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Aginelo Film Spotlights Family Court System as Divorced from Reality
By StudentFilmmakers.com
posted Jul 29, 2011, 09:13
Aginelo Films is on the road to exposing the broken nature of the family court system in America. With this precedent-setting full length documentary entitled �Support? System Down�� issues of divorce and custody in America are examined and the walls debunking the stereotype of �deadbeat� parents are broken down.
Aginelo Films is on the road to exposing the broken nature of the family
court system in America. With this precedent-setting full length documentary
entitled “Support? System Down…” issues of divorce and custody
in America are examined and the walls debunking the stereotype of “deadbeat”
parents are broken down.
(San Diego, CA) The film documents a system that treats parents as guilty before
proven innocent in a pay before you play environment, feeding into the stereotype
of deadbeat parent. Interview supported stories are clearly documented to show
that within the courts there is a motive to embarrass parents into payments
they don't have and then to incarcerate them for failure to pay. This mentality
drives more parents away from their children than towards them and is not in
anyone’s best interest.
There is no arguing that family court is home to high emotion, but is it also
home to corruption, illogical proceedings and a broken system that works against
the families with children, where custody is to be determined on the basis of
the best interests of the children?
Filmmaker Aginelo Lobo exposes the truth about the family court system by examining
the struggles and suffering that families experience when put through the difficult
process of divorce, in this new full length film.
"Our goals are to screen the film for Academy Awards 2012 Oscars qualification,
release it on DVD and on a new DIRECT TV channel, which will broadcast to 18
million homes," says Aginelo Films’ Director Aginelo Lobo.
"If we really want to see change, we need to expose the realities on a
large scale. This is not just broken in one state, this is a court system affecting
millions all over the country, year after year, and the more exposure it gets
the greater chance we have for change and reform," states Lobo.
According to the US Health and Human Services Department, divorce is big business
in America. The Americans for Divorce Reform estimates that close to 50% percent
of marriages end in divorce. Each year, over 1 million American children are
affected by the divorce of their parents. The courts have their hands full and
the need for reform is necessary.
Lobo says, "I agree that divorce is ugly business. I believe children
want adequate time with both parents after a divorce or separation. It's unfair
and cruel to children to send, even inadvertently, an erroneous message of abandonment
when this is untrue. The majority of parents -- dads and moms -- want to be
there and have a meaningful relationship and time with their children."
Lobo says "It's the system that has abandoned children; not the majority
of non-custodial dads."
"In a court system that routinely allows children 'visits' of only 4 to
6 days per month with a loving non-custodial parent and thinks that's okay,
it's clearly the system that's broken, not the parents who are struggling to
remain a meaningful part of the children's lives. Too many children suffer from
unnecessary, long periods of separation from parents, often fathers, after a
family breakup. Society can correct this system. This film is meant to help
raise awareness of the unfairness to children, families, taxpayers, and society
and help point the way to a real and positive solution," said Lobo.
Resources:
http://www.youtube.com/user/SupportTheMovie
http://www.supportthemovie.com
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/aginelo/support-system-down
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