Kids Search for Their Donor Sperm Father in Dad Genes Doc

About this episode

In this episode, host Sandra Abrams interviews the people behind the award winning documentary, DAD GENES, which follows the journey of children searching for their sperm donor father.

Would you search for your sperm donor dad? In this episode, host Sandra Abrams interviews the people behind the award winning documentary, DAD GENES. The doc follows Aaron Long, a single guy who was a sperm donor for the money 20 years ago. Fast forward to a few years ago, when several of his “kids” decided to go looking for their biological father. Sandra talks to the film’s director Craig Downing, and its editor, Sara Barger (a past president of WIFV). Sara shares what it was like to make s...

People in this episode

Host: Sandra Abrams

Guests: Craig Downing, Sara Barger

Topics covered

• sperm donation
• documentary
• family search
• biological father
• interviews

Keywords

• sperm donor
• documentary
• DAD GENES
• family
• search
• interview

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Women in Film and Video (DC)

Books & works: DAD GENES

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