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Possible selves.

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Format:
Video
Contributor:
Kadlec, Shaun, director.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Foster children--Education (Higher)--California--Los Angeles.
Foster children.
Foster children--California--Los Angeles--Social conditions.
Teenagers--California--Los Angeles--Biography.
Teenagers.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (1 video file (00:55:54)) : sound, color
Place of Publication:
[Place of publication not identified] : Good Docs, 2022.
Language Note:
Closed-captions in English.
Summary:
Possible Selves explores the tumultuous high school years of Alex Ballantyne and Mia Derisso, two Los Angeles teenagers living in foster care. They dream of something that only 3% of young people in foster care achieve: graduating from college. In an opportunity seldom permitted, the Los Angeles County Children's Court granted the filmmakers access to document their lives. Through intimate interviews and raw emotion, Alex and Mia open up about their dreams and goals, their triumphs and failures, shining a powerful light on one of our least understood, most vulnerable, and most resilient populations: young people in foster care.
Participant:
Director, Shaun Kadlec.
Notes:
Description based on XML content.
ISBN:
9781036250164
OCLC:
1584442779
Publisher Number:
302335

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