Losing Isaiah Essay

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Leah P. Griffin HUS 100 Assignment: Project #2 Movie Date: 27 Feb 13 Losing Isaiah Directed by Stephen Gyllenhaal, it is based on a novel of the same name by Seth Margolis and screenplay is written by Naomi Foner Gyllenhaal. Summary of the Movie: Khaila a crack addict that left her infant in a cardboard box to go get a fix, later realizes she left her baby by the trash, runs back to find he’s not there and now presumed dead in her mind. Baby is found by some trash workers and taken to the hospital were a social worker learn this baby name is Isaiah and was born addicted to crack. The social worker falls in love with the infant, adopts him and with the help of her husband raises him as her own. Some years go own and Khaila cleans up and gets a job, finds out through her case worker that the baby she thought was dead is actually alive and living with a white family. Khaila quickly hires a lawyer goes to court and wins the custody battle. After while Khaila started thinking about what was best for Isaiah and reaches out to the family that adopted him for help. My opinion is torn with both woman because any normal person would expect the child to remain with those who adopted him but reality is this, that most courts system aren’t into taking children away from their biology parents unless they find the parents (mother/father) are not fit to raise that child. In this movie “Losing Isaiah” Khaiah was under the influence of drugs and at the time didn’t realize she was putting her child in danger when she left him. But does that make her an unfit mother? It shouldn’t be about the color of one’s skin or a stereotype. I will agree with the director, Stephen Gyllenhaal that no one is perfect, and everyone makes mistakes. PLOT SUMMARY by the Director Two woman of different social, economic and ethnic find themselves in a bitter, emotional custody

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