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My Week on Welfare (2015)
Directed by Jackie Torrens
· 45m
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
- Director
- Jackie Torrens
- Writer
- Jackie Torrens
- Producer
- Jessica Brown
Details
- Release date
- 2015-08-29
- Runtime
- 45m
- Original language
- EN