2019
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FRONTLINE/Firelight Fellowship

Waiting for Tearah

At 16, Tearah, who suffers from mental illness, remains stuck in a hospital month after month, as her mother struggles to navigate America’s mental health care system. As Shayna, a single parent of three girls, fights to get Tearah residential treatment, she faces the possibility of losing her home and even custody of her daughter.

FILM TOPICS
Biographical
Health & Wellness
Social Issues & Human Rights
FILMMAKERS
Meet the filmmakers behind the film.
ABOUT THE FILM
FRONTLINE/Firelight Fellowship
REGIONAL FOCUS
United States
Northeast Region (U.S.)
DEMOGRAPHIC FOCUS
Black Communities
Disability