NFB Collection
Left Out
198524 min 10 secFilm: Fiction, Children's film
Direction: Jim Purdy
Production: John KramerJohn Spotton
Script: Jim Purdy
A film on unemployment and how it affects a family, as seen primarily through the eyes of a twelve-year-old. When Amy learns that she cannot go on a school field trip to Québec City, she is devastated. Eventually, however, Amy grows to realize that a lack of money does not mean a lack of love, and that her parents try to compensate in other ways. Other elements in the film include the strain a man's unemployment can place on husband and wife, and the tension it can create between parents and children. Part of a series of short dramatic films for children.
Availability
Other versions
Subject categories
- Economics > Employment and UnemploymentWork Issues
- Families > Family LifeParent-Child RelationshipsWork and Unemployment
- Work and Labour Relations > Family Life and WorkUnemployment and Job Hunting
- Family Studies/Home Economics > Adolescent DevelopmentFamily Diversity and ChallengesParenting
Credits
- director
- Jim Purdy
- script
- Jim Purdy
- producer
- John Kramer
- executive producer
- John Spotton
- cinematography
- Mark Irwin
- sound
- Tom Mather
- editing
- Sally Paterson
- sound editing
- Gary Oppenheimer
- re-recording
- Joe Grimaldi
- music
- Crawford and Goldsmith
- cast
- Robert Bear
- Wendy Chong
- Jayne Eastwood
- Stacey Grill
- Peter MacNeill
- Kathleen Robertson
- Tina Teggart
- Jeff Hicks
- Keram Malicki-Sanchez
- Tony Controneo
Awards
- Certificate of CommendationA.T.O.M. Awards for Short Educational Films & Videos