This up-close and personal look at adoptees is the perfect addition to the wonderful adoption storybooks found in many adoptive homes today. The film “I Have Roots and Branches” allows viewers to find out firsthand how it feels to be adopted. Audiences discover that all kids have common experiences growing up in their homes surrounded by the families they know and love.
This film conveys a positive, encouraging and honest message about adoption and is most appropriate for children viewers.   About "I Have Roots and Branches" Director and executive producer Flory G. Herman, a member of the American Academy of Adoption Attorneys since 1994 A note from the Executive Producer  

You are listening to the original soundtrack to "I Have Roots and Branches" Personal Reflections on Adoption by Mir-Ali

New Adoption Video!
The film “I Have Roots and Branches” takes an intimate look at adoption in this new must see 47- minute documentary style film. Adoptees ranging in age from childhood to adulthood share their deepest thoughts and emotions on the adoption experience which has profoundly shaped their lives and those of their loved ones.

Add this wonderful film to your collection of adoption books today!

 

Listen to Flory Herman, the executive producer of "Roots & Branches"...live on "Lets Talk Adoption", Aug 10th at 9 am PST

 
Listen to
Flory Herman,
the executive producer of
"Roots & Branches"...live on "Lets Talk Adoption"
(archived Aug 10th, 2004)

 

WINNER!
2004 Film Advisory Board Award of Excellence
"I Have Roots and Branches" is the WINNER! of the 2004 Film Advisory Board Award of Excellence

ADOPTION- Has your family been formed by adoption or touched by adoption in some way? This inspiring film is a MUST for any family touched by adoption or considering adoption.

While the process of adoption has been receiving increasing attention, the feelings of those touched by adoption are often overlooked. This brand new documentary-style film, a 2004 winner of a prestigious Film Advisory Board Award of Excellence (recognized worldwide for quality family/children's entertainment), features adoptees ranging in age from childhood to adulthood sharing their deepest thoughts and emotions on the adoption experience which has profoundly shaped their lives and those of their loved ones.


'Roots and Branches' "sets a new benchmark in adoption films....Thank you for giving the adoption community this film which will be used to inform and educate all of the parties associated with adoption."
Rosetta Capper, Editor
Adoption Australia Magazine www.adoption.org.au

"Attorney, adoptive Mother Flory Herman's Film is both encouraging and inspiring. A fine film that made me laugh and cry. What a wonderful dedication to adoption- Thank you Flory for creating this wonderful quality presentation for us all. A wonderful gift for anyone touched by adoption." -Mardie Caldwell COAP-, Author: Adoption: Your Step by Step Guide, Radio Talk Show Host: LetsTalkAdoption.com

"Your subject provides a better image to the public and needed too!" -Elayne Blythe, Founder/President Film Advisory Board

"Roots and Branches' is warm and intelligent. It held my attention and provided a full stream of factual and emotional information that is not always available or accessible."
-Deanna Talmud, C.S.W.-R

First, it was honored with an Award of Excellence from the prestigious FILM ADVISORY BOARD in Hollywood. Then it was selected for exhibition at the NY INTERNATIONAL INDEPENDENT FILM & VIDEO FESTIVAL and screened in New York City in November 2004. National Adoption Month Coincides with NYIIFVF Screening

January '05- "Roots and Branches" debuts on television!
- WRAZ-TV/FOX 50, a Raleigh, North Carolina FOX television affiliate, boycotted its own network airing of the reality adoption show "Who's Your Daddy" after being inundated with e-mail and negative reaction to promotions of "Daddy" that distastefully portrayed the reunion of an adoptee with her biological father for prize money. Instead, "Roots and Branches"- the independent adoption film that won the heart of WRAZ-TV's station manager Tommy Schenck, enjoyed its television broadcast debut in place of "Daddy" on the North Carolina FOX station on January 3,2005. News of this controversy was reported all over the world. (FOX controversy) Unlike the sensational stories often reported on by the media, "Roots and Branches" is an honest and honorable look at the ordinary and extraordinary faces and voices of adoption, and will likely touch your heart too!
Read more about this story:
Reuters News (pdf)
Yahoo News (pdf)
The Hollywood Reporter (pdf)
Reality TV World (pdf)

available on DVD and VHS
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DVD: $21.99*
   VHS: $20.99* *plus shipping & handling and applicable taxes
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