The Daily Show: Ears Edition - South Africa's Heated Election & Sexist 2020 Coverage | Mark Jonathan Harris & Deborah Oppenheimer

Episode Date: May 10, 2019

Trevor covers South Africa's high-stakes election, Desi Lydic reacts to sexist 2020 U.S. election coverage, and Mark Jonathan Harris and Deborah Oppenheimer discuss "Foster." Learn more about your ad...-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Starting point is 00:00:00 You're listening to Comedy Central. Hey everybody, John Stewart here. I am here to tell you about my new podcast, the weekly show coming out every Thursday. We're going to be talking about the election earnings calls. What are they talking about on these earnings calls? We're going to be talking about ingredient-to-bread ratio on sandwiches. I know you have a lot of options as far as podcasts go, but
Starting point is 00:00:26 how many of them come out on Thursday. Listen to the weekly show with John Stewart wherever you get your podcast. May 9, 2019. From Comedy Central's World News Headquarters in New York. This is the Daily Show with Trevor Noah, Ears Edition. Welcome to the Daily Show, everybody. Thank you so much for tuning in. I'm Trevor Noah.
Starting point is 00:00:51 Thank you for coming out. Thank you so much for coming out. Thank you so much for tuning in. I'm Trevor Noah. Thank you for coming out. Thank you so much for coming out. Yeah. Oh man, so good to have you. Our guest tonight are fascinating filmmakers with an incredible new HBO documentary. It's about the foster care system, Mark, Jonathan Harris and Deborah Oppenheimer joining us everybody. Also coming up on tonight's show, sexism could win the presidential election. The second biggest economy in Africa had its election, and Grand Theft Auto comes to real
Starting point is 00:01:32 life. So let's catch up on today's headlines. First up, over the past few weeks, there have been a slew of stories about how extreme police are in America. Police in San Diego, police in Missouri, and of course, the fashion police who covered the MetGala. Good Lord, they were ruthless. Are you telling me a teacher doesn't camp?
Starting point is 00:01:59 What did you wear to camp, you fucking assholes? But of all these examples of extreme police, a video that came out yesterday is one of the craziest things I've ever seen. Newly released police video shows Anaheim officers firing 76 shots in a busy residential neighborhood during a police chase last year. 76 shots. One of the officers in the video was dismissed. The other was placed on leave. Investigators called their actions alarming and irresponsible. The prosecutors say, despite this video, there was not enough evidence to file criminal charges. God damn. That cop fired 76 shots? Like, I don't know what training he got,
Starting point is 00:02:46 but it was not at a police academy, all right? Like, police academies teach you how to control the situation. They teach you how to properly use your firearms and how to make sound effects, okay? That was not from a police academy. And it's wild, it's wild that they say the prosecutors watched that footage and still couldn't charge the cop for anything. He fired 76 bullets all over the streets. The least you could charge it for is littering, at least. At least.
Starting point is 00:03:10 Like this guy, I don't even know who he's like, he's shooting through the windshield. The window is right there. Yeah, just switch your gun to your left hand. And yet you may not be as accurate, but after the 70th shot does it even matter? The one piece of good news is that this guy has been fired. Yeah, the bad news is that now he's an Uber driver. Airport? Don't worry, I know a shortcut. Babb, bad, bad, bad, bad. So just visiting? All right, let's move on to some big tech news. Today, one of the co-founders of Facebook announced that he thinks Facebook should should should should should should should should should should should should should should should should should should should.. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. thi. Yeah. thi. Yeah. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, th. Yeah, thi, the thi, their, the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the th. Yeah, th. Yeah, th. Yeah, th. Yeah, th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. the th. the th. the th. And, th. And, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi. thi. the. the. the. the. the. the. the the the the the thi, thi, thi. tech news. Today, one of the co-founders of Facebook announced that he thinks Facebook should be broken up.
