Produced for the California Council for the Humanities, "Preacher's Sons" is an intimate study of how two men give permanent, loving homes to five at-risk, hard-to-place children lost in the foster care system. Over 100 hours of filming are gathered over five years, in four different cities, to reveal how two Gay men (one a UU minister) parent ( and adopt) five foster boys.
"Discrimination often complicates the adoption process for gays and lesbians. Research shows that less than 20% of adoption agencies attempt to recruit gay or lesbian adoptive parents. Approximately two million gay and lesbian people have considered adoption."
The film is both heartbreaking and ultimately very inspiring. It doesn't shrink from showing local prejudices and/or the many real hardships in raising children with severe and different needs.
If time allows we will have a brief discussion period following the film, ending around 9:00 PM.
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