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Checkered fences

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It's the late 1970s in California, a time of racial turbulence. Diane Jones, an African-American 18-year-old honors student, takes a job as a nanny to a prestigious white family, Jerry and Ann Shaw, before entering college. Their eldest son, David, …

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It's the late 1970s in California, a time of racial turbulence. Diane Jones, an African-American 18-year-old honors student, takes a job as a nanny to a prestigious white family, Jerry and Ann Shaw, before entering college. Their eldest son, David, returns home for the summer and an immediate attraction sparks between Diane and David.

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"It's the late 1970s in California, a time of racial turbulence. Diane Jones, an African-American 18-year-old honors student, takes a job as a nanny to a prestigious white family, Jerry …"

— Margaret

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