Starting point is 00:03:49 Yeah, which sounds like somebody is sick of seeing his ex's new baby photos. But seriously, though, I don't know how this would work. You know, if they break up Facebook, how do you break up Facebook? Would they splits it up with all the things that it does, is that how it works? So now I'll have a Facebook that just reminds me when my friends' birthdays are and then a separate Facebook that gives me wrong news and then one more Facebook that sells my data to Russia. Yeah, that's it? Honestly, if you ask me, you don't
Starting point is 00:04:16 have to break up Facebook, okay? If you want to reduce Facebook's logo to make it look like the Snapchat app and then no one will use it. And finally, oh, Snapchat slam! Oh, my dad works for Snapchat. And finally, some news for parents. If you buy secondhand toys for your kids, you may want to check what's inside the box. All right, $40,000 worth of meth found by a child inside a Lego box. Police in South Carolina say a woman bought the Lego set at a thrift store in Charleston and took it home to Georgia. They gave the Legos to a child who opened the box and discovered the meth. Drug enforcement officials say the box
Starting point is 00:04:59 could have been purchased in a storage auction before making its way to the consignment shop without anyone questioning its contents. Okay. I have so many questions. First of all, how did that kid know it was meth? You telling me there was some seven-year-old out there like, yeah, it's meth, but it's ain't a good shit? Seriously, this sounds like something that would happen in a movie, you know? Like it probably started well with some dealer who was like, okay, go to the thrift shop,
Starting point is 00:05:29 there's a box of Legos on the third shelf on the right, the drugs are inside. And then they get there and then the box is gone. So on one side of town there's a kid punching his dad. Where's my leg? I'm sorry Timmy. I swear I thought it was Lego. Shut up! Go sell this meth so we can buy more Legos. I will say meth is probably the best drug for playing with Legos. Yeah, that kid is going to be up all night building a life-size empire state building just buzzing hard like everything is awesome. Everything is awesome. All right that's it for the headlines. Let's move on to our top story. Let's talk about South Africa. My home country and place where I have many outstanding warrants.
Starting point is 00:06:07 Yesterday, South Africa held its presidential election. And I know you guys think that we elect our leaders by holding them over the edge of a cliff, all right? But that's, that's just guys think that we elect our leaders by holding them over the edge of a cliff, all right? But that's just for the primaries. In the general election, we do it normally, just like you. Ballot boxes, polling places, and even people on the news, trying to predict the results before the votes come in.
Starting point is 00:06:42 We've seen quite a number of opinion polls make predictions. We thought tonight we would invite traditional healer Gorgon Toleng. What are you seeing about this election? Let me just ask the ancestors and I look into my calabash, the ANC will be the ruling party again. And it will be 60.7 percent. Wow. The ancestors are really specific. 60.7 percent. Yeah. Wouldn't it be funny if it turned out she just had an iPhone inside that calabash? Is this like, uh, the result is, sorry, the ancestors Wi-Fi is really slow.
Starting point is 00:07:28 Hold on, hold on, hold on. And before you try and judge Africans for using which doctors to predict election results, I would argue they're just as reliable as anyone on CNN. Yeah, they are. They're just like, judging by the yard signs, my gut thah. And, thah. And, thah. And, thah. And, thi. And, thi. And, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, their, their, their, the, the, their, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, thi. And, thi. And, thi. And, thi. And, thi. And, thi. And, thi. And, thi. And, thi. And, thean, thean, thean, thean, thean, thean, thean, gut tells me Hillary's going to win by a landslide. I can feel it. I can feel it. I will say this. Can you imagine being one of the ancestors and getting a question like this? No, think about it. You're like a village chief who died 600 years ago, waiting to provide guidance about the
Starting point is 00:07:59 mysteries of life, and then you get a question like, who gonna win the election? I bet you the ancestors are like what how dare you waste my time with this throw it away oh good another question what will there be another sex in the city god damn it of course they won't be carry and big found true love now the reason this election in South Africa was so important is because everyone is waiting to see if the ruling party, the ANC, will hold on to their power. And it could be close because South Africa is dealing with many issues, some of which might sound familiar. South Africa has the highest inequality in the world. Researchers say more than 90% of
Starting point is 00:08:44 national wealth is owned by 10% of South Africans who are mainly white. About 80% or mostly black own nothing. That's right. Decades after apartheids or apartheid as it's called here, South Africa is still super divided along racial lines. And I know all all the Mandela movies make it seem like everything turned out okay. Yeah. But after the cameras stopped rolling, South Africans were like, all right, that was nice, let's go our separate ways everybody. All right, bye, we'll come back for the next movie. And it's not just income inequality affecting the people.
