<p> CASA’s Recommended Videos</p><p>1.) Bastard out of Carolina starring Jennifer Leigh, Ron Eldard, and Glenne Headly</p><p>- 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.</p><p>2.) Blindside starring Sandra Bullock, Tim McGraw, and Quinton Aaron </p><p>- 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. </p><p>3.) Class starring Jodi Lyn O’keefe, Justin Bruening, Eric Roberts, and Constance Marie.</p><p>- 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.</p><p>4.) Gone Baby, Gone starring Casey Affleck, Michelle Monaghan, and Morgan Freeman. </p><p>- 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. </p><p>5.) Legacy </p><p>- 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.</p><p>6.) Once We Were Warriors starring Rena Owen, Temuera Morrison, Mamaengaroa Kerr-Bell </p><p>- A family descended from Maori warriors is bedeviled by a violent father and the societal problems of being treated as outcasts. </p><p>7.) Precious starring Gabourey Sidibe, Mo’Nique, and Paula Patton</p><p>- 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.</p><p>8.) Prince of Tides starring Nick Nolte, Barbara Streisand, and Blythe Danner.</p><p>- 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</p><p>9.) Stand and Deliver starring Edward James Olmos, Estelle Harris, and Carmen Argenziano.</p><p>- A dedicated teacher inspires his dropout prone students to learn calculus to build up their self-esteem </p><p>10.) Scared Silent starring Penelope Ann Miller, Reed Diamond, Liisa Repo- Martell, Andrew Jackson.- </p><p>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</p><p>11.) Rabbit-Proof Fence, starring Everlyn Sampi, Tianna Sansbury, Kenneth Branagh.</p><p>- 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. </p><p>12.) Take This Heart – a documentary about the lives of three foster children. </p><p>13.) Trust – starring Clive Owen, Catherine Keener</p><p>- A teenage girl is targeted by an online sexual predator.</p><p>14.)An American Crime – starring Ellen Page, Hayley McFarland and Nick Searcy. </p><p>- The true story of suburban housewife Gertrude Baniszewski, who kept a teenage girl locked in the basement of her Indiana home during the 1960s. </p><p>WEBINARS are offered on the National CASA website. Go to www.casaforchildren.org .</p><p>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.</p><p>This page will also bring up a list of publications and other resources on a variety of topics.</p>