Tough Love
Season 28 Episode 3 | 1h 23m 37sVideo has Closed Captions
Two parents fight to win back the trust of the courts and reunite their families.
What makes a good parent? How do you prove you are responsible after you've been deemed unfit? Having lost custody of their children to Child Protective Services, two parents - one in New York City and one in Seattle - fight to win back the trust of the courts and reunite their families in Stephanie Wang-Breal's moving film.
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Major funding for POV is provided by PBS, The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the Wyncote Foundation, Reva & David Logan Foundation, the Open Society Foundations and the...
Tough Love
Season 28 Episode 3 | 1h 23m 37sVideo has Closed Captions
What makes a good parent? How do you prove you are responsible after you've been deemed unfit? Having lost custody of their children to Child Protective Services, two parents - one in New York City and one in Seattle - fight to win back the trust of the courts and reunite their families in Stephanie Wang-Breal's moving film.
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Tough Love: Filmmaker Interview
Clip: S28 Ep3 | 22m 9s | Filmmaker Stephanie Wang-Breal discusses the making of the POV documentary Tough Love. (22m 9s)
Tough Love: Desperate Decision
Clip: S28 Ep3 | 1m 30s | Patrick talking about how he placed his daughter into Child Care Protection (1m 30s)
Tough Love: Putting Life Back Together
Clip: S28 Ep3 | 1m 57s | Patrick attends Family Treatment Court (1m 57s)
Tough Love: The Knock on the Door
Clip: S28 Ep3 | 2m 5s | "I didn't know what it was like to be a mother." Hannah reflects on her early mothering. (2m 5s)
Tough Love: The Obstinacy of Convolution
Clip: S28 Ep3 | 4m 16s | ACS sticks to Hannah's past of abandoning her child for long days. (4m 16s)
Clip: S28 Ep3 | 5m 13s | The baseline of FTC is children's safety rather than parents' perfection (5m 13s)
Tough Love: The "System" Assesses
Clip: S28 Ep3 | 5m 18s | FTC panel assesses Patrick's gambling behavior (5m 18s)
Preview: S28 Ep3 | 2m 16s | Two parents fight to win back the trust of the courts and reunite their families. (2m 16s)
Tough Love: Who Makes the Call?
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