Birth Parent Films and Shorts

Philomena (2013)

PG-13  |  98 min  |  Biography, Drama  |  

A world-weary political journalist picks up the story of a woman's search for her son, who was taken away from her decades ago after she became pregnant and was forced to live in a convent.

Short Videos

Mother and Child (2009)

R  |  125 min  |  Drama, Romance  |  2 July 2010 (Spain)

A drama centered around three women: A 50-year-old woman, the daughter she gave up for adoption 35 years ago, and an African American woman looking to adopt a child of her own.

Closure (VIII) (2013)

76 min  |  Documentary, Adventure, Biography  | 

A trans-racial adoptee finds her birth mother, and meets the rest of a family who did not know she existed, including her birth father. A story about identity, the complexities of trans-racial adoption, and most importantly, closure.