Agency - English program:.Pacific Centre. Agency:.A co-production by the National Film Board of Canada and Force Four Entertainment and in association with CBC.

Director, John Ritchie ; writer, John Ritchie ; producer, Tracey Friesen, Rob Bromley ; editor, Mike Taylor ; director of photography, Brian Beard ; composer, Chris Ainscough ; location sound, Stephen McCabe ; sound design, J. Martin Taylor ; re-recording mixer, Miguel Nunes, Brody Ratsoy ; executive producer, Hugh Beard, Rina Fraticelli.

Recorded 2004.

At 28, Chris, who lives with multiple disabilities, longs for independence and dreams of the day when he will move out of the family home, as he has watched his brother and sister do. Chris is also determined to live apart from his aging parents, Kathleen and Bill, despite still being deeply dependent on them. Most parents have mixed feelings when faced with the prospect of their children leaving home. But Bill and Kathleen are being called on to do something most families never have to consider. They must intentionally build a long-term network of support that may allow their son the stability to live on his own; a circle of support that will eventually replace them. In the Ties That Bind, award-winning documentary filmmaker John Ritchie takes a first-hand look at a family's struggle to let go, when every instinct compels them to hang on. Ritchie follows the Jordan family--Kathleen, Bill, Chris and his two siblings--for almost three years. The result is an extraordinarily intimate film that reveals, with raw emotion and surprising humour, the complexity around one young man's transition toward a more independent life.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Chris Statuette - Category: Mental Health, 2005

Description based on online resource; title from title screen (National Film Board of Canada, viewed 2023-08-10).