Festival Photos

 

Heartland Film Festival

 

 

          

 

Director's Statement

Many children grow up in abusive homes or without parents at all. Originally the film started out as a small project that was meant as a future gift to my new brothers and sisters. I thought that they could look back and see how their lives had changed and that even though they had incredibly painful lives that they, in fact, could grow and transcend that negative experience. What ended up happening was my awakening to the idea that my parents hadn't completely transcended their past and that it just might cause them to loose the nine children that they so desperately loved and cared for. So I continued to film and interview and realized that I had a profound story of loss in both families and that they really needed each other to heal. The children and my parents both needed a family. They were all part of something special and I needed to tell this story.

 - Thomas C. Gaunt