October Country Film Analysis

The film, October Country, follows the Mosher family for a year and focuses specifically on the social problems faced by the family members. The family consists of a grandfather, Donald, grandmother, Dottie, their daughter, Donna, the older granddaughter, Danael, who has a toddler, Ruby, and the younger granddaughter, Desiree. Also, appearing in the film is Donald 's sister, Denise, Donald 's and Dottie 's foster child, Chris, and Danael 's boyfriend, Johny. The film presents several social problems affecting the family, among those are misery, dysfunction, and most importantly, the "vicious cycle" of domestic violence. Despite Mosher 's misery, they managed to avoid treating it with drugs or alcohol, however, all of the adult family members …show more content…
Donald and Dottie took in a foster child, Chris, who has been arrested numerous times and even stole from their own home. Chris has been a foster child since age five and was rejected by his dad. His dad claimed that Chris was too much trouble and that he sexually assaulted his sister. Chris both sells and uses marijuana. Before Chris was arrested for stealing from the Mosher 's home, Dottie hoped that he was not the one who have done it. However, some time after Chris was released from prison, he came over to see Dottie complaining that he has no clothes besides the ones on his back. Dottie, being a good hearted person, took Chris shopping at a Wal-Mart. At the store, Chris tells the film crew that he loves Wal-Mart stores for the easy ways he can still from them and explains how he steals their clothes. (Drugs, Crime, Prisoner reentry challenges, Foster …show more content…
Previously, I thought that having divorced parents, growing up in a single parent household, experiencing religious persecution, living under a corrupt Russian government and having a mother suffering from depression is terrible. After watching October Country, I know what terrible truly is. My mother stayed a productive member of society, did not displace her bad mood onto me, did not get involved with drugs or alcohol, and most importantly, no longer got involved with mentally abusive men like my father. There were also my grandparent, who made sure my mother knew that they are always there for her and who were in change of making sure I did well in school and imposed discipline. My mother and I only had to rely on government assistance for a few months when we arrived in the United States. Coming from a family of hard working and educated people, my mother never planned to become a burden on the social support system. I believe that I come from a family of strong willed individuals, who have lived through some tough times and appear to become stronger with each new challenge they