Movie Details
On Digital & Streaming:April 23rd, 2021
Movie Budget:$20,000
Original Language:English
The FASD Project (2021)
Audience Score
DirectorJustin Shepherd
WriterJustin Shepherd
Plot
This short film is a grassroots social awareness documentary The topic is the most common yet unseen and preventable disability in the United States Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder FASD FASD is more common than autism down syndrome and spina bifida combined yet the only one that is preventable Why dont we all know about FASD The blinders are pulled over our eyes because of intense alcohol lobbying to minimize the realities of alcohols harm the harmful stigma around alcohol consumption in pregnancy and a mommy juice promoting culture When the lockdown happened in 2020 researchers documented a 41 increase in drinking among women in the US We are facing an epidemic of developmental disability in our future unborn children and this short documentary is a realtime reflection of how we can stop it Prevention will take all of us working together and stepping into the light of FASD awareness