our father – ALLIANCE OF WOMEN FILM JOURNALISTS

OUR FATHER – Review by April Neale

May 5, 2022May 6, 2022 April Neale documentaries, Dr. Donald Cline, Jacoba Ballard, Lucie Jourdan, netflix, our father, Quiverfull, sperm donor insemination

Nazi Germany had Dr. Mengele, and Indiana had Dr. Donald Cline, not as evil as Mengele, but he was a corrupt genetic technician like the Nazi. He experimentally used his sperm to impregnate unsuspecting women looking for fertility and conception. A lot of women. The film gives a platform for the doctor’s now adult progeny to tell their stories of discovery and their process of reconciliation and acceptance in the documentary film Our Father, premiering on Netflix on May 11.

Festivals Reviews

OUR FATHER (SXSW 21) – Review by Ulkar Alakbarova

March 19, 2021February 3, 2022 Ulkar Alakbarova Allison Torrent, Austin Pendleton, Baize Buzan, bradley grant smith, our father, sxsw 2021

Bradley Grant Smith’s Our Father is an absolute treat from the SXSW Film Festival. We need stories like these to remind us of the familial connection we need at all stages of life. We can deny it’s existence but not run away from it. Indeed, Zelda and Beta lost their father to suicide. But will they follow the same path by killing the only thing they have left – their relationship?