Jaynelle it's never easy to escape the past

"A two-year look at the life of 21-year-old Jaynelle Kennedy, a single Aboriginal mother of two boys. Abused as a child and adopted by a loving family at the age of 11, Kennedy spent two years in a psychiatric ward before settling in Winnipeg and entering the welfare system. Although her life is tragic, her determination to finish school and do whats̕ best for her kids make this a deeply engrossing survival story."@en
"Jaynelle: It's Never Easy To Escape The Past is a rare look inside the life and struggles of a determined young aboriginal woman. Jaynelle Kennedy is a single mother on social assistance living in Winnipeg. She dreams of finishing school and building a good future for herself and her two young children. Instead, she faces a reality haunted by the ghosts of childhood abuse and the inadequacy of a social system that does more to defeat her than help her. Rajotte followed the life of Jaynelle with her camera for a two-year period. It's a moving story of what many young aboriginal people face when they're up against the system. As Jaynelle told Coleen after she was viciously assaulted on the streets of Winnipeg, "You can knock me down but I will get back up and I mean that in so many different ways"."