How I Spent My Summer Vacation

An eloquent personal narrative about the meaning of childhood and the use of children as political tools—specifically by “Right-to-Lifers” participating in the blockades of abortion clinics. Rather than merely constructing a video document of the daily drama surrounding the protests, Wrobel slows down the event and extracts the children's stories. She interlaces this with personal memories of her playful and carefree childhood, and exposes how she too was susceptible when young. Neither preachy nor accusatory, Wrobel’s combination of street images with personal experience allows viewers to reach their own conclusions in an extremely powerful manner.