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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox film
| name = Common Bonds
| image = Common Bonds poster.jpg
| image_size =
| director = Antonio Manriquez
| producer = Josh Gray-Emmer
Dan Aeberhard
Raina Roessle
Evelyn Seubert
James Gleason III
| writer = Kate McKinney
Antonio Manriquez
Aaron Wallace
Brendan Wolfe
| starring = Kate McKinney
Charles Rome Smith
Ike Gingrich
| music = Michael W. Katz
| cinematography = Karen Chow-Del Rio
| editing = Elizabeth Eiben
| distributor = wam!/encore
| released =
| country = United States
| runtime = 80 minutes
| language = English
| budget =
}}
'Common Bonds' is a 1997 independent feature film directed by Antonio Manriquez. The movie's crew was composed of 40 teenagers from all over Los Angeles. Work on the movie began at Pacoima Middle School and took place over a two-year period. Film rights were sold to Encore Media and the film was later given a special screening at the Sundance Film Festival.
Plot
Common Bonds tells the story of K.C., a rebellious teenage girl serving time in community service at a senior citizens home. Though at first K.C. is distant and defiant, she gradually is pulled into the lives of the seniors. Together with Norman, an irrepressible septuagenarian, she exposes and thwarts a con man who preys on the unsuspecting residents. In the process Norman and K.C.s lives are changed through their discovery of the common bonds of understanding and support that tie both generations together.
Cast
*Kate McKinney as K.C.
*Glenn Dickerson as Sheldon
*Polly Hunt as Scooter
*Charles Rome Smith as Norman
Reception
The Daily News of Los Angeles gave a positive review for 'Common Bonds', saying it "[dazzled] moviegoers" with the film's innovation.
References
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