Helen Shaver Movies

A white, hip-hop loving teen falls in love with a black girl in Detroit.

Fact based story about a woman who after 20 years starts having memories of her own molestation by her father and the murder of one of her childhood...

True story of Norman Bethune, a medical doctor who fought for justice in China during Mao's rise to power.

When the television ratings machines suddenly malfunction, public television suddenly, but mistakenly, soars to #1 in this humorous satire.

An ex-convict who is on parole is accused of murdering a loose woman in the town where he works.

After being sent to an abusive psychiatric facility by her well-meaning parents, a rebellious teenager must fight for her release.

Andras Vayda grows up in a turbulent, war-torn Hungary, where he procures local girls for the occupying G.I.'s during World War II. Disappointed by...

Actors Patricia Charbonneau and Helen Shaver discuss the making of with groundbreaking film of queer cinema, Desert Hearts (1985, Donna Deitch) and...

A sequel to "A Circle of Children" (1977). A teacher of "emotionally disturbed" children takes on a new student who is considered to be "untrainable"...

A single mother struggles to raise two teenage daughters in a small town in America.

Frank Shelby is a motorcycle racer for whom age, personal tragedy and a love for the bottle have supplanted hopes of the big time. But when he meets...

Documentary about women in the film industry. Numerous notable actresses and female directors share their thoughts.

"Welcome to the zoo," Samira is advised as she’s admitted to an in-patient care facility in the wake of a suicide attempt. As she slowly...

This movie contains three short stories dealing with the theme of homosexuality. In "A Friend of Dorothy", a woman joins the Navy during the 1950s...

When Meg gets thrown out of her apartment window by a serial killer, she's determined to make him pay. But finding this criminal might be difficult...

The Grand Knockout Tournament (colloquially also known as It's a Royal Knockout) was a one-off charity event which was shown on British television on...

Based on the real-life story of American rower Tiff Wood (Colin Ferguson), an athlete determined to realize his goal of winning gold at the 1980...

Mary Faith Rapple, a bright high school senior, has never been part of the "in crowd." She teaches a night class, cares for her widowed father and...

A woman hires a contract-killer when her ex-husband kidnaps her son.

The young and ambitious district attorney Peter Hudson is convinced that the defendant Andrew Barnes in his current case is guilty, and that winning...