Starting point is 00:09:14 No, many of South Africa's youth feel that their future isn't looking too bright. In the last three years, tha thuuuuuuuusea thusea thusea thusea thu- thu- thu- thu- thous, thous thous, thous, thousa, thousa, thousand, thousand, thousand, thousand, th, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, thi. thi. thi. thi. thi, thi. thi, thi. thi. thi. thi. theea. thea. theauuu thiiiiiiii. thiiiiiii. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. the years, thousands of students have protested against higher university fees and demanding free education for students. Education in South Africa has became so expensive in that even those who are middle class can afford to study anymore. Student debt continues to rise. Government subsidies per student declines. Yeah. Students in South Africa are so mad about the high
Starting point is 00:09:45 price of college, they're even burning down the schools in protest, which is one way to get rid of student debts. I mean, yeah, you can't owe the university if there is no university. That's pretty smart, pretty smart. I mean, look at that. They literally set fire to a piece of their campus. American students might feel the burn, South African students just burn. Yeah, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they're, they're, they're, they're they're they're even, they're even, they're even, they're even, they're they're they're even, th, they're even they're even they're even they're they're even they're even they're even they're even they're even, they're even, they're they're they're they're even, they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're even, they're even, they're even, their, their their th. th. th. th. thi, thi, thi, thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. their their their their their campus. American students might feel the burn. South African students just burn. Yeah. They're just up there. Wouldn't it be funny if we have an African burnie who's up there?
Starting point is 00:10:10 And he's like, those college rights are too high, too high. We need to bring it all down. Burn it, burn it, burn it. Oh, and this might shock some Americans to see, but did you know some South Africans aren't too fond of immigrants either? Twenty-five years into democracy, communities who feel let down by their government quick to blame African migrants for every social ill. We get a lot of foreigners into the country here and our local guys that can't get jobs. Foreigners are bringing drugs and weapons to our poor communities. We don't want them here. We are not xenophobes. We just don't the the the the their their their their their th. We just th. th. th. th. theeeeeoves th. themememococococococoes. th. them. them. them into them into them into them into them into thi democracy thiococoes into democracy to to to to to to to to to to to to to to democracy to democracy to democracy to democracy to democracy to democracy to democracy to democracy to democracy to democracy to democracy to democracy them. 25 them. 25 themococococococococococococococococococococoes th. th. 25 th. th. th. 25 th. Foreigners are bringing drugs and weapons to our poor communities.
Starting point is 00:10:45 We don't want them here. We are not xenophobes, we just don't want them here. Good Lord. If Trump sees that woman, he's gonna fall in love. He's gonna be like, ladies and gentlemen, let me introduce you to my new head of ice, Goo goo, goo goo, ma-go. Lady Gugu, goo-gu. M, ma. Let, ma, ma, ma, ma, ma, ma, let, ma, ma, let, let, ma, ma, let, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, we th, we th, we th, we th, we are, we th, we th, we th, we th, we th, we th, we th, we th, we th, we th, we th, we th, we th, we th, we th, we th, we th, we th, we th, we are, we are, we are, we are, we are, we are, we are, th, th, th, th, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi, thoo, M-Goo, Lady Goo-Goo, Lady Goo Goo. Lady Gugu.
Starting point is 00:11:10 Oh, oh, and speaking of Trump, speaking of Trump, South Africa also has a popular anti-establishment politician in this election. His name is Julius Malema. And if you think Trump is bad, wait until you see how Julius treats the election. His name is Julius Malema. And if you think Trump is bad, wait until you see how Julius treats the press. These crooks who are calling themselves journalists. You see, the problem here at home is that we are not that advanced with our journalist. It depends on the... How do you reassure the foreign investor? No, no. You must give me
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Starting point is 00:11:58 Yeah, forget no comment. I'm going to go with that from now on. Trevor, why did you wear a t-shirt to the MacGala? Bastard! Come out! Busten? You bastard! And if you're one of those people thinking right now, you know what, Trevor, this doesn't seem too extreme. He just hates the press. Well, uh, you might want to shoot? Are you thirsty to shoot? Go to Parliament.
