Aging Out
by Maria Finitzo, Roger Weisberg, Vanessa Roth
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Actor: Jay O. SandersDirector: Maria Finitzo, Roger Weisberg, Vanessa Roth
Brand: NEW VIDEO GROUP INC
Cinematographer: Arthur Yee
Cinematographer: Gordon Quinn
Cinematographer: Jim Morrissette
Cinematographer: John Hazard
Cinematographer: Sarah Levy
Cinematographer: Shana Hagan
Cinematographer: Slawomir Grunberg
Producer: Maria Finitzo
Producer: Roger Weisberg
Writer: Roger Weisberg
Producer: Vanessa Roth
Producer: Deborah Clancy
Producer: Hilary Klotz
Producer: Jessie Pepper
Producer: Joanna Friedman
Producer: Stephen Segaller
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Format: Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 90 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-06-27
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Docurama
DVD Reviews of Aging Out
DVD Review: A gritty look at a side of foster care everyone wants to avoid thinking about....
Summary: 5 Stars
As a Guardian ad Litem who has worked with many teens I can say this documentary accurately depicts how poorly we prepare foster youth for adulthood. So many fall through the cracks of the broken system and are so likely to repeat the family cycle that brought them into the foster care system as children or youths. The states that take these children away from their parents to give them a better life need to start working on means to assure that outcome. Many of the youths in the documentary describe the devastating effects of being moved again and again from home to home. They painfully share the fragmentation of their emotional attachments to anyone who cares for them, leading to their inability to care about or for themselves.
As to the reviewer above who mentioned the extra features pieces, I think the decision as to who they could include in the main documentary was probably based on the length of time they could follow the youths in question.
The epilogue of the documentary is heartbreaking. People who are upset with the outcomes should seriously think about giving back to their community and becoming mentors, Guardians ad Litem or Court Appointed Special Advocates for our foster youth. The children in foster care need advocates.
DVD Review: Informative, Frustrating, and Sad
Summary: 3 Stars
N.B.: It is as important to watch the two segments in the extras as it is to see the 3 people discussed in the documentary. It's unclear why all 5 ppl weren't incorporated into one movie.
This documentary focused upon three individuals who were "aging out" of the foster care system. They looked at a male and two females; a white, a Latina, and a Black with an Asian romantic partner, so the subjects are diverse.
This film is so frustrating because each person shoots him- or herself in the foot. The Latina turned to illegal drugs to deal with her family's abuse, rather than seeking out counseling which I imagine would have been available at the schools she attended. When she was at UCSB, she seemed surrounded by students who were of a different class and race than her. I wonder would she have had more support if there were other low-income Mexican Americans around her. (Hello, affirmative action-lacking California! Wake up!) The male interviewed said he wanted to go to Japan and be a ninja. How dumb and unrealistic is that!? This guy gets denied admittance to the military because he has too many psychological problems. Too many young males think the only requirement to join the military is to be heterosexual and thin. The American military denies people for all kinds of reasons, so young guys should not assume they will be automatically enlisted.
All three of the former foster kids are upset by rules that are meant to help them and that young people with parents often follow. They gawked, "You want me to stay in school just so that I can get X benefit!?" Yes! People with parents have rules too if they want college paid for or a roof over their heads. Get over it! Again in fairness, these people take risks that many young people do. However, they don't have parents to act as a safety net like most of us, so their bad choices have worse consequences.
In all fairness, I think the poor decisions of the three reveals the downfall of not having consistent parents. I hate to be Freudian, but maybe if adults had guided them or supported them from day one, then they wouldn't have chosen the dumb options that they did.
The ending will surprise and upset many. Go grab the tissue if you are an emotion viewer. If you enjoy documentaries about marginalized and oppressed youth, like in "Girlhood" or "Born into Brothels," then you will enjoy this.
Description of Aging Out
Artfully directed by award-winning filmmaker Roger Weisberg and Vanessa Roth, AGING OUT chronicles the daunting obstacles that three young people in foster care encounter as they "age out" of the system and are suddenly on their own for the first time. Navigating the transition from adolescence to adulthood is challenging for even the most mature and privileged youth. For three teens in urban New York and Los Angeles, however, making the transition to independent living is considerably more difficult. Lacking family support, they are suddenly forced to fend for themselves with no job skills, meager financial resources, and little preparation to survive on their own. Following them as they become parents, battle drug addiction, cope with homelessness, and even end up in jail, Weisberg and Roth show how three teenagers use the resiliancy they developed "in the system" to retake control of their lives. AGING OUT is more than a dark chronicle of young people who move from foster care into the welfare, mental health, and criminal justice systems. This emotionally complex film is also a portrait of young adults struggling to overcome the scars of their troubled childhood in order to realize their dreams of independence and fulfillment. DVD Features: Interactive Menus; Scene SelectionGeneral DVDs
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