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The Prodigy
Directed by Edward McDougal
Nathan Jones, a 12-yr. old illiterate inner-city kid, decides to run away from his abusive home & take up residence in a college frat after a school trip to campus. No matter how they try, the frat members can't get rid of Nathan & the only way to avoid a shut-down for harboring a runaway - is to concoct a wild plan to enroll Nathan as a child prodigy. With falsified admission records & transcripts, Nathan is register into classes helped by cheating methods of the frat. But when a transmitter used to feed Nathan answers malfunctions at a faculty investigatory hearing, Nathan's identity is exposed. In the process, the frat learns valuable lessons about loyalty, truth & the goodness of the heart.
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