A story of gay fathers Ameri
Contents:
‘A FAY LIKE OURS’: PORTRAS OF GAY FATHERHOOD
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Daddy & Papa is a one-hour documentary vio that opens a ndid wdow on the personal, cultural and polil implitns of gay fatherhood.
From surrogacy, foster re and terracial adoptn to the plexi of gay divorce and the legal battl around gay parentg, Daddy & Papa prents a revealg look at some of the gay fathers who are breakg new ground the ever-changg landspe of the Amerin fay. The film utiliz an accsible, first-person narrative to create an timate portrayal of gay dads, followg the filmmaker and his partner on their rocky, and sometim amg, journey to parenthood. Along the way, we meet other gay dads: a sgle father nontg the isolatn of raisg at-risk kids a gay and largely childls neighborhood; a healthre worker battlg Florida state law to adopt the child who for five years has lled him "Dad;" and a uple and their ne-year-old dghter, whose biggt problem is not that her parents are gay, but that they are divorced.
Daddy & Papa tak an unflchg look at some of the plex issu surroundg gay fatherhood, cludg the effect of sexual orientatn on children, the challenge of whe gay men raisg Ain Amerin kids, the changg relatnship of gay fathers to the gay muny and the real impact on children of beg raised whout a mother. Bt Documentary, Connecticut Gay & Lbian Film Ftival. Bt Documentary, North Carola Gay & Lbian Film Ftival.
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Bt Documentary, Miami Gay & Lbian Film Ftival. Bt Documentary Audience Award, Portland Lbian & Gay Film Ftival. Outstandg Documentary Nomee, GLAAD (Gay & Lbian Alliance Agast Defamatn) Media Awards.
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