My Flesh and Blood
| My Flesh and Blood | |
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| Directed by | Jonathan Karsh |
| Produced by | Jennifer Chaiken |
| Starring |
Susan Tom Anthony Tom Faith Tom Joe Tom Xenia Tom Margaret Tom |
| Music by |
B. Quincy Griffin Hector H. Perez |
| Cinematography | Amanda Micheli |
| Edited by | Eli Olson |
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Release date
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2003 |
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Running time
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83 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
My Flesh and Blood is a 2003 documentary film by Jonathan Karsh chronicling a year in the life of the Tom family. The Tom family is notable as the mother, Susan Tom, adopted eleven children, most of whom had serious disabilities or diseases. It was nominated for and won several awards, including the Audience Award and the Director's Award at the Sundance Film Festival.
The documentary takes an in-depth at the Tom Family which mostly consists of children that were rejected by their birth families due to mental or physical disabilities. The film is broken up into seasons starting out with family taking part in Halloween in the fall and ending in the Summer of the upcoming year. The family's unconventional home-life becomes a foundation for the supports, challenges, and successes that they face daily.
There are six other children of whom viewers do not see as much due to the constraints of keeping the film to a reasonable length.
Amsterdam International Documentary Film Festival
International Documentary Association
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