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When Pete and Ellie choose to start a family, they stumble headfirst into the world of foster care adoption. After they learn their perfect foster child comes with two other siblings, Pete and Ellie find themselves speeding from zero to three kids overnight and must hilariously learn the ropes of instant parenthood if they hope to become a real family.
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"Growing up Windell has always seen his father and mothsr recount their life story. Windell got to see firsthand ASL storytelling, living the experiences and feeling the jolt from the twist and turns, even if it was the hundredth time he seen the story. Seeing and feeling these ASL stories had lead Windell to the creation of a live show in order to share his parents beautiful story with the twist and turns he beheld growing up in a Deaf home. Audiences...
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"What parents need to know from kids about divorce" is a compliation of candid interviews with kids ages 4-18 talking about their experiences of their parents' divorce. They talk about their pain. They talk about their adjustment. They talk about their love and understanding. They have phenomenal wisdom and compelling practical advice to share.
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Follows the story of the Artinians, an extended family with deaf and hearing members across three generations. Together they confront a technological device, the cochlear implant, that can help a deaf family member hear but may also threaten deaf culture. Some of the family members celebrate the implant as a long overdue cure for deafness while others fear it will destroy their language and way of life.
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Looks at what happened to the Artinian Family after their story captured audiences around the world in the original documentary Sound and Fury. That story focuses on the struggle of a family over the surgical placement of a cochlear implant in Heather, their deaf daughter, and their ultimate decision to reject the idea. In this stand-alone follow-up film, Heather at age nine did get the implant as did her Mother and two younger brothers. Now at...
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Since 2004, Alan Abarbanell has toured the U.S. with his acclaimed one-man show "The Abababa Road Tour", chronicling his experiences growing up hearing in a deaf family. Abababa - a name give to him by a friend who could not pronounce Abarbanell - is a proud CODA (child of deaf adults) and a member of CODA International. Alan wrote this performance sharing his tales of growing up hearing in a deaf world and presented it at the Imagination Stage...
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Being a father is a lifetime commitment that requires a lot of love, time, and energy. An interview with fathering expert Steve Onell is paired with interviews of young fathers to explain the impact and importance of a father in a child's life. Divided into four chapters, Fathering: What It Means To Be a Dad offers sound advice to new dads.--Kanopy.
12) Mass
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Years after an unspeakable tragedy tore their lives apart, two sets of parents (Reed Birney and Ann Dowd, Jason Isaacs and Martha Plimpton), agree to talk privately in an attempt to move forward. In Fran Kranz' writing and directing debut, he thoughtfully examines their journey of grief, anger and acceptance by coming face-to-face with the ones who have been left behind.
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Gilly Hopkins has seen more than her share of foster homes and has outwitted every family she has lived with. In an effort to escape her new foster mother Maime Trotter's endless loving care, Gilly concocts a plan that she believes will bring her mother running to her rescue. But when the ploy blows up in Gilly's face it threatens to ruin the only chance she's ever had to be part of a real family.
14) The in-laws
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A mild-mannered dentist becomes involved with his daughter's father-in-law's bizarre life with the CIA, which may or may not even be true.
15) 3 generations
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After Ray decides to transition from female to male, Ray's mother, Maggie, must come to terms with the decision while tracking down Ray's biological father to get his legal consent.
16) Americano
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After receiving news of his mother's death, Martin leaves his girlfriend and home in Paris and sets off for L.A. to tie up the loose ends of his rocky maternal relationship. As Martin digs deeper into his mother's past, he discovers she had a hidden relationship with a beautiful woman, who he finds at a seedy strip club in Tijuana, called the Americano. Martin discovers there may be more than he ever hoped to know about his mother's sordid past and...
17) Mimi and Dona
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What happens when love runs out of time? For 92-year-old Mimi, who has spent much of her life caring for 64-year-old Dona, her daughter with an intellectual disability, it means facing the inevitable -- the likelihood that she will not outlive her daughter and the need to find her a new home. Filmmaker Sophie Sartain, Mimi and Dona's granddaughter and niece, respectively, captures the quirky and deeply connected mother-daughter duo at their most poignant...
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Traditional, single parent, blended or extended - there are many ways we define a family. Our families help make us the people that we are today. Learn the different types of families and the developmental roles they play, including physical, emotional, intellectual, social and moral development.--Kanopy.
19) I love you
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Tells the story of Asaka, a deaf woman who lives in Japan. She is determined to start an acting group in her small town with the support of her daughter, Ai, who is hearing. Through her struggles and successes, she inspires both deaf and hearing people to work together to accomplish great things.
20) Bad moms
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When three overworked and underappreciated moms are pushed beyond their limits, they ditch their conventional responsibilities for a jolt of long-overdue freedom, fun, and comedic self indulgence.
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