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COLIN NUSBAUM EDITOR & CINEMATOGRAPHER
TOUGH LOVE
Director: Stephanie Wang-Breal
Editors: Colin Nusbaum, Mary Manhardt
Additional Cinematography: Colin Nusbaum
Broadcast: PBS POV
Offering a rare look at the inner workings of the American child welfare system, Tough Love chronicles the lives of two parents—one in Seattle and one in New York City—as each fights to be reunited with children taken out of their custody. Through intimate, verité footage of both families, we witness first-hand the complex and daunting bureaucracy of America’s family courts. Moreover, we come to understand the powerful role poverty and prejudice play in keeping parents and children apart—and the challenges parents must overcome in order to put their families back together.
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