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Homeless to Harvard [videorecording (DVD)] : the Liz Murray story.

Contributor(s): Publisher number: 221650 | LMN/A&E Television Networks/New VideoSeries: Lifetime original moviePublication details: [New York] : A&E Television Networks : marketed and distributed in the U.S. by New Video, c2010.Description: 1 videodisc (ca. 91 min.) : sd., col. ; 12 cmISBN:
  • 0790798433 (**US Warner Home Video ed.)
Other title:
  • Liz Murray story [videorecording (DVD)]
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 791.43/72 22
Production credits:
  • Barnet Bain Films ; Metafilmics ; Patriarch Pictures, Inc. ; producer, Michael Mahoney ; written by Ronni Kern ; directed by Peter Levin.
Cast: Thora Birch with Michael Riley, Robert Bockstael, Makyla Smith, Kelly Lynch and Aron Tager.Summary: Liz Murray was raised in poverty by drug-addicted parents. Though they loved her, they were unable to care for her and Liz ended up living on the streets by the age of 15. Profoundly affected by her mother's AIDS-related death, Liz forced herself to look at her future and make some significant changes. Her prospects were dismal, yet she turned her life around by going back to high school. While still homeless, Liz earned her diploma in two years. She went on to win a New York Times scholarship for needy students, which enabled her to attend Harvard University.
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DVD DVD Hanover Public Library Shelves DVDA HOMELESS (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31906001065151

Adapted from the autobiography "Breaking night" by Liz Murray.

Videodisc release of the 2003 Lifetime Movie Network original made-for-TV movie.

Barnet Bain Films ; Metafilmics ; Patriarch Pictures, Inc. ; producer, Michael Mahoney ; written by Ronni Kern ; directed by Peter Levin.

Thora Birch with Michael Riley, Robert Bockstael, Makyla Smith, Kelly Lynch and Aron Tager.

Filmed in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Liz Murray was raised in poverty by drug-addicted parents. Though they loved her, they were unable to care for her and Liz ended up living on the streets by the age of 15. Profoundly affected by her mother's AIDS-related death, Liz forced herself to look at her future and make some significant changes. Her prospects were dismal, yet she turned her life around by going back to high school. While still homeless, Liz earned her diploma in two years. She went on to win a New York Times scholarship for needy students, which enabled her to attend Harvard University.

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