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Mommy Mommy

Item number (ISN):

386125

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

2007

Item number (ISN):

386125

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

REZOLUTION PICTURES INTERNATIONAL INC.

Accession:

2007-0145

Media:

Video

Part:

1 of 1

Production date:

2007

Production company:

Rezolution Pictures International Inc.

Production credit:

director/script, Sylvie Rosenthal; producer/script, Catherine Bainbridge; producer, Christina Fon; executive producer, Ernest Webb; script/editing, Rosella Tursi; photography, Edith Labbé; sound, Lynne Trépanier; Eric Vinter; Jacob Kent; sound editing, Bruno Bélanger

Country of production:

cn

Description:

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MOMMY MOMMY is a documentary film that deals with issues surrounding homosexual adoptions. The film follows two women, Linda and Mona, over a period of more than four years as they go through trials and tribulations associated with adopting a baby as a lesbian couple living in Québec. Even though Québec is one of the few regions in the world to have legalized both homosexual marriage and adoptions by same sex couples, the road to parenthood still contains major obstacles. MOMMY MOMMY opens a window into the two women's lives and those of their extended families and friends, depicting the drama and excitements of the couple's quest to legally adopt a child. Linda and Mona's journey becomes a long emotional rollercoaster ride where the couple gets faced with the obstacles to the access to IVF, and laws against homosexual couples adopting from foreign countries such as, for instance, China and Haiti. After finding a birth mother in the United States of America who is open to the idea of same-sex adoptions, Linda and Mona are confronted with a devastating barrier set up by the Christian-based adoption agency and the Québec government itself. The two women are not individuals who give up easily, and their dream finally comes true in the most unanticipated way - they get a great opportunity to adopt a little aboriginal baby boy right from their own "backyard" - Canada. This documentary features interviews with Hélène Zylberszac, gay social worker; Louis Desserres, National Director, Preserve Marriage/Protect Children's Rights; Josée, Mona's sister; Claire Marie Gagnon, President, Adopting Parents' Federation, Québec; Catherine Bainbridge, Linda and Mona's friend; Ronald Kram, Adoption Lawyer; John Long, Adoption Lawyer; Carol Barrs, Social Worker; and Doreen Brown, Lawyer, Secretariat of International Adoption (S.A.I.), Québec. <42mn>

Language:

English / French with English subtitles

Notes:

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1. Produced by Rezolution Pictures International Inc. in association with CBC Newsworld.~2. Produced with the financial participation of the Canadian Television Fund created by the Government of Canada (Telefilm Canada: Equity Investment Program) and the Canadian cable industry (CTF: Licence Fee Program); Government of Canada - The Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit.~3. Produced with the financial participation of the Government of Québec - Film and Television Tax Credit - Gestion SODEC; SODEC - Société de développement des entreprises culturelles - Québec.

Detailed holdings information:

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Vault ISN:

450424

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V7 2008-03-0081

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SOF

Duration:

43:30

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

450429

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V8 2008-03-0044

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SOF

Duration:

43:30

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

803372

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

386125.MXF

Number of items:

1

Made from:

V7 2008-03-0081

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

803373

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

386125.MP4

Number of items:

1

Made from:

V7 2008-03-0081

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

975277

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V1 2020-02-0006

Number of items:

1

Made from:

7365AV
30002AV
V7 2008-03-0081

Status:

MASTER
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Conditions of access:

Open

Restrictions on consultation:

No Restrictions / Pas de restrictions

Copyright status:

Under copyright.

Copyright owner:

Copyright owner: Rezolution Pictures International Inc., 2007.

Reproduction access:

With written permissions / Avec les permissions écrites

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