''Preacher's Sons'' is a 2008
American
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documentary film
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, by C. Roebuck Reed and Mark Nealey. It follows the lives of a
Unitarian Universalist
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minister, his husband, and the five sons they
adopted from the
California
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foster care
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system. The family is seen dealing with issues related to the fathers'
homosexuality
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and the
mixed-race
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(African American and Latino children with Caucasian parents) composition of the family, as well as the disturbed backgrounds of the children before their adoptions. The introductory segment has been aired on the public television program, ''
In the Life
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''. The
California Council for the Humanities supported the film.
California Council for the Humanities Awards $238,000 to Four Film Projects That Reveal Little-Known Aspects of California Life
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See also
*Interracial adoption
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Interracial adoption is not inherently the same as ...
*LGBT adoption
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Joint adoption by same-sex coup ...
*''Mommy Mommy
''Mommy Mommy'' is a 2007 documentary film directed by Sylvie Rosenthal about a Montreal lesbian couple's five-year-long struggle to have a child.
Background
The film's subjects had been long-time friends and business associates with Rezolution P ...
'' - a documentary about a lesbian adoptive couple
*'' The Kid: What Happened After My Boyfriend and I Decided to Go Get Pregnant''
References
External links
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''Preacher's Sons''
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