22 May 2009
Nurse.Fighter.Boy
An urban love story about the soul of a mother, the heart of a fighter, and the faith of a child.
Berkeley
It's a movement. It's a party. It's history.
Just as sex, drugs, rock & roll, hippies, and Vietnam enter our consciousness, so it does for Ben Sweet, the shy, 18-year-old son of conservative businessman, Sy. Ben enters UC Berkeley in 1966 to avoid the draft, but finds himself smack in the middle of a home-grown revolution.
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Nick Roth Ben
Laura Jordan Sadie
Henry Winkler Sy
Sarah Carter Alice
Tom Morello Blue
Jake Newton Henry
Sebastian Tillinger Mishkin
Sarah Bibb Susie
Wade Allain-Marcus Buddy
Thomas Gibson Thomas the Valet
Reed Diamond Ralph
Bonnie Bedelia Hawkins
Ruby Roth Pearl
Henry G. Sanders Gadsen
Tracey Walter Doctor
Amelia Mulkey Swedish Backpacker
Riki Lindhome Fighting Girl
Todd Felix Young Democrat
Marissa Tait Eve
Nelson Franklin Frat Prez
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