Common Bonds

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{{Infobox film

| name = Common Bonds

| image = Common Bonds poster.jpg

| director = Antonio Manriquez

| producer = Josh Gray-Emmer
Dan Aeberhard
Raina Roessle
Evelyn Seubert
James Gleason III

| writer = Kate McKinney
Antonio Manriquez
Aaron Wallace
Brendan Wolfe

| starring = Kate McKinney
Charles Rome Smith
Ike Gingrich

| music = Michael W. Katz

| cinematography = Karen Chow-Del Rio

| editing = Elizabeth Eiben

| distributor = wam!/encore

| released = {{Film date|1997|02|10|ref1={{cite news|title=TEEN-AGERS TO RAISE CURTAIN ON MOVIE PROJECT|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=LA&p_theme=la&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EF7C1D5B339E9F9&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|accessdate=22 April 2013|newspaper=Daily News of Los Angeles|date=January 22, 1997}}}}

| country = United States

| runtime = 80 minutes

| language = English

| budget =

}}

Common Bonds is a 1997 independent feature film directed by Antonio Manriquez.{{cite news|title=TEENS HOPE THEIR ORIGINAL FILM CAN FIND ITS WAY TO SUNDANCE|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1996/11/12/teens-hope-their-original-film-can-find-its-way-to-sundance/|access-date=22 April 2013|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|date=Nov 12, 1996}}{{cite news|title=FILM-HUNGRY FANS VEER TO ANTI-FESTIVALS|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=CC&s_site=contracostatimes&p_multi=CC&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=1063FC4AD27DC1ED&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|accessdate=22 April 2013|newspaper=Contra Costa Times|date=January 22, 1997}} The movie's crew was composed of 40 teenagers from all over Los Angeles.{{cite news|title=Reel Life Adventures : High School Students Discover Teamwork, Filmmaking in Project|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-12-17-me-15124-story.html|access-date=22 April 2013|newspaper=LA Times|date=December 17, 1995}} Work on the movie began at Pacoima Middle School and took place over a two-year period. Film rights were sold to Encore Media and the film was later given a special screening at the Sundance Film Festival.{{cite news|title=UTAH FESTIVAL TO SCREEN FILM BY VALLEY TEENS|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=LA&p_theme=la&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=107666A8706F398B&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|accessdate=22 April 2013|newspaper=Daily News of Los Angeles|date=December 28, 1996}}