In the Custody of Strangers

Based on a true story. Danny Caldwell is an angry small-town teen whose father, Frank, has been laid off and can't find work. His mother, Sandy, works in order to provide for the family of five. Danny, frustrated with the town, tries to get work or leave the town to find a decent job, but often butts heads with Frank, whose staunch perception is that allowing his son to go to work is a threat to his masculinity. In other words, a father should provide for the family, not his wife, and certainly not the boy.