Legacy / a Cinemax Reel Life [and] Nomadic Pictures present a film by Tod Lending ; director, producer, writer, Tod Lending.

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"The unflinching chronicle of one family's triumphant journey out of poverty and despair. Touchingly narrated by Nickcole Collins, a teenage gire wise beyond her years, the film follows the Collins family over five years as they slowly pull themselves out of the haze of poverty, drug addiction, and...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mirowitz, Sheldon (Composer)
Corporate Authors: Cinemax Reel Life (Firm), Nomadic Pictures (Chicago, Ill.), Docurama (Firm), New Video Group
Other Authors: Lending, Tod S., 1959- (Director, Producer, Screenwriter), Alpert, Daniel (Film editor, Producer), Collins, Alaissa, Collins, Wanda, Collins, Nickcole (Narrator)
Language:English
Published: New York : Docurama : Distributed by New Video Group, [2006]
Series:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Subjects:
Collins, Alaissa.
Collins, Wanda.
Collins, Nickcole.
African American families > Illinois > Chicago.
Single-parent families > Illinois > Chicago.
African American single mothers > Illinois > Chicago.
African American women > Illinois > Chicago.
Chicago (Ill.) > Social conditions > 20th century.
United States > Social conditions > 1980-2020.
Documentary films.
Genre:
Documentary films.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (approximately 90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: Video DVD
Contents:
  • Tragic beginning
  • Time for mourning
  • Keeping focus
  • Dreamless system
  • Making ends meet
  • Happy birthday to you
  • Talk is cheap
  • Working for me
  • Nothing of a former life
  • Strong backbone
  • Fifth year
  • Credits.