Teenage Father Explained

Teenage Father
Director:Taylor Hackford
Producer:Charlotte De Armond
Taylor Hackford
Starring:Timothy Wead
Suzanne Crough
Editing:Sally Coryn
Distributor:Children's Home Society of California
New Visions Inc[1]
Runtime:25 minutes
Country:United States
Language:English

Teenage Father is a 1978 American short film directed by Taylor Hackford and starring Timothy Wead. In 1979, it won an Oscar for Best Short Subject at the 51st Academy Awards.[2] [3]

Plot

Filmed as a pseudo-documentary, the film follows 17-year-old John Travis and 15-year-old Kim in the last few months of her pregnancy. The documentary filmmakers interview the couple as well as their friends and family about their perspectives on the matter. John is interested in adoption but Kim is more interested in keeping her child. In the final scene of the film the child has been born and John views his son in the nursery but by that point Kim is no longer speaking to him and does not let him visit her in her room, leaving John distraught about the future.

Cast

Production

The film was a public education film from Children's Home Society of California.[4] Susan Cronkite, who plays the social worker in the film, was an actual social worker for Children's Home Society at the time of filming.

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/513706/Teenage-Father/ TCM.com
  2. https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1979 1979|Oscars.org
  3. https://www.allmovie.com/artist/taylor-hackford-p93022 Taylor Hackford|AllMusic
  4. https://www.ericdigests.org/1992-4/male.htm Counseling Teenage Fathers : The "Maximizing a Life Experience" (MALE) Group. ERIC Digest.