
America
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- Year:
- 2009
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Kids, living on the street
Have you ever talked to one?
Most come from homes
where they're abused,
often by their parents who were
supposed to protect them, but couldn't
There's no peace
inside of these children
Pain is the quickest path to pleasure,
and they cope by hurting themselves
just so they can feel
something, anything
We now have whole
generations who are raised in
and then lose their children to
a very broken foster care system
Children who live
confused, betrayed, angry,
home, for a family, for love
This boy is one of them His name
is America and this is his story
I love you I love you
so much You're my baby
I love you
I work at a residential
treatment facility
that's the end of the road
for way too many of these kids
This is their last stop
For me, it's where
the love has to start
Here's the boys' dorm. The
girls' are on the other side.
Don't get any ideas.
Girls' dorms are off-limits.
Only places where everybody mixes
are in the common areas downstairs,
classes, cafeterias,
rec rooms.
During the day when you're in school or
therapy, all of these rooms are locked.
No access or
unsupervised entry.
up here for quiet time.
Quiet time is for homework.
You got dinner at 5:00,
lights out at 10:00.
This is your room.
This is your bed
and your dresser.
- Any questions?
- No.
Get anything to eat yet?
Come down to cafeteria,
we'll get you some food.
I'm not hungry.
You got therapy at
And, America, meet
your new roommate, Fish.
Hi. I'm Fish.
America Vega?
America? Hi.
Come on in.
Sit right here. Either
seat's all right.
I'm Dr. Maureen Brennan.
You can call me Dr. B.
I will be your counselor
while you're here at Ridgeway.
Just so you understand,
everything that you say during
our sessions is confidential,
with a couple of exceptions.
Number one, if you tell
me someone's hurting you.
Number two, if you tell me
you're gonna hurt yourself.
Or number three, if you tell me
you're gonna hurt someone else. Okay?
Do you have any
questions, America?
Did you understand
what I just said?
- Yes?
- Yeah.
Great. Would you sign
this for me, please?
Just says that I told you what
our sessions are going to be about,
and what the rules are,
and all that mumbo jumbo
they make you do nowadays.
Thank you very much.
I cannot believe that I am almost blind
without these glasses. Did you know that?
I turn 42, totally
went downhill.
I can't read without them
So what's on your
mind, America? Anything?
Anything on your
mind you wanna share,
or something that might help me
get to know you a little bit better?
I read in your file that you've
done this a couple of times,
so I'm sure you remember, the
first session's always the toughest.
So, why don't we just
end early for today
a bang, what do you say?
- Is that good for you?
- Fine.
Okay, great. You can go.
I'll see you tomorrow.
Thank you. Nice to meet
you. Have a good day.
- Come on, you're gonna let me go through?
- No.
No? I'll tickle you!
Got a problem, man?
America! America!
What a sweet baby
Where's that boy?
Easy Where's that boy?
Where is my sweet baby?
Where's that boy? America.
I see you, mister. I see you.
You like that ring?
I had it when I
was a little girl.
You know what? One
day it'll be yours.
And if you rub it, it'll
bring you good luck every day.
Good luck every day
Good luck
Yes, we're trying to
work together as a team.
- You're supposed to talk to each other.
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