Synopsis: In this three-part documentary series, set at the dawn of the gay rights movement, director Ry Russo-Young examines how the power of love, the terror of loss and the universal pull of family sent a shockwave through her life as a young girl – and how its echoes have reverberated all the way up to today. At a time when being gay or lesbian seemed to mean you had given up the right to have children and a family, Ry was born to two lesbian moms through a sperm donor. Their idyllic life was threatened by an unexpected lawsuit, culminating in a landmark decision that would change the way gay families are viewed evermore. Featuring a lifetime of home videos, press and interviews, the series tracks the arc of Ry’s relationship with her donor — from idealization to villainy and, ultimately, to loss and understanding. Her story, in all its particularity, is also a universal exploration of love, hate, and the universal pull of family.

Director's Bio: Ry Russo-Young is a bold and innovative director and writer whose work defies traditional limitations in filmmaking. Ry’s early independent work has been associated with the mumblecore genre, though she has gone on to direct the wide release features BEFORE I FALL (2017) and THE SUN IS ALSO A STAR (2019) as well as television and commercial projects, including SWEETBITTER, EVERYTHING SUCKS! and Marvel’s CLOAK & DAGGER. Ry’s films have premiered and won awards at several international film festivals including Sundance, Stockholm, Torino, SXSW and TriBeCa. Her short film MARION, a three-screen deconstruction of Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho, was awarded Best Experimental Film at the 2006 SXSW Film Festival and the Chicago International Film Festival’s Silver Hugo. Her first feature, ORPHANS, received a Jury Prize at the 2007 SXSW Film Festival and her second and third features premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. NOBODY WALKS (2012), co-written with Lena Dunham and starring Olivia Thirlby, Rosemarie DeWitt and John Krasinski, won a special Jury Prize at Sundance and was released theatrically by Magnolia Pictures.