That's a Family

That's a Family

2000 · 35 min · ★ 7.0

With courage and humor, the children in That's a Family! take viewers on a tour through their lives as they speak candidly about what it's like to grow up in a family with parents of different races or religions, divorced parents, a single parent, gay or lesbian parents, adoptive parents or grandparents as guardians.

Directed by Debra Chasnoff

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