Words and Pictures(2014)
Is a man worth more than his words, a woman worth more than her pictures?
An art instructor and an English teacher form a rivalry that ends up with a competition at their school in which students decide whether words or pictures are more important.
Movie: Words and Pictures
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Jack Marcus
Dina Delsanto
Walt
Swint
Emily
Rashid
Elspeth
Ellen
Roy Loden
Tammy
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