The Miracle Worker

The Miracle Worker 1979

6.30

The true story of Helen Keller and Annie Sullivan, a gripping battle to overcome impossible obstacles and the struggle to communicate. As a young girl, Helen Keller is stricken with scarlet fever. The illness leaves her blind, mute, and deaf. Sealed off from the world, Helen cannot communicate with anyone, nor anyone with her. Often frustrated and desperate, Helen flies into uncontrollable rages and tantrums that terrify her hopeless family. The gifted teacher Annie Sullivan is summoned by the family to help the girl understand the world from which she is isolated, freeing Helen Keller from her internal prison forever. Television remake of the 1962 film which also starred Patty Duke in the role of Helen Keller.

1979

Splendor in the Grass

Splendor in the Grass 1981

6.70

Two teenagers, in love in pre-Depression Kansas, cope with parental pressure and the strict sexual mores of the day.

1981

The Diary of Anne Frank

The Diary of Anne Frank 1980

5.50

The story of a 13-year-old Jewish girl and her family who are forced into hiding by the Nazis during World War II.

1980

Family Secrets

Family Secrets 1984

5.00

Three generations of women spend an emotional weekend that will change them forever.

1984

Without Her Consent

Without Her Consent 1990

6.00

Fact-based story about the emotional trauma and following legal problems of a young woman who was raped by an acquaintance.

1990

Choices of the Heart

Choices of the Heart 1983

5.50

Jeannie Donovan, a party-girl searching for that something missing in her life, finds it in El Salvador, hooking up with three nuns and a heartful of ache, love, and horror in the midst of a civil war. This is a true story of the four American churchwomen murdered in the Central American countryside, and the indifference of the American government to their sad and desperate story.

1983