Andrea's Story: A Hitchhiking Tragedy

Series: ABC afterschool specials

Duration: 30

Genre: Educational

Creator: Disney

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Designed to make students think twice before accepting rides from strangers. When Andrea hitches a ride home, she finds herself on a deserted road, face-to-face with a rapist. After her ordeal, she must deal with feelings of anger, loneliness, and confusion as well as the dilemna of whether to testify. , Despite her parents' admonition never to hitchhike, Andrea accepts a ride from a stranger who rapes her. Andrea confides her terrible experience to a girlfriend who convinces her to inform the police. They, in turn, insist that Andrea tell her parents. Andrea's parents are shocked and divided. Her mother wants to keep the incident a secret; her father wants the rapist to be apprehended and punished. Supported by her father and friends at the Rape Hotline, Andrea finds the courage to identify the rapist and give testimony in court.

Complete Record: Designed to make students think twice before accepting rides from strangers. When Andrea hitches a ride home, she finds herself on a deserted road, face-to-face with a rapist. After her ordeal, she must deal with feelings of anger, loneliness, and confusion as well as the dilemna of whether to testify. , Despite her parents' admonition never to hitchhike, Andrea accepts a ride from a stranger who rapes her. Andrea confides her terrible experience to a girlfriend who convinces her to inform the police. They, in turn, insist that Andrea tell her parents. Andrea's parents are shocked and divided. Her mother wants to keep the incident a secret; her father wants the rapist to be apprehended and punished. Supported by her father and friends at the Rape Hotline, Andrea finds the courage to identify the rapist and give testimony in court. NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.