(My Week on Welfare)

Content: Award-winning documentarian – and former teenage welfare mother – Jackie Torrens explores stereotypes about welfare recipients by going back on welfare for a week. She finds out what the day-to-day reality of life is really like for people on income assistance in Nova Scotia in 2015. During her week-long stay, she discovers unexpected insights and encounters the complex issues facing those on the system. Produced by Peep Media, the team behind Edge of East.

Countries:

Genres:

Runtime:

45 minutes

Year:

2015

Directors:

Jackie Torrens

Crews:

Producer

Director

Writer