For our Street Family

Revolving around a teen dropin center called Planet Youth the film explores the pain of stereotypes the importance of peer support and the ambivalence towards identity experience by a group of First Nations teens in Prince Rupert British Columbia Begun as a participatory photography group selfportrait the film expands to capture the youths difficult challenges with racism abuse and foster care while exploring the teens resilient playfulness and why they are a street family For Our Street Family provides the opportunity to finally listen to a group parented by bureaucracy and ignored by the public