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Aging Out: With No Direction Home

Price: $99.00

SKU: DVD793

Author: Roger Weisberg

Publishing Date: 2004

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Description:

Part of Aging Out DVD Series

Thomas Hudson entered the system at 13 after being abused and attempting suicide. After years of fear and unhappiness, he's found some healing and now lives independently in a small apartment near his job.

23 minute DVD

VHS available by request.

Winner of seven awards in 2004!

Including Best Documentary (Golden Reel Award) at the Tiburon Film Festival and Best Documentary at the Reel to Reel Festival in Charlotte, NC.

Part of this series was featured in a special PBS presentation in 2005!

Reviews:

"Ultimately, this emotionally complex documentary becomes a deeply affecting portrait of the struggles of . . .young people to overcome the scars of their troubled childhoods in order to realize their dreams of independence and happiness."

- Rhode Island Film Festival, 2004 - (quote refers to the feature-length version).

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