My Week on Welfare
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.
Crew
- Director
- Jackie Torrens
- Writer
- Jackie Torrens
- Producer
- Jessica Brown
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Who directed My Week on Welfare?
My Week on Welfare was directed by Jackie Torrens.
When was My Week on Welfare released?
My Week on Welfare was released in 2015.
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