adoptive parent

8 movies and shows

Fallen

Sun, 23 Jul 2006

For high schooler Aaron Corbett, turning 18 means becoming not just a man but a nephilim, too -- half human, half angel, with supernatural abilities.

Goodnight, Mister Tom

Sun, 25 Oct 1998

A shy and quiet World War II evacuee is housed by a disgruntled old man, and they soon develop a close bond.

Way Back Home

Fri, 13 Nov 1931

A rural Maine farmer fights for custody of the boy who he's raised as his own.

A drunken stork delivers a baby mouse to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Sylvester Cat. Sylvester is about to eat the little rodent when it calls him Daddy. Touched, Sylvester adopts the mouse as his son - which, distressingly, attracts every hungry cat in the neighborhood to his door!

Wo Ai Ni Mommy

Tue, 31 Aug 2010

From 2000 to 2008, China was the leading country for U.S. international adoptions. There are now approximately 70,000 Chinese adoptees being raised in the United States. Ninety-five percent of them are girls. Each year, these girls face new questions regarding their adopted lives and surroundings. This is a film about Chinese adopted girls, their American adoptive families and the paradoxical losses and gains inherent in international adoption. The characters and events in this story will challenge our traditional notions of family, culture and race.

Terra Nullius

Wed, 01 Jan 1992

Loosely based on the filmmaker's personal experience, "Terra Nullius" is an impressionistic account of an eight year old Koori girl, Alice, growing up in a white adoptive family which denies her Aboriginality. The film examines how unacknowledged shame and fear passes from one generation to the next, from one culture to another. The last scene depicts a silent meeting between the young Alice and the adult Alice. In order to reclaim her life, Alice decides she must confront the pain and confusion of her childhood.

State Owned Children

Wed, 01 Sep 2021

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 adoption, as part of a cross-border program, of thousands of children born during the French occupation of Germany.

Moon Child

Fri, 12 Oct 2018

A movie about two women who are mothers to the same child, and a child who belongs to two different worlds.