Little Girl Lost | |
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Screenplay by | Ann Beckett |
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Directed by | Sharron Miller |
Starring | |
Composer | Billy Goldenberg |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
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Executive producer | Marian Rees |
Producer | Robert Huddleston |
Cinematography | Philip H. Lathrop |
Editor | Art Stafford |
Running time | 94 minutes |
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Original release | |
Network | ABC |
Release | April 25, 1988 |
Little Girl Lost is an American drama television film directed by Sharron Miller from a teleplay by Ann Beckett, based on a story by Angela Shelley and C. Scott Alsop. The film stars Tess Harper, Frederic Forrest, and Patricia Kalember, with Lawrence Pressman, Christopher McDonald, Sandy Martin, Joel Colodner, William Edward Phipps, and Marie Martin in supporting roles. It premiered on ABC on April 25, 1988, and earned a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for its cinematography.
A girl named Tella had been placed with foster parents Clara and Tim Brady when she was one-year-old due to neglect. When Tella was three the law forced her to have visitation with her biological father. One night during bath time then four-year-old Tella tells Clara her father touches her "down there" and she wonders if it's because she's a bad girl. The Bradys inform Children's Services they suspect child sexual abuse but Children's Services and the court side with the father, believing Tella is making up stories, and her foster parents are allowing her to act out. [1]
The Bradys have Tella taken from their home and, though they obtain help from an attorney and a local reporter, they must endure a two-year struggle to regain custody of their beloved lost child. In the end an older and quieter Tella is brought to the Bradys' home, and slowly remembers she had once been happy there, and is now back with people who love her.
Year | Award | Category | Recipient | Result | Ref. |
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1988 | 40th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards | Outstanding Cinematography for a Miniseries or a Special | Philip H. Lathrop | Nominated | [2] |
1989 | 3rd American Society of Cinematographers Awards | Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in a Movie of the Week or Pilot | Won | [3] | |
10th Youth in Film Awards | Best Young Actress Under 9 Years of Age | Marie Martin | Nominated | [4] | |
Best Family TV Special | Little Girl Lost | Nominated | |||
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