(depending on the age of these hypothetical children)
Native Son
Glory
Philadelphia

Oh my god, Stand By Me, can't believe I almost forgot that. THE quintessential coming of age movie.

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To know that you do not know is the best.
To pretend to know when you do not know is a disease.
Lao-tzu


I am prepared to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter.
Sir Winston Churchill

There is always some madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness.
Friedrich Nietzsche