Starting point is 00:12:29 That Parliament is full of thacks and criminals. Go and shoot them randomly. Don't select. I don't know what's going to happen in the future. I'm saying to you, we've not called for the killing of white people, at least for now. I can't guarantee the future. God damn. He just speaks about genocide, like he's talking about remodeling his kitchen. He says like, yeah, so maybe I will break down that wall and change those cabinets and kill all the white people. But I don't know, I don't know, I don't know, I don't know, actually that sounds crazy, maybe I'll leave the cabinets, you're right, you're
Starting point is 00:13:05 right. Now I hope it's obvious, but I do not support the killing of all the white people, all right? Yeah, that would be horrible. Half my family is white, that spent all my time at funerals, I don't have the time for that. So as it stands it it it the the the tho tho thin. So, thin, th. So, th. th. th. th. the thin, I that, I their that, I that, I that, I that, I that, I that, I that, I that, I their, I don't that, I don't th. Now, I don't th. Now, I don't th. Now, I th. Now, I th. Now, I's their, I's their, I's their, I's their, I's their, I's their, I's their, I's their, I's their, I their, I their, I their, I their, I their, I their their, I their, I their, I to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to toge. to to to their, their, their, their, their, their, the stands, the results of South Africa's election are still coming in. And we won't know the winner until Saturday. So best believe, I'll be clicking refresh on my calabash until then. We'll be right back. John Stewart here, unbelievably exciting news. My new podcast, The Weekly Show. We're gonna be talking about the election, economics, ingredient to bread ratio on sandwiches. Listen to the weekly show with John Stewart, wherever you get your podcast.
Starting point is 00:13:56 Welcome back to the Daily Show. We're now just 544 days away from the 2020 presidential election. And there are now 21 Democratic candidates in this primary race, which is insane. Look at all those faces. Look at all of those faces. Who do you pick or choose? One upside though is there are also more women running than ever before. Yeah. You might want to save your applause because unfortunately they're facing some unique challenges.
Starting point is 00:14:31 You see this incredible surge of women across the country and yet the political coverage of this historic record number of women running for president is wildly skewed. And there's been studies that are showing not only that the coverage has been lower in terms of the numbers of hours they just pure face-time and discussion of female candidates but when they are covered they are covered in negative terms. That's right it turns out women aren't getting as much media coverage as their male counterparts. The question is why? To help us find out we're joined by our senior gender issues correspondent, Desi Leidick, everybody.
Starting point is 00:15:07 Talking about Dizzy. So, Desi, I have to ask, what do you think about female candidates getting less coverage than the males? Well, I'm offended, Trevor, not just as a woman, but as a person person who enjoys camera time. Yeah, Desi and you know what's really messed up. No, no, no, no, no, camera, stay on me. Nice try, Trevor. And female candidates aren't just getting less camera time.
Starting point is 00:15:36 When they do get coverage, people talk about him like this. Camilla Harris, she's running for president. She does what she does. she's snitty, she did her little thing. That's Kirsten Gillibranch. She reminds me of a wafer, you know, you put it in your mouth, it's odorless, it's colorless, and then you think to yourself, what did I just eat? Senator Harris has California and South Carolina advantages.
Starting point is 00:15:57 She's very attractive. Elizabeth Warren has a likeability problem. Kamala, she wouldn't even answer any of their questions. Instead, she just acted like she is beautiful, which is how she handles everything. Do you think she's beautiful? Look at those pipes, Mooch. Yeah, it's not doing it for me. I just gotta be honest with you, yeah, I mean, she's not gonna make the next Jane Fonda fitness video.
