Filmmaker Heather Rae trains her lens on America's foster care system and the plight of children whose families can no longer provide proper support.
Direction
Rae's patient observation lets horror breathe.
Editing
71 minutes feels like both eternity and not enough.

Director
Heather Rae
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released during Obama's presidency when foster reform briefly gained bipartisan traction—then silence.
Rae spent three years embedded with one Colorado county; many subjects didn't know they were being filmed until months in, creating ethical tension the movie never resolves.