Wednesday's Children: Jenny

198714 min 53 secFilm: Fiction

Direction: Patricia Phillips

Production: Wolf Koenig

Script: Lindalee Tracey

Part of a series of six short dramas for adolescents and adults on teenage alienation, Jenny is the story of a seemingly tough seventeen-year-old who is arrested for trafficking drugs. Jenny's story emerges as she is interviewed by a skilful social worker. Her unemployed, alcoholic father has been sexually abusing her, and is now turning his attention to her weaker, younger sister as well.

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Subject categories

  • Sexuality and Reproduction > AdolescenceIncest and Sexual Abuse
  • Law and Crime > AdolescentsChild AbuseDrug Traffic and Substance AbuseJuvenile DelinquencyViolence Directed at Children
  • Families > Child AbuseFamily ViolenceJuvenile Delinquency
  • Social Issues > Crime and DelinquencyFamily LifeJuvenile Delinquency
  • Children and Youth > Family LifeJuvenile DelinquencyViolence and Child Abuse

Credits

director
Patricia Phillips
producer
Wolf Koenig
script
Lindalee Tracey
cinematography
Andy Kitzanuk
sound
Esther Auger
editing
Rita Roy
sound editing
Jackie Newell
re-recording
Jean-Pierre Joutel
cast
Brian Dooley
Ali Giron
Donald Lamoureux
Teddy Lee Dillon
Danette Mackay
Neil Munro
Caroline Pion
Anthony Ulc
Charles Zed