Common Ground (1916)

A woman is released from prison after serving a sentence for a violent crime and re-enters a society that refuses to forgive her past.

In a suburban landscape, the lives of several families interlace with loss, despair and personal crisis. Esther Gold has lost focus on all but caring for her comatose son, Paul, and neglects her daughter and husband. Lawyer Jim Train is devoted to his career, not his family. Helen Christianson wants to find a new spark in life, while Annette Jennings tries to rebuild hers.

A pair of twin brothers from East L.A. choose to live their lives differently and end up on opposite sides of the law.

A tough, street-smart kid serving a sentence in a state youth reformatory meets a beautiful, innocent girl studying at a nearby convent. When forbidden love blossoms between them, they must fight the prison authorities, their parents and the law.

A burned-out paramedic tries to survive his last 24 hours on the job while training a new recruit.

Judge Clarence Thomas' nomination to the United States' Supreme Court is called into question when former colleague, Anita Hill, testifies that he had sexually harassed her.

When a brilliant nine-year-old working in a sweatshop gets a chance to attend school, she must make a difficult choice for her and her sister's future.

A 21-year-old reformed gangster's devotion to his family and his future is put to the test when he is released from prison and returns to his old stomping grounds in Watts, Los Angeles.

Fed up with her small-town marriage, a woman goes after the big time and gets mixed up with the mob.

A two-bit promoter tries to take a women's wrestling team to the top.