A Kind of Family (1992)
53m
Running Time
January 1, 1992Release Date
A Kind of Family (1992)
53m
Running Time
January 1, 1992Release Date
Network & Production Companies
Plot.
This feature documentary tells the complex and touching story of Winnipeg city councilor Glen Murray and his 17-year-old adopted son Mike, whose struggles with addiction and behavioural problems cyclically repeat. Glen, now an Ontario Member of Provincial Parliament, was one of the first openly gay elected politicians in Canada. He adopted Mike during an era when homophobic stereotypes often prevented gay men and women from adopting children. Glen and Mike's relationship is always tenuous and always turbulent as they struggle to define themselves together and alone.
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This Movie Is About.
adoption
lgbt
Wiki.
A Kind of Family is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Andrew Koster and released in 1992. The film centres on Glen Murray, at the time a Winnipeg City Councillor and one of Canada's first openly gay politicians, and Mike, a gay, HIV-positive street kid whom Murray took in as a foster parent.The film received limited theatrical distribution before being broadcast by CBC Television as an episode of the Witness documentary series. It received a Genie Award nomination for Best Short Documentary at the 13th Genie Awards.