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America's Most Unwanted

Name: America's Most Unwanted
Genre: Short
Duration: 21 min
Rating: 7.5
Cast: Tom Riska

2011
21m

IMDb RATING

7.5/10

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America's Most Unwanted shares the stories of 3 queer youth, Savi, Teruko & Connor in their first year after emancipation from foster care, bookended by the director's personal foster care story.

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