Writer-director Bruce Spangler comes from a background in child protection services, and has fashioned a small, searingly authentic little film about a family falling apart. The mother and her boyfriend are both junkies, and living conditions have degraded to a point where the two children are in peril. The parents may love them, but seem unable to do what is necessary to remain a functioning family.
PROTECTION follows the case of this family as protective services steps in to remove the children from the household. It doesn't chart any conventional paths and presents views from both sides of the fence. This is a raw and at times disturbing film, superbly acted by Nancy Sivak as the social worker, and William MacDonald & Jillian Fargey as the heroin-abusing parents. It is a sharply edited and photographed film, using the underside of Surrey as its locale. This is an extremely commendable film for Bruce Spangler and all concerned.
PROTECTION follows the case of this family as protective services steps in to remove the children from the household. It doesn't chart any conventional paths and presents views from both sides of the fence. This is a raw and at times disturbing film, superbly acted by Nancy Sivak as the social worker, and William MacDonald & Jillian Fargey as the heroin-abusing parents. It is a sharply edited and photographed film, using the underside of Surrey as its locale. This is an extremely commendable film for Bruce Spangler and all concerned.