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Who says you can't choose your family?Plot:
Documentary following Susan Tom of Fairfield, California and her 11 adopted special needs children. | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
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6 wins & 4 nominations moreUser Comments:
No better proof that it takes a village... more (23 total)Cast
 | Anthony Tom | ... | Himself |
| Faith Tom | ... | Herself |
| Joe Tom | ... | Himself |
| Margaret Tom | ... | Herself |
| Susan Tom | ... | Herself |
| Xenia Tom | ... | Herself |
Directed by | |||
| Jonathan Karsh | |||
Produced by | |||
| Jennifer Chaiken | .... | producer | |
Original Music by | |||
| B. Quincy Griffin | |||
| Hector H. Perez | |||
Cinematography by | |||
| Amanda Micheli | |||
Film Editing by | |||
| Eli Olson | |||
Sound Department | |||
| Craig Burton | .... | production sound mixer | |
| Monroe Cummings | .... | additional production sound | |
| Andrea S. Gard | .... | sound designer | |
| Andrea S. Gard | .... | supervising sound editor | |
| Lora Hirschberg | .... | sound editor | |
| Lora Hirschberg | .... | sound re-recording mixer | |
| Matty Nematollahi | .... | additional production sound | |
Visual Effects by | |||
| Aaron Rhodes | .... | magic bullet colorist | |
| Matt Silverman | .... | main title design | |
Camera and Electrical Department | |||
| Jigar Mehta | .... | assistant camera | |
Editorial Department | |||
| Geof Bartz | .... | consulting editor | |
| Marc Sadeghi | .... | post-production executive | |
Other crew | |||
| Yvette Memory | .... | magic bullet producer | |
| Lauryn Siegel | .... | production assistant | |
Thanks | |||
| Carol Hyman | .... | thanks | |
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- Home Box Office (HBO) (2003) (USA) (TV)
- Strand Releasing
- Orphanage, The (Magic Bullet services)
- Skywalker Sound post-production sound services
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USA:UnratedFilming Locations:
Fairfield, California, USAFun Stuff
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Susan Tom insisted that filming last no longer than exactly one year, to the day. The final scene in the film, Anthony's birthday party, happened to take place on the very last day of permitted filming. moreFAQ
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| Did anyone else | shinyam75 |
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| where are they now?? | vegasman2000 |
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This film is so painful to watch, but you must. What an indictment of our society and how little we value children. It doesn't take a documentary in a third world country, when there is plenty of horrific child neglect in the richest country in the world. Why should Susan, the heroine of this story, a mother who adopted upwards of 13 significantly sick or disabled children, be such an anomaly? Such a curiosity? Why isn't the system giving her and her children every possible support and resource they need to make their lives livable? I will never be able to shake this story off, nor do I want to. Especially with the epidemic of childhood neuro- and immuno- disorders that have erupted over the last decade or so, thanks to the U.S. pharmaceutical industry and the CDC who cavalierly allowed mercury to be used to prolong the shelf life of the multitude of vaccines our children are required to have from their first hour of life.