Ricardo was once Sara, a homeless HIV positive transvestite, living in the underbelly of Manhattan. Today he is a churchgoing, married man, "saved" by a Dallas ministry. He has renounced his homosexuality, but is his conversion complete? Susana Aiken and Carlos Aparicio offer an intimate look at Ricardo's transformation.
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Susana Aikin Producer
Ricardo Aparicio Associate Producer
Jorge Carmona Associate Producer
Susana Aikin Editor
United States 09 July 1996
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01 October 1996
The story of a little boy named Sam, who is exploited by two evil chimney sweeps to clean narrow chimneys.
28 June 1996
A doctor and his wife move to a new city where they plan to start a new life. However, trouble strikes in the form of a police inspector who gets completely obsessed with the doctor's wife.
24 May 1996
Set on May 18, 1993—the day on which Denmark voted to join the European Union, just a few months after they'd voted not to do so—the film follows eight or so disparate Danes (an escaped mental patient, a newly-famous singer, a business executive, and their assorted families and cohorts) as they unwittingly alter one another's lives, for better and for worse.
02 July 1996
Strange phenomena surface around the globe. The skies ignite. Terror races through the world's major cities.
01 January 1996
Working outside the mainstream, the wildly prolific, visionary Stan Brakhage made more than 350 films over a half century.
03 May 1996
A Catholic school newcomer falls in with a clique of teen witches who wield their powers against all who dare to cross them -- be they teachers, rivals or meddlesome parents.
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19 January 1996
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When vengeful General Francis X. Hummel seizes control of Alcatraz Island and threatens to launch missiles loaded with deadly chemical weapons into San Francisco, only a young FBI chemical weapons expert and notorious Federal prisoner have the skills to penetrate the impregnable island fortress and take him down.
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