Starting point is 00:16:26 Ooh, Scaramucci with the burn. I think he's just mad that she lasts longer in the gym than he did in the White House. Yeah, you know what? Instead of mocking female candidates based on their look, Scaramuchy should be out looking for his neck. But you know, it's always been like this for female candidates. Like when Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm ran in 1972. This is how the news covered it.
Starting point is 00:16:59 This is the CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite. A new hat, rather a bonnet, was tossed into the Democratic presidential race today, that of Mrs. Shirley. Chchchchchchchchchchchchchchchchism. Chism. Chism. Chism. Chism. Chism. tham. tham. tham. tham. thiii-in, thee. thi-in, the. the. the. the. the. thee. thee. the. thee. thee. to. to. to. to. to. to. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. to. to. to. to. to. to. th. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to, to, toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toeeee. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. new hat, rather a bonnet, was tossed into the Democratic presidential race today, that of Mrs. Shirley Chisholm. That's right, she threw her bonnet into the race, which is offensive and also makes no sense. Trevor, have you ever tried to throw a bonnet? I can't say that I have. Well, I haven't. It is not easy. I do a lot of ha ha ha ha tha tha tha tha tha tha tha tha tha thia the the the the the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. thr-a. thr-a' the. the. the. the. the. theee. the. the. the. the. the. thee. thee. the. the. the. the. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. to to toeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee. thee. the lot of handsmaids tail cosplay on the weekends. You know, and once Chisholm was running, it only got worse. The press focused on her height, her weight, her shoes. They even said she was playing vaginal politics, which makes it sound like women just vote with our vaginas. We don't. I mean, I can hold a pencil with mine and certainly
Starting point is 00:17:40 fill out a ballot. But I make my decisions, not her. Yes, I know you're hungry, we're almost done. Look, there is just something about a woman running for president that brings all the sexism to the surface. And I don't have to remind you what happened in the 2008 election, that I will anyway. Men won't vote for Hillary Clinton because she reminds them in the 2008 election. But I will anyway. Men won't vote for Hillary Clinton because she reminds them of their nagging wives. Is there somebody in your life whose voice just sticks in your ear like an ice pick?
Starting point is 00:18:12 Well, Hillary Clinton has a voice like that. It makes me, makes me envy the death. She's also shrill and angry, and she needs to lighten up a little bit. When Hillary thinnii th th they they they they they they they th are they they they they they they they they there's they there's they there's they there's there's th are there's there's th are th are there's th are there's there's there's there's there's there's there's there's there's there's there's there's there's there's there's there's there's there's there's there's there's there's there's the there's the the the the the the there's there's there's there's the the there. I there. I there. I there. I there. I there. I there. I theeeeeeeeeeenenenenen. I' are theeeeeeen. I'll toe. I'll toe. I'll toe. I'll toe. I'll toe. I'll toe. the. th just something about her that feels castrating, overbearing, and scary. I have often said, When she comes on television, I involuntarily cross my legs. Okay. First of all, that was horrendous. But also, castrating, crossing your legs.
Starting point is 00:18:42 Tucker, what's going on with your balls? Are they just a set of Fabrije eggs? Are you scared you'll lose them and they'll go into hiding with Scaramucci's neck? And by the way, calling Hillary a nagging wife is also offensive to wives, because wives are awesome. Look, we plan party? We dry your fantasy football tears. And not to mention, all those birthday BJs. That's when you get him Bon Jovi tickets for his birthday, men love that. Oh, wow. I should get my brother a birthday BJ then, that's dope. So, Desi, if this has always been the trend, then it doesn't seem like it's going to get much better for 2020.
Starting point is 00:19:27 Well, okay, actually, there is one big difference that gives me hope. See, in 2008, Hillary was the only woman running. So she had to carry the weight of all the sexism. But now, there's at least five women, so they can share it. There's safety in numbers. I mean, that's why we go to the bathroom together at bars. And now, it's how we'll run for president. Desilightek, everybody! Don't forget, don't forget. Desi has a really funny new special, exploring gender equality around the world.
