queerDOC — Day Three (part 1)

Queer Fam­i­lies
‘NO DUMB QUESTIONS’
Dir: Melis­sa Regan, USA, 2001, Beta SP, 25 mins
(75% full)
score: 5 out of 5
This is an charm­ing doco about three sis­ters 6, 9, and 11-year-old and their ques­tions and strug­gle in deal­ing with their Uncle Bill becom­ing Aunt Bar­bara. As always chil­dren have a habit of see­ing what grown-ups are blind too.
‘DESTINY’S CHILDREN’
Dir: Kevin O’Keefe, Cana­da, 2001, Beta SP, 18 mins
(75% full)
score: 3 out of 5
While a nice doco this one did­n’t res­onate. Sure I felt for the guy who had spent 17 years try­ing to find a way to adopt chil­dren, but, I don’t know, there was some­thing miss­ing from the sto­ry.
‘DADS WANTED’
Dir: Justin Pem­ber­ton, New Zealand, 2001, Beta SP, 44 mins
(75% full)
score: 4 out of 5
An insight­ful look at three dif­fer­ent types of gay fam­i­lies.
For more infor­ma­tion about queer­DOC 2001 or Queer Screen.