Common Bonds

<h2 id="plot">Plot</h2>
<p><i>Common Bonds</i> tells the story of K.C., a rebellious teenage girl serving time in community service at a senior citizens’ home. Though at first K.C. is distant and defiant, she gradually is pulled into the lives of the seniors. Together with Norman, an irrepressible septuagenarian, she exposes and thwarts a con man who preys on the unsuspecting residents. In the process Norman and K.C.’s lives are changed through their discovery of the common bonds of understanding and support that tie both generations together.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a>
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<h2 id="cast">Cast</h2>
<ul><li>Kate McKinney as K.C.</li>
<li>Glenn Dickerson as Sheldon</li>
<li>Polly Hunt as Scooter</li>
<li>Charles Rome Smith as Norman</li></ul>
<h2 id="reception">Reception</h2>
<p>The <i><a href="/facts/Daily_News_of_Los_Angeles/hCWUmdad">Daily News of Los Angeles</a></i> gave a positive review for <i>Common Bonds</i>, saying it "[dazzled] moviegoers" with the film's innovation.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a>
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<h2 id="external-links">External links</h2>
<ul><li><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0138376/"><i>Common Bonds</i></a> at <a href="/facts/IMDb_(identifier)/uWrqVYVy">IMDb</a></li>
<li><a href="http://history.sundance.org/films/1695/common_bonds">Listing at Sundance.org</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>"TEENS HOPE THEIR ORIGINAL FILM CAN FIND ITS WAY TO SUNDANCE". Chicago Tribune. Nov 12, 1996. Retrieved 22 April 2013. <a href="https://www.chicagotribune.com/1996/11/12/teens-hope-their-original-film-can-find-its-way-to-sundance/" target="_blank">https://www.chicagotribune.com/1996/11/12/teens-hope-their-original-film-can-find-its-way-to-sundance/</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:2"><p>"FILM-HUNGRY FANS VEER TO ANTI-FESTIVALS". Contra Costa Times. January 22, 1997. Retrieved 22 April 2013. <a href="http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=CC&s_site=contracostatimes&p_multi=CC&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=1063FC4AD27DC1ED&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM" target="_blank">http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=CC&s_site=contracostatimes&p_multi=CC&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=1063FC4AD27DC1ED&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:3"><p>"Reel Life Adventures : High School Students Discover Teamwork, Filmmaking in Project". LA Times. December 17, 1995. Retrieved 22 April 2013. <a href="https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-12-17-me-15124-story.html" target="_blank">https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-12-17-me-15124-story.html</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:4"><p>"Reel Life Adventures : High School Students Discover Teamwork, Filmmaking in Project". LA Times. December 17, 1995. Retrieved 22 April 2013. <a href="https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-12-17-me-15124-story.html" target="_blank">https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-12-17-me-15124-story.html</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:5"><p>"Reel Life Adventures : High School Students Discover Teamwork, Filmmaking in Project". LA Times. December 17, 1995. Retrieved 22 April 2013. <a href="https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-12-17-me-15124-story.html" target="_blank">https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-12-17-me-15124-story.html</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:6"><p>"UTAH FESTIVAL TO SCREEN FILM BY VALLEY TEENS". Daily News of Los Angeles. December 28, 1996. Retrieved 22 April 2013. <a href="http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=LA&p_theme=la&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=107666A8706F398B&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM" target="_blank">http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=LA&p_theme=la&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=107666A8706F398B&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:7"><p>"Clean Screen". LA Times. 6 February 1997. Retrieved 22 April 2013. <a href="https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-02-06-ca-25954-story.html" target="_blank">https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-02-06-ca-25954-story.html</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:8"><p>"STUDENTS DAZZLE MOVIEGOERS WITH INNOVATIVE FESTIVAL ENTRY". Daily News of Los Angeles. January 23, 1997. Retrieved 22 April 2013. <a href="http://www.thefreelibrary.com/STUDENTS+DAZZLE+MOVIEGOERS+WITH+INNOVATIVE+FESTIVAL+ENTRY+%3A+THEIR+DAY...-a083852735" target="_blank">http://www.thefreelibrary.com/STUDENTS+DAZZLE+MOVIEGOERS+WITH+INNOVATIVE+FESTIVAL+ENTRY+%3A+THEIR+DAY...-a083852735</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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