The Giving: This adoption video on DVD is the perfect gift for

Four-time award winner for “Best Documentary”, this emotionally powerful documentary honors the women who make what is perhaps the most difficult decision a mother could face. “The Giving” chronicles the journeys of six women from the time they learn of their pregnancy to the signing of adoption papers. Pulling their stories from the shadows of society, this film shatters the myth of the careless, abandoning birthmother, and reveals, once again, that courage and selflessness are found in the most unassuming places.

This DVD includes the original film which has a runtime of 28 minutes, a release version that is 17 minutes in length, and 31 minutes of extended interviews with the six women.

Contact information:
Mary Durnin Firth
mdf productions
307 E. Sussex Avenue
Missoula, MT 59801
mary.firth@gmail.com

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The Giving: This adoption video on DVD is the perfect gift for birthparents and adoptive parents

User Reviews

This thoughtful and profound movie should be a "must see" for all high school-aged students and anyone who has faced or is facing the difficult choices that come with with unwanted or unexpected pregnancy. It is a moving film that touches the heart and opens the mind to the gift of adoption to all involved. -- A Thoughtful and Profound Work of Art

This is an incredibly powerful film, telling the story for those who cannot tell it themselves. Ms. Durnin has greatly empowered these faceless women and highlighted their pain, their incredible personal strength and their ultimate triumph in extraordinarily difficult situations. Very moving, very instructive. This should be required viewing for every mother facing the difficult circumstance of an unwanted pregnancy. One of the most moving films I have ever seen...I recommend it to everyone I know thinking of adoption. -- The Giving is very giving

The Giving is truly an amazing DVD giving deep personal insight into the lives of six birthmothers, some who placed very recently, all the way through to a woman who placed 30 years ago (and still crys when she remembers seeing her daughter in the hospital).

For any one involved in adoption - birth mother, birth father, adoptive parents, social workers - this is a great documentary to watch. I've seen it several times over, and love watching.

There are also 5 minute extra interviews with the birthmothers, and you get some really candid insight into these birthmother's lives, and what it took from them, and gave to them, to place their child up for adoption.

A easy buy...I wish there were more like this. -- Amazing DVD - truly made a difference to me...

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