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Tough Love at the Full Frame Theater

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Friday, July 18, 2014
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Third Fridays with the Full Frame Road Show Presented by PNC

Third Fridays at the Full Frame Theater are now part of the Full Frame Road Show presented by PNC! Full Frame will be screening free documentaries every Third Friday ¿ through November ¿ in the Full Frame Theater at the American Tobacco Campus. Screenings are FREE, but all attendees must reserve a ticket via Eventbrite. Tickets reservations for Third Friday screenings open at 9am on the day of the event. TOUGH LOVE, which had its World Premiere at the 2014 Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, returns to Durham on July 18th.Both Hannah, in New York City, and Patrick, in Seattle, have lost custody of their children. After Hannah was reported for neglect, her two kids were removed from her home by the Administration for Children¿s Services and placed with their paternal grandmother. Patrick lost his daughter to a foster family after a struggle with substance abuse. Both parents love their children deeply and are desperate to get them back. TOUGH LOVE takes us through the challenges and victories of Patrick and Hannah¿s attempts to be reunited with their kids by proving to the child welfare system that they have learned from their mistakes and deserve a second chance. Through vérité footage, intimate access to sessions at family treatment court, and interviews with foster parents and case workers, we come to understand the tangle of bureaucracy and economic realities that make it so difficult for parents¿however reformed and determined¿to get their kids back home.

Type: MOVIE/FILM
Contact: 919-687-4100