Today’s Daily Mail carries an article on Bertold Wiesner, Barry Stevens’ “bio-dad.” Barry discusses him in Anonymous Father’s Day, and we show some of the same photos Barry provided for this article. “British scientist ‘fathered 600 children’ by donating sperm at his own fertility clinic” — Bertold Wiesner set up the controversial London Barton clinic [...]
“The great virtue of Anonymous Father’s Day is that it asks us to examine a practice many simply take for granted. Focusing on the thoughtful and thought-provoking comments of three people who were themselves conceived by means of anonymous sperm donation, this documentary invites us to think about the well-being of those who had no [...]
“I sat with other audience members on folding chairs in a small Soho gallery theatre for the debut of Anonymous Father’s Day, watching Stephanie Blessing’s face onscreen as she learned her dad was not her biological father.” World New York: “New Documentary Reveals the Other Side of Anonymous Sperm Donation”
“There’s much of interest in the film, which I highly recommend, and there was much of interest in the discussion.” ARTful Questions: “Anonymous Father’s Day: The Center for Bioethics and Culture Documentatry”
We had a standing room only crowd for the premier screening in New York. Many thanks to the Soho Gallery for Digital Art for hosting us. Thanks also to all those who gave through Kickstarter to make the premier possible. We’ve posted some photos on our facebook page. Click over there and have a look.
“Anonymous Father’s Day” Profiles Children of Sperm Donors Anonymous Father’s Day is a film about adults of anonymous sperm donors and their perspective which is the one we most need to hear. New documentary gives voice to adult children of sperm donors The 45-minute documentary was so absorbing I watched it twice . . [...]
The Anonymous Father’s Day Premier Screening will be 7:00 PM & 9:00 PM January 29 at the The SoHo Gallery for Digital Art in New York. Several of the people who appear in the film will be in attendance along with the fimmakers. This will kickoff a week of screenings of both Anonymous Father’s Day [...]
New Documentary Gives Voice to Children of Anonymous Sperm Donors San Ramon, CA/November 21, 2011 — From Jennifer Lahl and The Center for Bioethics and Culture, producers of the award-winning Eggsploitation (2010), Anonymous Father’s Day presents the untold stories of children of sperm donors. Featuring the heart-rending reflections of now adult children fathered anonymously, these [...]
All of the edits were finished on Tuesday. The files are on their way to the DVD authoring company, and they have already been delivered to the online service we will be using (watch for an announcement very soon). We’ve setup a facebook page for the film at https://www.facebook.com/AnonFathersDay, and we’ve already received an enthusiastic [...]
We’ve completed filming and are now in the post-production phase on our latest documentary film — editing, writing and recording voice over, gathering additional footage and photographs, and creating graphics to emphasize key points. Everything is on schedule for DVDs to be available before the end of 2011, and we are planning a January premier [...]
We here at the CBC frequently hear from our supporters that they like how we get things D-O-N-E. We work hard to ensure that we don’t simply plan and propose—we set goals and we deliver. Dr. William Hurlbut, Professor at Stanford University, says that CBC is the “most constructive and effective organization in the arena [...]
