Hitting the Ground(1996)
He got the pictures of her lifetime
Suicides, racial confrontations and chaos result when a selfish college editor prints photos of a student's suicide that the owner tried to suppress.
Movie: Hitting the Ground
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Suicides, racial confrontations and chaos result when a selfish college editor prints photos of a student's suicide that the owner tried to suppress.
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1996-08-24
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He got the pictures of her lifetime
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