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PBS documentary on lesbian parents, Sept. 7
From a News Release
2010-08-18
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POV ( Point of View ) , the award-winning PBS documentary series, is proud to present POV Adoption Stories, three acclaimed films about international and domestic adoption, airing on PBS from Tuesday, Aug. 31 — Tuesday, Sept. 14 at 10 p.m. ( check local listings ) .
The films explore the challenges of adoptees forging new identities while holding on to their cultural roots. We thought the award-winning film Off and Running, about lesbian parents raising a multiracial family, would be of interest. The film premieres on PBS on Tuesday, Sept. 7 at 10 p.m.. In addition the TV premiere, POV will be streaming Off and Running in its entirety beyond the broadcast, from Sept. 8 — Dec. 7 at www.pbs.org/pov/video to commemorate National Adoption Month in November. You can find embeddable trailers, art, press releases and more at www.pbs.org/pov/pressroom.
Off and Running, by Nicole Opper, is the story of Brooklyn teenager Avery, a track star with a bright future. She is the adopted African-American child of white, Jewish lesbians. Her two brothers are black and Puerto Rican and Korean-American. Though it may not look typical, Avery's household is like most American homes until Avery writes to her birth mother and the response throws her into crisis. She struggles over her "true" identity, the circumstances of her adoption and her estrangement from black culture. Just when it seems her life will unravel, Avery begins to make sense of her identity, with inspiring results. Read the press release here.
Nicole Opper ( Director/Producer )
Nicole Opper's filmmaking credits include producing the Emmy-nominated "The Killer Within" ( Toronto International Film Festival, Discovery Channel ) , "Sacco and Vanzetti" ( Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, Winner of Best Historical Film by the American Historical Society ) and the Here! network's five-part documentary series LSS. She was selected for Filmmaker magazine's annual list of "25 New Faces of Independent Film" in 2009 and for Heeb magazine's list of "100 Jews You Need To Know About" in 2008.
Off and Running was an Audience Favorite Finalist at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival, winner of the Jury Award for Outstanding Documentary at Outfest, Best Documentary at the Milan International Women's Film Festival, Best Documentary at Philadelphia QFest, winner of the SILVERDOCS WGA Award for Best Documentary Screenplay and winner of the Audience Award at the Ann Arbor Film Festival. |
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