Adoption Movies

Through one woman's experience as an adopted person and also as a mother who relinquished her child in 1971, this documentary highlights the many...

Stemming from her adoption, a curious girl navigates who she is and what defines her as human, confronted by her relationship with her sister and an...

An intimate portrait of a real Modern Family: Meet Erik and Sandro, a gay couple with daughters birthed by their friend Rachel who's married with...

Lou Wilson returns from a few years of college to live at home again only to find that his parents have adopted a 12-year-old.

ᎠᏲᎧ is a portrait of Ahyoka Youngdeer, Cherokee culture bearer, teacher, and two-spirit activist. Weaving her own life with a...

What does it mean to adopted and brought up far away from your country of birth? In “Given Away,” this week’s moving new Op-Doc by...

A probate lawyer handles the will and testament of his recently deceased elderly clients and uncovers a shocking secret about their middle-aged son's...

Sebastian and his adoptive father Richard set out to meet his biological father. Along the way, they realize that this is about much more than paying...

Denese Joy Becker, a manicurist living in Iowa, discovers she is indeed Dominga Sic Ruiz, a survivor from a 1982 Guatemalan massacre, when more than...

Orphaned as children, David and his sister are sent to live with separate families, where both are abused, and his sister dies. Filled with...

After multiple disappointments, adoptive parents decide to explain to their child that they are going to give him up.

In this funny and moving documentary, acclaimed film-maker Daisy Asquith tells the very personal story of her mother's conception after a dance in...

Following in the footsteps of two women in search of their origins, this documentary lifts the veil on a little-known page of the post-war era: the...

When Evans, a ten-year-old unwanted child, enters his home, Aaron's life is permanently transformed. Believing they have much to offer, Aaron and his...

Ben Katzner performs at Sisyphus Brewing in Minneapolis.

A young couple embarks on the exciting journey of adoption, preparing to welcome a new member into their family. As they navigate the ups and downs...

After 48 years of emotional longing, a mother meets her son who she relinquished at birth. In the months after the reunion, Dorothy and Joe must...

Jan's father is not his father at all. The directors knows this and takes this fact as the starting point for a very personal documentary film...