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Foster care film series. Volume 1, Film 3, Family rewritten / directed/produced by Yasmin Mistry.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Foster children--United States.
- Foster children.
- Families--United States.
- Families.
- Foster home care--United States.
- Foster home care.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Short films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (14 minutes)
- Other Title:
- Family rewritten
- Place of Publication:
- New York, N.Y. : Third World Newsreel, 2017.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- System Details:
- video file
- Summary:
- In this award-winning collection, Charell, Ashley, and Camilla share their deeply personal stories about their experiences in the U.S. foster care system. Foster Care Film Series: Volume 1 celebrates the perseverance of these narratives, dispelling the negative stereotypes about foster care by showing how school, extended family and the kindness of strangers can help a child find their path in life.The following three films are included in the collection: Feeling Wanted - Charell, age 6, woke up to find herself alone. She made breakfast, dropped her baby sister off with a neighbor, and walked to school. With her father incarcerated for murder, a mother on drugs and a childhood in foster care, Charell knew it was time to break the cycle. My Identity - Ashley, a young Native-American Caucasian girl, converts to Islam in hopes of finding structure in a life where it never existed, but with that decision comes the risk of losing one of the few biological connections she still has. My Identity tells the story of how race, religion, and the foster care experience can shape one's identity. Family Rewritten - Despite battling Cystic Fibrosis, Camilla, age 16, identified as a typical middle-class American teenager until the thread that held her family together suddenly snapped. Just months before her 18th birthday Camilla found herself in foster care, but instead of feeling ashamed, she made a conscious decision to not let the situation define her.
- Participant:
- Camilla Tecsy.
- Notes:
- Title from resource description page (viewed June 01, 2020).
- OCLC:
- 1158196988
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