Release Date

01 Jan, 2008

Runtime

00:47: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

Youth, Fighting Poverty & Harm Reduction

Four Feet Up is an intimate portrayal of child poverty in Canada by award-winning photographer and documentary filmmaker Nance Ackerman. Twenty years after the promise of the House of Commons 'to eliminate poverty among Canadian children,' 8-year-old Isaiah contemplates what 'less fortunate' means as he finds his voice through his own magical drawings and photographs. Four Feet Up invites us into the lives of this determined family, revealing an intimate and touching experience of child poverty in one of the world's richest nations.

Original Title

Four Feet Up

Photos

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Actors

Crew

Nance Ackerman

Nance Ackerman

Nance Ackerman

Annette Clarke

Christopher Ball

Roz Power

Kent Martin

Nance Ackerman

Jamie Alcorn

Patsy Coughran

Jamie Alcorn

Shelley Craig

Aram Kouyoumdjian

Eva Madden