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Our House

A film by Meema Spadola

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Description

What is it like to grow up with gay or lesbian parents? Today, there are millions of children in the United States who fit that description. These families are at the heart of debates in courtrooms, schools and places of worship around the country as Americans struggle to define “family values.”

Our House is a groundbreaking documentary that explores what it's like to grow up with gay or lesbian parents. Traveling to urban, rural and suburban communities in Arizona, Arkansas, New Jersey and New York, director Meema Spadola (the daughter of a lesbian mom and the director of Breasts: A Documentary) profiles the sons and daughters of five families - African American, Latino and white; Mormon, Christian, and Jewish - who illustrate some of the diversity of America’s gay and lesbian families.

WINNER! Outstanding Achievement Award, Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality


What the Critics are Saying

"Uplifting!" - Entertainment Weekly

"Refreshing!" - Minneapolis Star Tribune

"Enlightening!" - Booklist

"Highly recommended!" - Library Journal

"Engaging... recommended!" - Video Librarian

"Thoughtful and terrifically important!" - Gerald Peary, Film Critic & Author

"Real kids - how they are forced to think about what other kids don’t have to and how they have to deal with the world’s ideas about their parents." - San Francisco Examiner

"The children’s voices are loud, clear, revelatory. Raw, poignant, and humorous, this film will amaze, teach and inspire!"
- Barbara Seyda, Co-author, Women in Love: Portraits of Lesbian Mothers and Their Families


Links

Visit COLAGE, a national movement of people with lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and/or queer parents.


Features and Specifications

Bonus materials:
  • Follow-Ups
  • Discussion Guide
  • Resource Guide
  • Gay & Lesbian Documentary Trailer Gallery

Format: DVD
Release Year : 2002
Running Time: 56 minutes
Color: Color
Language: English


  

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