Protection (2000 film)

{{Infobox film | name = Protection | image = | alt = | caption = | director = Bruce Spangler | producer = Erik Paulsson | writer = Bruce Spangler | starring = Jillian Fargey<br>Nancy Sivak<br>William MacDonald | music = Bruce Spangler | cinematography = Brian Johnson | editing = Michael Brockington<br>Luis Lam | studio = Thoughtcrime Productions<br>Red Storm Productions | released = {{Film date|2000|08|26|MWFF}} | runtime = 77 minutes | country = Canada | language = English | budget = | gross = }} '''''Protection''''' is a Canadian drama film, directed by Bruce Spangler and released in 2000.<ref>"Film offers inside look at child protection". ''Victoria Times-Colonist'', October 7, 2001.</ref> The film stars Jillian Fargey as Betty, a drug addict from Surrey, British Columbia, whose fitness as a mother is being investigated by child protection officer Jane (Nancy Sivak) following suspicions that her boyfriend Joe (William MacDonald) may have been physically and sexually abusive to her children Cindy (Nicole LaPlaca) and Jimmy (Giacomo Baessato).<ref name=novillains>"No villains, no heroes". ''Vancouver Sun'', June 8, 2001.</ref>

Spangler, a former social worker, made the film to dramatize the moral complexities of the situations that social workers often face;<ref>"Unblinking look at broken lives: Social workers intervene in the lives of a Surrey family in the starkly realistic film Protection". ''The Province'', June 8, 2001.</ref> notably, Jane, the ostensible "hero" of the story, is also portrayed as a drug user.<ref name=novillains/>

The film premiered at the Montreal World Film Festival in 2000.<ref>"Vancouver movie takes on the biggies in Montreal". ''Cornwall Standard Freeholder'', September 2, 2000.</ref>

Fargey received a Genie Award nomination for Best Actress at the 22nd Genie Awards in 2001.<ref>"Inuit film earns seven Genie nominations". ''Hamilton Spectator'', December 13, 2001.</ref> Sivak received a Vancouver Film Critics Circle award nomination for Best Actress in a Canadian Film at the Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards 2000, citing her performances in both ''Protection'' and ''No More Monkeys Jumpin' on the Bed''.<ref name=maelstrom>"Vancouver film critics pick Quebec film Malestrom as best Canadian film". Canadian Press, February 14, 2001.</ref> The film received nine Leo Award nominations, including Best Picture, Best Actor (MacDonald) and two nods for Best Actress (Spivak and Fargey).<ref>"Leo nominations announced". ''Vancouver Sun'', April 13, 2001.</ref>

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* {{IMDb title|0263905|Protection}} * {{TCMDb title|530766|Protection}}

Category:2000 films Category:Canadian drama films Category:English-language Canadian films Category:Films shot in British Columbia Category:Films set in British Columbia Category:2000 English-language films Category:2000 Canadian films Category:English-language drama films