Future People

2021

Action / Documentary

2
IMDb Rating 7.1/10 10 22 22

Plot summary

Filmed over eight years, Rothman follows a group of adolescents who discover that they were conceived from the same sperm donor, forming an unlikely family of familiar strangers. There are presently 37 half-siblings, and counting. This documentary explores the complexities of alternative conception while defining a new realm of modern family.

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Michael Rothman

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898.33 MB
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English 2.0
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23.976 fps
1 hr 37 min
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English 2.0
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23.976 fps
1 hr 37 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by nanckou 10 / 10

Fascinating, Thoughtful Documentary

If you're looking for something salacious or sensational you've come to the wrong place. This is a sensitive look into the unintended consequences, good and bad, of rushing into uncharted technology that plays with human lives, just because we can. In this case it is what most people don't give much thought to, anonymous sperm donation.The subject of this documentary is the connection of the children of one donor - Donor 5114 - to each other after they discover they are half siblings. At first a few of them meet up online, then they, with their mothers, begin to meet in person, a few at first, then more joining in. It's fascinating to see them together, the resemblance between them is unmistakable, while the mothers are all as different as can be.The strongest part of this film for me was the questions that it raised for these children. Most of them "knew" they were the product of a sperm donor from a young age, but they didn't really understand what that meant until they were older (how could they?). Think about it. How would you feel if you had over two dozen siblings, some of whom you didn't even know? And you were just a kid yourself, trying to sort out all the regular teenage stuff?Isn't it a good thing to help create a child for someone who wants one? Yes except the children that are studied here over a period of a few years (when they are teenagers) were mostly born to single mothers - there was at least one lesbian couple. So these kids were not only raised without knowing anything about their biological father, they were raised without a dad. I think that added another complication. And the mothers really weren't prepared to help their kids deal with these issues.Our current culture is changing at such a breakneck pace, so I hope we get more really well done films like this one to show us that maybe we need to slow down a bit and think ahead about the "Future People" and what the impact of our actions will have on them.Oh and btw, you will fall in love with each of these kids.
Reviewed by dasansant 9 / 10

Very touching and emotional

The documentary really is very emotional and touching. It should be really challenging for all the siblings to just keep imagining someone as a father figure without knowing how he looks like. The journey taken to find out the donor at the end was truly moving and aroused more curiosity in me. This is much thrilling than a suspense thriller or a mystery novel.During these times usually as you keep growing up you won't have much time to care finding out who your donor father is, considering the rate and speed at which this world is moving but yes, I would say this could never have been possible if the siblings had not met and interacted with each other.
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