A Dog Named Christmas

Summary: A developmentally challenged young man with a penchant for caring for animals in need sets out to convince his family - and their whole rural community - to participate in a local shelter's inaugural "Adopt a Dog for Christmas Pro...

Release Date: November 29, 2009

Genres: Drama, Family

Director: Peter Werner

Writers: Jenny Wingfield

, Greg Kincaid

Runtime: 1 h 35 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Hallmark Hall of Fame Productions

Distributor: CBS

Country: United States

Language: English

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50% of the Stars & Main Cast are Female.

11% of the Stars & Main Cast are "diverse."

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Race	White	Latino	Indian	Arab	Total	Visuals	Info
Forebears	3	4	2	1	10
Kairos	6				6		A third party facial recognition software company we used to maintain objectivity. Upload images to the facial recognition demo page to check the veracity of our data set. Or use their API and do a bulk peer review if you'd like. Source: https://www.kairos.com/demos
Familysearch		1			1
Surname	1				1		A third party free program that uses US Census data to create an algorithm that analyzes surnames and guesses what ethnicity the person is. Obviously there are issues with this data set such as African Americans who have the last names of their ancestors' slave owner. However, when no other data set is available, this can give a rough estimate and expand the data pool for the less important cast members with no IMDb or TMDb image. Please consider downloading their source code via GitHub to verify the accuracy of our data set, and to peer review our conclusions. Source: https://pypi.org/project/ethnicolr/
Total	10	5	2	1	18
Cast Percentages	55.56%	27.78%	11.11%	5.56%	100%	{"name":"Cast Percentages","series":[{"name":"White","y":55.56,"color":"#2b908f","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Latino","y":27.78,"color":"#eeaaee","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Indian","y":11.11,"color":"#7798BF","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Arab","y":5.56,"color":"#DF5353","sliced":true,"selected":true}],"prefix":""}
U.S. Population (1990) Percentage	75.6%	9%	0.33%	0.35%		{"name":"U.S. Population (1990)","series":[{"name":"White","y":75.6,"color":"#2b908f"},{"name":"Arab","y":0.35,"color":"#DF5353"},{"name":"Asian","y":2.78,"color":"#90ee7e"},{"name":"Black","y":12.1,"color":"#f45b5b"},{"name":"Indian","y":0.33,"color":"#7798BF"},{"name":"Indigenous","y":0.8,"color":"#aaeeee"},{"name":"Latino","y":9,"color":"#eeaaee"},{"name":"Mixed \/ Other","y":3.9,"color":"#55BF3B"},{"name":"Jewish","y":2.22,"color":"#ff0066"}],"prefix":""}	Source: US Census (Note: Racial and ethnic categories overlap so the sum will not equal 100%.)
U.S. Population (1990) Representation	-20.04	+18.78	+10.78	+5.21		{"name":"U.S. Population (1990)","series":[["White",75.6],["Latino",9],["Indian",0.33],["Arab",0.35]],"cast":[{"name":"White","y":55.56,"color":"#2b908f"},{"name":"Latino","y":27.78,"color":"#eeaaee"},{"name":"Indian","y":11.11,"color":"#7798BF"},{"name":"Arab","y":5.56,"color":"#DF5353"}]}
U.S. Buying Power (2000) Percentage	81.25%	6.26%				{"name":"U.S. Buying Power (2000)","series":[{"name":"White","y":6413300000000,"color":"#2b908f","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Arab","y":0,"color":"#DF5353","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Asian","y":276400000000,"color":"#90ee7e","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Black","y":609100000000,"color":"#f45b5b","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Indian","y":0,"color":"#7798BF","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Indigenous","y":40300000000,"color":"#aaeeee","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Latino","y":494000000000,"color":"#eeaaee","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Mixed \/ Other","y":60300000000,"color":"#55BF3B","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Jewish","y":0,"color":"#ff0066","sliced":true,"selected":true}],"prefix":"$"}	Source: Selig Center, University of Georgia
U.S. Buying Power (2000) Representation	-25.69	+21.52				{"name":"U.S. Buying Power (2000)","series":[["White",81.25],["Latino",6.26],["Indian",0],["Arab",0]],"cast":[{"name":"White","y":55.56,"color":"#2b908f"},{"name":"Latino","y":27.78,"color":"#eeaaee"},{"name":"Indian","y":11.11,"color":"#7798BF"},{"name":"Arab","y":5.56,"color":"#DF5353"}]}
U.S. Average Individual Income (2018) Percentage	80.3%	4.3%				{"name":"U.S. Average Individual Income (2018)","series":[{"name":"White","y":11622212272306,"color":"#2b908f","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Arab","y":0,"color":"#DF5353","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Asian","y":474073157432,"color":"#90ee7e","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Black","y":1252349024869,"color":"#f45b5b","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Indian","y":0,"color":"#7798BF","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Indigenous","y":88244742923,"color":"#aaeeee","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Latino","y":621983880000,"color":"#eeaaee","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Mixed \/ Other","y":414820301454,"color":"#55BF3B","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Jewish","y":0,"color":"#ff0066","sliced":true,"selected":true}],"prefix":"$"}	Source: IPUMS-CPS, University of Minnesota
