The Street

195730 minFilm: Documentary

G

Direction: Fergus McDonell

Production: Julian Biggs

Script: Charles E. Israel

A dramatized account of the work of the Elizabeth Fry Society in the rehabilitation of women who have been on the wrong side of the law. Kathie is a young woman who turned to prostitution and discovered, when she wanted to go straight, that the road back was harder than she had anticipated. She makes the decision to turn for help to a social worker of the Elizabeth Fry Society who had visited her in prison. The social worker stands by her and helps her find a job. That is the first step in her rehabilitation, but the film makes us realize the lonely inner struggle that Kathie still faces in setting her life in order.

Subject categories


  • Law and Crime > ProstitutionRehabilitation
  • Women > Sexuality and ReproductionSocial Action
  • Social Issues > Social Services in CanadaWomen

Credits


director
Fergus McDonell
producer
Julian Biggs
script
Charles E. Israel
photography
Eugene Boyko
sound
John Locke
editing
Donald Ginsberg
sound editing
Stuart Baker
cast
Peggi Loder
Sylvia Lennick
Carol Starkman
Margaret MacBain
Alice Hill
Dawn Greenhalgh
Iris Krangle
Ted Follows
Sydney Brown