Documentary on Florida's troubled foster care system draws big St. Pete crowd [floridapolitics.com]

Alissa Copeland 4/3/176:00 PM

A new film focusing on Florida’s troubled foster care system drew a large crowd at a screening in Gulfport Wednesday night.

‘Foster Shock’ is a documentary highlighting the ills of the state’s child welfare system showed how a government body had completely turned over the responsibility and care of children to contracted, for-profit companies, who, in turn, contract out the work to other companies, exposing minors to dangers such as violence, drugs, sex trafficking and criminalization.

Directed by Mari Frankel and narrated by Tim Malloy, with cinematography by Brian Bayerl, Foster Shock takes the viewer inside the world of foster children after they are yanked from their homes. They screened the movie at Stetson Law School in Gulfport to a packed room.

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