INDEPENDENT LENS

DONOR UNKNOWN/ALL ABOUT ME

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20 @ 8:00PM & 11:00PM

JoEllen Marsh, 20, wants to know who her biological father is. All she knows of him is the label the California Cryobank gave him in the 1980s: Donor 150.

JoEllen has always known her family wasn’t like other families. She grew up in Pennsylvania with two mothers, and a burning curiosity to know more about her anonymous donor father. When JoEllen discovers a website that connects donor conceived children, she manages to track down a half sister in New York. The New York Times picks up the story, and, over time, 12 more half siblings emerge across the United States.

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