NFB Collection
Borderline
195728 min 57 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Fergus McDonell
Production: Grant McLean
Script: Charles E. Israel
A story of conflict and rebellion in a teen-age girl that, to a large degree, typifies the problems of emotional adjustment experienced by many adolescents in their striving toward maturity. We meet Nora Fenton, a disturbed fifteen-year-old girl who, because of her persistent defiance of parental authority and self-injurious behaviour, is sent to a remedial home for problem adolescents. As the film reviews Nora's problems, we see how understanding, affection and firm parental guidance are the factors most needed in helping teen-agers weather their most turbulent years.
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Subject categories
- Psychology and Psychiatry > AdolescentsEmotional LifeFamily LifeInstitutional Care
- Families > AdolescentsProblems in the FamilySocial Programs and Services
- Children and Youth > Child Rearing and DevelopmentFamily LifeHealth and Safety
Credits
- director
- Fergus McDonell
- producer
- Grant McLean
- script
- Charles E. Israel
- photography
- Eugene Boyko
- sound
- Frank Orban
- editing
- Dennis Sawyer
- cast
- Norman Ettlinger
- William Fruete