POSSIBLE SELVES

BEST INDEPENDENT PROGRAMMING - LA EMMY | Recommended - Educational Media Reviews Online | PREMIERE - Human Rights Watch Film Festival Social Work • Sociology • Education • Family Studies • School Counseling • Educational Equity • College Access • Developmental Psychology Date of Completion: 2022 | Run Time: 84 & 56 minutes | Language: English with English subtitles | Captions: Yes | Includes: Transcript | Director: Shaun Kadlec | Producers: Shaun Kadlec & Sarah Feeley | Executive Producers: Jamie Wolf and Bill Resnick POSSIBLE SELVES explores the tumultuous high school years of Alex Ballantyne and Mia Derisso, two Los Angeles teenagers living in foster care. They dream of something that only 3% of young people in foster care achieve: graduating from college. In an opportunity seldom permitted, the Los Angeles County Children's Court granted the filmmakers access to document their lives. Through intimate interviews and raw emotion, Alex and Mia open up about their dreams and