Hayley's Home Movie

198723 min 20 secFilm: Fiction, Children's film

Direction: Gail Singer

Production: Michael ScottJohn Spotton

Script: Gail Singer

Part of the Finding Our Way series, which deals with contemporary family-life issues, this is the story of twelve-year-old Hayley, who must acknowledge the finality of parental separation when her father's new girlfriend abruptly enters her life. All the issues surrounding separation are realistically evoked. Hayley's anger, and her fantasy about her parents reuniting, are the central focus. But Hayley's personality is irrepressible; she finds strength in her own imagination and creativity, thus effecting the beginnings of a resolution.

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Subject categories


  • Families > ChildrenDivorce and Separation
  • Social Issues > ChildrenFamily Life
  • Children and Youth > Divorce and Separation
  • Family Studies/Home Economics > Family Diversity and ChallengesRelationships

Credits


director
Gail Singer
script
Gail Singer
producer
Michael Scott
executive producer
John Spotton
photography
Marc Champion
sound
Stuart French
editing
Toni Myers
sound editing
Jeremy MacLaverty
re-recording
Jack Herron
music
Maribeth Solomon
Micky Erbe
cast
Alli Goldwater
Zoe Greenberg
Keram Malicki-Sanchez
Tony Rosato
Michèle Scarabelli
Linda Sorensen
John Swindells