Starting point is 00:19:58 It's called Abroad and it premieres Monday night at 11 on Comedy Central. One more time. Desiletic, everybody. We'll be right back. Welcome back. Welcome back to the Daily Show. My guests tonight are Academy Award winning filmmakers, whose new HBO documentary is called, Foster. Please welcome, Mark, Jonathan Harris and Deborah Oppenheimer. Welcome to the show. Thank you. And congratulations on another successful documentary which is honestly one of the I think broadest documentaries I've watched on the foster care system. You know a lot of the time when we see
Starting point is 00:20:54 stories on foster care it's often a news story and it's either extremely negative or extremely positive. A great family the worst family ever but watching this you realize it is a much more complicated story than that. Why did you choose this topic? Mark and I had enjoyed working together with each other on Into the Arms of Strangers and wanted to do something else. We were looking for a new subject and I have one of these children in my life.
Starting point is 00:21:19 I met him when he was six years old, when I was volunteering in a local school. And even then he was charismatic and positive and a leader in the class. And when I asked the teacher what his story was, I found out that he was living in an orphanage. He had been removed from his parents' home. And I went home sobbing and resolved to continue to work with him. It's been 25 years. Wow. He's a great success story. I thought I had never met a foster
Starting point is 00:21:46 youth or encountered the foster care system and an awful lot of people I knew had never encountered it either. Right, it really is a fascinating story that takes you through different journeys and different lives because it's not just a documentary about foster kids, it's about foster parents, it's about social workers who changed their lives or govern their lives. And that clip was really interesting, they're Mark, because it shows you that it's not as simple as you think. People go, kids having a bad time at home, just take them away and get them to a foster home.
Starting point is 00:22:12 But that in of itself, strangely enough, can become the problem. It's another trauma. home, those are the two big things, loss of in a child's life, family and home, then you're put into another home and often you're taken out of that home as well. Twenty percent of the kids in foster care end up spending at least two years in foster care, and that's a failure. When you look at the foster care system in America, do you regard it as a success? Do you regard it as a failure? Or what do you think could be changed having spent, I think, four years on this project
Starting point is 00:22:51 documenting the system inside and out? I think the foster care system is a reactive system. It reacts when kids are in crisis after they've been heard. A lot of kids say, I wish you had gotten to my mother and father before you took me out. We have to move toward a more public health model, a preventative model, intervention before crisis, rather than intervening after crisis. What do you find are the best steps people can take to create successful foster environments for
Starting point is 00:23:25 children? I think the importance of one consistent caring adult who sticks with a child and cheers their successes and commiserates their losses is vitally important and it can make all the difference in the child's life. I think getting the parents the support they need, getting the foster parents the support they need and certainly giving the parents the support they need, and certainly giving the children the services and the support that we know that children need once they've been removed from their home. And also we know that foster care is the result of neglect way more often than abuse. And so if we can move toward preventing that from happening, that would be great.
Starting point is 00:24:09 Are there any misconceptions in and around the foster care system that you think needs to be changed? So there are stereotypes and judgments against the parents, the foster parents, the social workers, the children. The children believe that it's the children's fault. They believe that parents do terrible things to their children when they're- Children believe it's their fault too because they don't have- Wow. They have no way of explaining what happened.
Starting point is 00:24:31 It's also, I think, you can't look at the foster care system in isolation. It's a symptom of larger social issues that are unaddressed. addiction, mental health, undiagnosed mental health, lack of opportunities, racism, all that is reflected in who ends up in the foster care system. One thing I know about documentaries is, you know, yes, they bring light to an issue, but oftentimes the filmmaker hopes to give the audience some sort of clarity or some sort of idea of how they can move the world forward. If somebody is watching this film, what is the audience some sort of clarity or some sort of idea of how they can move the world forward.
Starting point is 00:25:06 If somebody's watching this film, what is the one thing you would want them to take away? Is it just the knowledge of what's happening or is it something that you would want them to try and achieve? Well, I, as I said before, I think it's important to see that we have to do more to help the families, struggling families before they get to this crisis. Right. That would be one thing. That taking children out of a family, it's only a temporary measure. That's not the final solution to these problems. I'll tell you this. It's a beautiful story that is as complicated as life is, and I hope
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