Unlocking the Heart of Adoption
![]() Sheila Ganz This 56-minute documentary chronicles the filmmaker's journey of surviving rape, pregnancy and unwillingly relinquishing her newborn daughter for adoption interwoven with diverse personal stories of adoptees, birthparents and adoptive parents in both same race and transracial adoptions. They stirringly reveal the enormous complexity in the lives of normal people when impacted by adoption and gives the viewer a powerful way to understand what adoption as a lifelong process means today. Many candid snapshots touchingly enrich each story. Historical footage is threaded through the film and serves as an illuminating background. | When making a fiscal sponsorship donation with a credit card, 3% is deducted from the donation amount to cover the merchant account processing fees. This deduction is waived when donating with a check. Checks can be made out to “San Francisco Film Society” and mailed to: San Francisco Film Society ATTN: Finance Dept. 39 Mesa St. Suite 110 San Francisco, CA 94129 Please indicate "FSP 485" in the memo of the check. |









