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1) Day Labor
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A Latino American veteran day laborer is mistakenly dropped off at a private ranch in Texas to be hunted for sport.
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Madeline ; 16
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The girls are looking forward to a big costume bash at Pepito's house. But a week or so before the festivities they all come down with chicken pox and are quarantined in the Old House. Then, when Dr. Cohn declares that they have recovered just in time for the party, Madeline helps everyone create costumes that incorporate their remaining "spots".
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Madeline ; 3
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Genevieve digs up a huge bone in the garden that turns out to be a fossilized stegosaurus' hip bone. The girls are thrilled with the discovery until the Old House becomes a dig site and is invaded by hordes of paleontologists and equipment. Calm is briefly restored after Miss Clavel convinces Lord Cucuface to donate the bone to a museum.
9) Americart
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Americart is a documentary film filmed in ten cities across the U.S., from NYC to Sonoma County, CA, featuring interviews of artists, art teachers, museum curators, and everyday Americans talking about how art has an impact in their life.
10) Coffee With God
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If you think you know everything there is to know about messengers of God - you don't know Jack!
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Madeline ; 18
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The girls and Pepito visit Pepito's relatives' hacienda in Spain and encounter Pepito's cousins who are naughty and mischievous "bad hats", the way Pepito used to be (only worse!) The cousins terrorize everything in sight: various animals, the guests at their parents' fiesta, and even the girls. But after Madeline rescues a baby bull from their reaches, the Horrible Hats meet up with "El Enojado", an angry toro who teaches them a lesson.
12) Witch
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Small town, England. 1575. William embarks on a journey to prove the innocence of his wife, Twyla, falsely accused of being a witch.
14) Mercy Rule
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John Miller faces keeping his recycling business from being shut down by a sly businessman and his son's hope of being a pitcher on a baseball team.
16) The Great Divide
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At a monthly gathering of her friends, a student of the Tantra and Kama Sutra introduces an unusual game designed to elicit the feelings and impressions men and women have about one another.
17) Being Grace
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Grace is a teen dancer, hoping to gain her strict mother's approval by winning entrance to the preeminent dance school. A good dream, which falls flat when Grace continues to strike out at the audition phase.
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Madeline ; 12
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Lord Cucuface takes the girls and Pepito on a yacht trip, and excludes the girls when he teaches Pepito sailing techniques. But it is Madeline's skill that saves the day when she and Pepito capsize on an island populated by "pirates" (who turn out to be harmless actors, but terrifying nonetheless).
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Madeline ; 11
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Madeline is "discovered" by a Hollywood director and is transported to California for her motion picture debut with her idol, Sugar Dimples. But Sugar turns out to be a spoiled brat and it is up to Madeline to teach her that true friendship is more valuable than fame and stardom.
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