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Commissioner's
Comment
Nick Fraser
Storyville Series Editor
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There are not enough entertaining documentaries, and there are certainly not enough funny documentaries made by men. The solemnity factor is low in Barry Stevens' marvellous film, but it has nonetheless some serious things to say.
Why bother, if you were conceived by artificial insemination, to find out who your "real" father was? Barry Stevens had a nagging feeling that he wanted to know, and the film documents his often-hilarious efforts to find the truth about his origins.
Although Barry is Canadian, he was conceived and born in London. In fact, he appears to have been conceived just across the road from Broadcasting House. An early tip enables him to locate his half-brother, who is English and Jewish. It appears that the half-brother's parents insisted that their donor dad should be Jewish, so Barry finds out that he is half Jewish.
Other discoveries do not exactly come thick and fast in the film, but along the way Barry also explains about DNA testing and genetics. I finished watching the film in a state of high admiration - not just for a talented filmmaker, but for someone I hoped to have as a friend.
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