"This
documentary about a Vermont family who adopts a 10-year-old girl,
can be seen as a sweet story, an intimate portrait of Claudia, Rob,
Eli, and, finally, Meskerem. But One Family: An Ethiopian Adoption
has broader implications, too. People are beginning to speak about
openness in international adoption, but almost always in adversarial
terms—baby stealing, baby selling. So, the scenes in which
Meskerem’s birth family—her adoring grandmother, big
brothers, and aunts—entrust her to her new American parents
are awe-inspiring, and a lesson for us all. This, you realize, is
how it should be. Split by race, distance, poverty, disease, and
grief, two families are connected by a delicate hinge, Meskerem,
and they become one." –Adoptive
Families
magazine
"One
Family: An Ethiopian Adoption
captures the essence of older-child inter-country adoption. Where
before there were separate parts, a new family now stands. The filmmakers
have a light touch, yet their story is true and moving." –Melissa
Fay Greene
author of THERE IS NO ME WITHOUT YOU: One Woman's Odyssey to
Rescue Africa's Children
One
Family: An Ethiopian Adoption
was produced with Adoption
Advocates International as an educational resource promoting
inter-country adoption of older children.
132 Main Productions wishes to thank Jeanne Rogow of Windfall Films
whose forthcoming feature-length documentary is the inspiration
for this film.
