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THIS LITTLE GIRL

By Annette WESTWOOD

Female director - Completed 2021

A mother with a substance misuse issue, has to prove herself on her path to recovery, to prevent her child from being taken away from her and placed into care.

- Year of production
- 2021
- Genres
- Female director, Social issues, Drama
- Countries
- UNITED KINGDOM
- Languages
- ENGLISH
- Budget
- 0 - 0.3 M$
- Duration
- 15 mn
- Director(s)
- Annette WESTWOOD
- Writer(s)
- Annette WESTWOOD
- Cast
- Shireenah INGRAM, Madeleine MACMAHON
- Producer(s)
- Emma WESTWOOD (Hawkwood Productions)
- Synopsis
- In a remote Midlands residential rehabilitation centre, Jessika, a mother struggling with drug addiction, has agreed to undertake a zero-tolerance recovery programme. This is her last chance, any substance abuse would lead to the termination of her placement, and if she fails to prove she can be a responsible parent, her two-year-old daughter Ziawill be taken away from her & placed into care. Jessika is soon faced with the challenge of coping with everyday life drug-free and trying to bond with her daughter.
  
  Whilst her relationship with her little girl develops, Jessika also grows close to Ruby, a fellow mother in recovery. Quickly Jessika finds herself on a dangerous path, being led towards temptation, where irresponsible actions have the potential to lead to devastating consequences.