Wiseman, HowardOwen, Rosamund2024-07-182024-07-182024-06-112024-07-18https://hdl.handle.net/10315/42215TRUTH OR DARE Truth or Dare is a feature length screenplay about Ruby (15) and her determination to reconnect with her sister Bella (10). After escaping her Cape Breton group home, Ruby jumps on a bus to Toronto. When she arrives on her sister’s doorstep, Bella’s adoptive parents immediately try to send Ruby back into care. Escaping into the ravine behind their house, Ruby meets several teenagers living in tents who survive by committing petty crimes. Secretly, Ruby begins meeting Bella in the family’s garage and Bella starts to remember their previous life together. Truth or Dare questions what family means after one sister is left in care, abused by the system, while the younger sister is adopted out. It is about loyalty, and love; and how we need family, but not necessarily in the ways we imagine.Author owns copyright, except where explicitly noted. Please contact the author directly with licensing requests.Film studiesWomen's studiesElectronic Thesis or Dissertation2024-07-18ScreenwritingDramaSistersAdoptionLove in impossible circumstancesStrong female lead characters