It would be impossible to fully understand the life and emotions of a child going through the foster care system, but this short narrative film portrays that saga in a poetic light, with brushes of fear, anger, sadness, and a tiny bit of hope.
Tell us how you decided to cover foster care as a short film?
Foster care/adoption has been something my wife and I have considered, and something we still hope to do at some point. Last spring we were taking the foster parent training classes with Arrow, a local agency, in order to learn more and continue in our journey toward this. The instructor showed us a powerpoint of statements from kids who have been in care: what they wish adults knew about how it feels to be in foster care. The emotion and the thoughts expressed in that powerpoint are what inspired us to make a short film that explores the emotional journey of a child in care. We specifically remember feeling heartbroken as we imagined how we would feel if it were our own kids having to live through what the kids in the powerpoint presentation where feeling.