Choosing Children
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Date: January 01, 1985 to December 31, 1985
Dates Note: 1985
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United States
Place of Origin: United States
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Color: Color
Silent: No
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Preserved by the UCLA Film & Television Archive with funding provided by The Andrew J. Kuehn, Jr. Foundation, Outfest and Women's Film Preservation Fund
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Pioneers of Queer CinemaDescription:
In 1984 Choosing Children was one of the first documentaries to challenge homophobic and sexist attitudes about lesbian parenting. This was Debra Chasnoff (1957–2017) and Kim Klausner’s first venture into documentary filmmaking. The project was inspired by questions that the filmmakers, who were also life partners at the time and would eventually have two sons together, were asking about the social and legal landscape for being a lesbian parent.
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