CASA’s Recommended Videos
1.) Bastard out of Carolina starring Jennifer Leigh, Ron Eldard, and Glenne Headly
- Difficult tale of poor, struggling South Carolinian mother & daughter, who each face painful choices with their resolve and pride. Bone, the eldest daughter, and Anney her tired mother, grow both closer and farther apart: Anney sees Glen as her last chance.
2.) Blindside starring Sandra Bullock, Tim McGraw, and Quinton Aaron
- The story of Michael Oher, a homeless and traumatized boy who became an All American football player and first round NFL draft pick with the help of a caring woman and her family.
3.) Class starring Jodi Lyn O’keefe, Justin Bruening, Eric Roberts, and Constance Marie.
- Preppy and wealthy Whitt Sheffield is in his last semester of law school at Morgan College when his radical-thinking professor, Victoria Corrales gives his class a very different kind of assignment: to act as a mentor and advocate for a young, single mother who needs help finding-and keeping-a job.
4.) Gone Baby, Gone starring Casey Affleck, Michelle Monaghan, and Morgan Freeman.
- Two Boston area detectives investigate a little girl's kidnapping, which ultimately turns into a crisis both professionally and personally. Based on the Dennis Lehane novel.
5.) Legacy
- For four generations, the Collins family was trapped in urban poverty, depending upon welfare and living in one of the oldest and most dangerous public housing projects in America--Chicago's Henry Horner Homes. Yet, unlike tens of thousands in their situation, they found the community support structures-and internal spirit-to strengthen their family and transcend the economic and social conditions of their lives.
6.) Once We Were Warriors starring Rena Owen, Temuera Morrison, Mamaengaroa Kerr-Bell
- A family descended from Maori warriors is bedeviled by a violent father and the societal problems of being treated as outcasts.
7.) Precious starring Gabourey Sidibe, Mo’Nique, and Paula Patton
- In Harlem, an overweight, illiterate teen who is pregnant with her second child is invited to enroll in an alternative school in hopes that her life can head in a new direction.
8.) Prince of Tides starring Nick Nolte, Barbara Streisand, and Blythe Danner.
- A troubled man talks to his suicidal sister's psychiatrist about their family history and falls in love with the psychiatrist in the process. CASA’s Recommended Videos
9.) Stand and Deliver starring Edward James Olmos, Estelle Harris, and Carmen Argenziano.
- A dedicated teacher inspires his dropout prone students to learn calculus to build up their self-esteem
10.) Scared Silent starring Penelope Ann Miller, Reed Diamond, Liisa Repo- Martell, Andrew Jackson.-
Penelope Ann Miller and Reed Diamond star as Kathy and Doug Clifson, a hard-working couple whose lives are torn apart when a new officer, John McCrane, joins the force. Kathy recognizes him as the man who raped her when she was a teenager, and while other women soon come forward saying that McCrane also raped them, the police force closes ranks to protect one of their own
11.) Rabbit-Proof Fence, starring Everlyn Sampi, Tianna Sansbury, Kenneth Branagh.
- In 1931, three aboriginal girls escape after being plucked from their homes to be trained as domestic staff and set off on a trek across the Outback to return to their homes.
12.) Take This Heart – a documentary about the lives of three foster children.
13.) Trust – starring Clive Owen, Catherine Keener
- A teenage girl is targeted by an online sexual predator.
14.)An American Crime – starring Ellen Page, Hayley McFarland and Nick Searcy.
- The true story of suburban housewife Gertrude Baniszewski, who kept a teenage girl locked in the basement of her Indiana home during the 1960s.
WEBINARS are offered on the National CASA website. Go to www.casaforchildren.org .
On the mid-to-lower right side of the home page, look for the box “For the CASA/GAL Community” and click on “Current Volunteers”. The “Conferences and Trainings” section opens a listing of webinars available.
This page will also bring up a list of publications and other resources on a variety of topics.