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Producer Deborah Oppenheimer and writer-director Mark Jonathan Harris go behind stereotypes and headlines to dispel some of the most enduring myths about foster care and those involved in the system.

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Kenneth Turan Los Angeles Times 05/03/2019
[A]n intimate, intensely dramatic film that holds us in its grip like a page-turning novel. Except it's all true. Go to Full Review Eddie Strait The Daily Dot 05/09/2019
4/5
Over the course of two hours, Harris presents a wide-ranging and clear-eyed look at the potential and limits of the current foster care system. Go to Full Review Joel Keller Decider 05/08/2019
Foster needs a little more balance, but it's a good treatise on how people can come out the other side of the overwhelmed foster system and do well. Go to Full Review Rob Owen Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 05/01/2019
It's about time for a quality drama that explores the foster care system from all angles and perhaps in so doing encourages more adults with a stable home life to consider fostering. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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05/18/2019 What a beautiful documentary that shows all of the different sides of the foster program. It wasn't over done and it didn't come across as having an agenda. See more 05/12/2019 Inspiring, compelling, and vividly intimate. It is incredible how these foster children, families and social workers let the filmmakers have total access to their lives. Everyone in the USA should see this film. See more Read all reviews
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Mark Jonathan Harris

Director

Earcylene Beavers

Self

Mark Jonathan Harris

Writer

Jeff Skoll

Executive Producer

Diane Weyermann

Executive Producer

Deborah Oppenheimer

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Synopsis Producer Deborah Oppenheimer and writer-director Mark Jonathan Harris go behind stereotypes and headlines to dispel some of the most enduring myths about foster care and those involved in the system.
Director
Mark Jonathan Harris
Producer
Deborah Oppenheimer, Samantha Polan, Lisa Remington
Screenwriter
Mark Jonathan Harris
Distributor
HBO Documentary Films
Production Co
Sabine Films
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
May 3, 2019, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Nov 14, 2019
Runtime
1h 53m
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