nick Offerman, Kiersey Clemons, Ted Danson, Toni Collette, Sasha Lane, Blythe Danner, Quincy Dunn-Baker, Alex Reznik, Andrea Morales, Michael Abbott Jr., Harrison Chad)
In Red Hook, Brooklyn, a father and daughter become an unlikely songwriting duo in the last summer before she leaves for college.
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Sweetheart (Country: UK; Year: 2021; Director: Marley Morrison; Writer: Marley Morrison; Stars: Nell Barlow, Sophia Di Martino, Ella-Rae Smith, Jo Hartley, Samuel Anderson, Steffan Cennydd)
A socially awkward, environmentally conscious teenager is dragged to a coastal holiday park by her painfully family, where she becomes unexpectedly captivated by a chlorine smelling, sun-loving lifeguard.
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Do The Right Thing Do The Right Thing
Do The Right Thing and Everybody's Talking About Jamie
Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory (Country: US; Year: 1971; Director: Mel Stuart; Writer: Roald Dahl, David Seltzer; Stars: Gene Wilder, Jack Albertson, Peter Ostrum, Roy Kinnear, Julie Dawn Cole, Leonard Stone, Denise Nickerson, Nora Denney, Paris Themmen, Ursula Reit, Michael Bollner, Diana Sowle, Aubrey Woods, David Battley, Günter Meisner)
A little boy wins a golden ticket to visit the secret workings of a chocolate factory.
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Youth V Gov (Country: United States; Year: 2020; Director: Christi Cooper-Kuhn; Stars: James Hansen, Julia Olson, James Hansen, Julia Olson)
Documentary about activists who filed a suit against the US government over the climate crisis.
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