SJFF 2022 – BLOCK 1 – Understanding Transition Age Youth (TAY) [Hybrid]
Watch in person: Sep. 28 at 6:30pm
In-person tickets
$13 General Admission
$10 Student/Child/Senior
$7 Member
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$5 – $25 Sliding Scale
$50 – $125 Sliding Scale
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Understanding Transition Age Youth (TAY)
(Nathanael Matanick, US, 2021, 57 min, in English)
CW: interviews with individuals who have experiences of homelessness, gang involvement, incarceration, sex trafficking, and childhood trauma
Understanding Transition Age Youth (TAY) is a documentary film series highlighting the fascinating stories and experiences of youth transitioning into adulthood, set in the context of child welfare and the juvenile/criminal justice systems. This film was developed by the Center for Child Trauma Assessment, Services, and Interventions (CCTASI) at Northwestern University, in collaboration with ReMoved Films (creator, Nathanael Matanick) and partners in the National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN). This film series is designed to raise awareness about the unique trauma-related needs and strengths among transition age youth (TAY) in these systems.
In their own words, aged-out foster youth tell the stories of their personal experiences with homelessness, drug use, and trafficking. Considering the continuum of care, this film highlight strategies, supports, and advice to providers that can build resilience among older youth as they transition out of these systems. These transition age youth have powerful insights to offer those following in their footsteps and a “call to action” for the providers that support youth within these systems.
Header photo credit: Understanding Transition Age Youth (TAY) , dir. Nathanael Matanick
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Screens with:
Behind These Walls
(Susan Margolin, US, 2021, 6 min, in English)
CW: talk of violence
Behind These Walls documents the experience of Sean Johnson. While incarcerated at Sing Sing, Johnson discovered the prison’s theater program.
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West Coast Premiere!
(Grace Zander, US, 2021, 9 min, in English)
CW: domestic violence, sexual trafficking, gang involvement
A tattoo artist who experiences a radical transformation uses his gifts to help others turn their lives around.
Second Shot
West Coast Premiere!
(Andrew Michael Ellis, US, 2022, 28 min, in English)
Second Shot investigates the complexities of the US parole process through the lens of one of New York’s most notorious murders of the early ’90s: a shootout on Christmas night during a screening of Godfather III. Through intimate storytelling on both the victim’s and perpetrator’s sides, the film exposes the impossibility of using punishment as a form of healing. Trailer >
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