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For the Love of a Child

Name: For the Love of a Child
Genre: Drama
Released: 2006
Duration: 80 min

2006 · Released · 80 min

In 1975, Jacob Fletcher (Matthew Knight) lives in fear of his abusive father. One day he calls a hotline for abused children and is quickly taken to a rehabilitation facility run by Childhelp USA. The story of Childhelp USA founders Sara O'Meara (Peri Gilpin) and Yvonne Fedderson (Teri Polo) unfolds through a series of flashbacks to the 1960s, when a trip to Japan inspires the rising entertainers to start a nonprofit foundation dedicated to helping abused children.

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