Sondra West

Inspired by O. Henry's short story about a young bride and groom, each of whom foolishly--but quite lovingly--sacrifices a treasured possession to buy the perfect Christmas gift for their mate.

A tragic motorcycle accident leaves one brother paralyzed while the other brother is left guilt-ridden. Seeing his brother struggle with his new life of limited mobility and function, the young man finds his own life weighed down by his thoughts and feelings about the accident. Motivated by his emotions and the suffering of his brother, the young man performs an "act of love" which creates more chaos for him.

A juvenile court services director strives to fight the odds following his promise to a resourceful 11-year-old to keep her and her four younger brothers and sisters together as a family after their parents abandoned them, despite a bureaucrat's insistence that it is impossible to locate a single foster home for all five.

UCLA Student Film, Preserved by the UCLA Film and Television Archive. Jeanna Peterson, a reporter from Sight magazine, sneaks in to get an interview with mindlink artist Jeremy and inadvertently discovers that he is a mutant, not a "normal." He takes her on a ride through his old neighborhood where he gives money to the mutants that have been exiled there after the pollution disaster of the 1980s and 1990s. She decides not to reveal he is a mutant in his story, but encourages him to reveal it himself at his next mindcast, which will reach an audience of billions. However, when he begins his confession, the brutal Ian Stone interrupts it. He must now go underground, as the government broadcasts a message that he is wanted for impersonating and murdering Jeremy.