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My Week on Welfare

201545mNo ratings yet

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.

Details

Status: Released
Release date: August 29, 2015
Original language: English
Director: Jackie Torrens
Writer: Jackie Torrens
Producer: Jessica Brown
Budget: Not recorded
Revenue: Not recorded
IMDb: tt4954754