Preacher's Sons (2008)
- Directed by
- Celia Roebuck Reed
- Genre
- documentary film, LGBTQ-related film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Rating
- 1.0 of 10 from 2 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A documentary about a Unitarian Universalist minister and his husband who adopt five sons from the California foster care system. The film shows how the family deals with issues of homosexuality, racial differences, and the children's difficult pasts.
heartfelteducationalcandidwarmthoughtfulfamily-orientedsensitiveinformativeupbeat
What happens
Preacher's Sons is a 2008 American documentary film, by C. Roebuck Reed and Mark Nealey. It follows the lives of a Unitarian Universalist minister, his husband, and the five sons they adopted from the California foster care system. The family is seen dealing with issues related to the fathers' homosexuality and the mixed-race (African American and Latino children with Caucasian parents) composition of the family, as well as the disturbed backgrounds of the children before their adoptions. The introductory segment has been aired on the public television program, In the Life. The California Council for the Humanities supported the film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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