U.S. Average Individual Income (2018) Representation	-24.74	+23.48				{"name":"U.S. Average Individual Income (2018)","series":[["White",80.3],["Latino",4.3],["Indian",0],["Arab",0]],"cast":[{"name":"White","y":55.56,"color":"#2b908f"},{"name":"Latino","y":27.78,"color":"#eeaaee"},{"name":"Indian","y":11.11,"color":"#7798BF"},{"name":"Arab","y":5.56,"color":"#DF5353"}]}
World population (1989) Percentage	18.25%	5.69%	19.93%	7%		{"name":"World population (1989) ","series":[{"name":"Mixed \/ Other","y":10074722029,"color":"#55BF3B","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Latino","y":29338028538,"color":"#eeaaee","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Indigenous","y":6779722665,"color":"#aaeeee","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"White","y":94186602759,"color":"#2b908f","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Black","y":53027451951,"color":"#f45b5b","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Asian","y":181962129932,"color":"#90ee7e","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Arab","y":36103525466,"color":"#DF5353","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Indian","y":102824075518,"color":"#7798BF","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Jewish","y":1743321608,"color":"#ff0066","sliced":true,"selected":true}],"prefix":""}	NOTE: ZR is the first organization to ever create a global buying power divided by race. Essentially we just took data from CIA.gov FactBook, UN Population Estimates, and The World Bank's Population Estimates / Purchasing Power Parity Per Capita.
World population (1989) Representation	+37.31	+22.09	-8.82	-1.44		{"name":"World population (1989) ","series":[["White",18.25],["Latino",5.69],["Indian",19.93],["Arab",7]],"cast":[{"name":"White","y":55.56,"color":"#2b908f"},{"name":"Latino","y":27.78,"color":"#eeaaee"},{"name":"Indian","y":11.11,"color":"#7798BF"},{"name":"Arab","y":5.56,"color":"#DF5353"}]}
World Buying Power Percentage	36.48%	9.35%	6.94%	6.38%		{"name":"World Buying Power","series":[{"name":"White","y":3010602822170000,"color":"#2b908f","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Latino","y":771525888400000,"color":"#eeaaee","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Jewish","y":91700962050000,"color":"#ff0066","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Black","y":526264226360000,"color":"#f45b5b","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Indigenous","y":174285727610000,"color":"#aaeeee","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Mixed \/ Other","y":148984454560000,"color":"#55BF3B","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Arab","y":526400066100000,"color":"#DF5353","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Asian","y":2431392083750000,"color":"#90ee7e","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Indian","y":572687873900000,"color":"#7798BF","sliced":true,"selected":true}],"prefix":"$"}	NOTE: ZR is the first organization to ever create a global buying power divided by race. Essentially we just took data from CIA.gov FactBook, UN Population Estimates, and The World Bank's Population Estimates / Purchasing Power Parity Per Capita.
World Buying Power Representation	+19.08	+18.43	+4.17	-0.82		{"name":"World Buying Power","series":[["White",36.48],["Latino",9.35],["Indian",6.94],["Arab",6.38]],"cast":[{"name":"White","y":55.56,"color":"#2b908f"},{"name":"Latino","y":27.78,"color":"#eeaaee"},{"name":"Indian","y":11.11,"color":"#7798BF"},{"name":"Arab","y":5.56,"color":"#DF5353"}]}
Notes		Many Latinos check "White" or "Other" on the Census. So this overlaps with "Mixed" race and "White." Also, when there was a discrepancy with the percentage listed on the Wikipedia table and our calculated numbers, the Wiki table's numbers were used. Likewise, when the population total was missing from the Census pdf, the estimate was calculated using the percentage from the Wiki table. NOTE: It turns out that the reason America doesn't have a separate "Latino" race is because the League of Latin American Citizens protested against discrimination towards Mexicans and got themselves to legally be considered "White." Check the research links in our Google Doc for more info.		Arab Americans are less than 1% of the US population and often check "White" or "Other" on the US Census. And the only data available for them started when the US Census added ancestry in 1980. So assume a less than 1% margin of error and overlap with the "White" and "Other" categories.

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