Film
My Week on Welfare
2015 · 45m
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- 4.2
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Overview
Award-winning documentarian – and former teenage welfare mother – Jackie Torrens explores stereotypes about welfare recipients by going back on welfare for a week. She finds out what the day-to-day reality of life is really like for people on income assistance in Nova Scotia in 2015. During her week-long stay, she discovers unexpected insights and encounters the complex issues facing those on the system. Produced by Peep Media, the team behind Edge of East.
Crew
- Jackie TorrensWriter · Director
- Jessica BrownProducer
Details
- Release date
- August 29, 2015
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 45m
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