Daddy & Papa (2002)

Original title

Daddy and Papa

Directed by

Johnny Symons

Genre

documentary film, LGBTQ-related film

Country

United States

Runtime

57 min

Rated

PG-13

Rating

4.5 of 10 from 7 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary follows four families led by gay male couples as they raise children. It looks at the legal and social hurdles they face and how their communities react to their families.

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What happens

Daddy & Papa is a 2002 documentary film made by Johnny Symons. It explores same-sex parenting as seen in the lives of four families headed by male couples. The film also examines the legal, social, and political challenges faced by gay parents and their children. Filmmaker Symons and his partner William Rogers, along with their adopted son, Zachary, were one of the four families featured in the film. Symons says of the project, I wanted to document this phenomenon: what it means for out gay men to form their own families - for the dads, for the kids, for their extended families and schools and communities and the thousands of mainstream people who are being changed by their exposure to a new kind of family. Daddy & Papa was shown nationwide in the U.S. on PBS in the spring of 2003 as part of its Independent Lens series. The film was scheduled for rebroadcast on the LOGO channel in August 2007. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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