Someplace to Call Home: Surviving the Foster Care System
1994
28 minutes - Full version available from Educational Video Center, evc.org
In Someplace to Call Home teenagers share moving experiences negotiating the foster care system and the transformative power of writing about their lives, foster parents describe how they build trust, and a lawyer/advocate for children in the system talks about where people can go for help.
Awards
- National Educational Media Network, Gold Apple Award, 1994
- San Francisco International Film Festival, Silver Spire Award, 1994
- National Black Programming Consortium, Community Choice Award, 1994