My Flesh and Blood (2003)

Director:

Jonathan Karsh

Genre:

Documentary

Tagline:

Who says you can't choose your family?

Plot:

Documentary following Susan Tom of Fairfield, California and her 11 adopted special needs children. |

Plot Keywords:

California | School | Disabled | Wheelchair | Swimming

Awards:

6 wins & 4 nominations

Cast

Anthony Tom	...	Himself
Faith Tom	...	Herself
Joe Tom	...	Himself
Margaret Tom	...	Herself
Susan Tom	...	Herself
Xenia Tom	...	Herself

Directed by
Jonathan Karsh

Produced by
Jennifer Chaiken	....	producer

Original Music by
B. Quincy Griffin
Hector H. Perez

Cinematography by
Amanda Micheli

Film Editing by
Eli Olson

Sound Department
Craig Burton	....	production sound mixer
Monroe Cummings	....	additional production sound
Andrea S. Gard	....	sound designer
Andrea S. Gard	....	supervising sound editor
Lora Hirschberg	....	sound editor
Lora Hirschberg	....	sound re-recording mixer
Matty Nematollahi	....	additional production sound

Visual Effects by
Aaron Rhodes	....	magic bullet colorist
Matt Silverman	....	main title design

Camera and Electrical Department
Jigar Mehta	....	assistant camera

Editorial Department
Geof Bartz	....	consulting editor
Marc Sadeghi	....	post-production executive

Other crew
Yvette Memory	....	magic bullet producer
Lauryn Siegel	....	production assistant

Thanks
Carol Hyman	....	thanks

Production Companies

• Chaiken Films
• Cinemax
• Home Box Office (HBO)

Distributors

• Home Box Office (HBO) (2003) (USA) (TV)
• NHK BS1 (2004) (Japan) (TV)
• Strand Releasing

Special Effects

• Orphanage, The (Magic Bullet services)

Other Companies

• Skywalker Sound  post-production sound services

Also Known As:

Runtime:

83 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:Unrated

Filming Locations:

Fairfield, California, USA

Company:

Chaiken Films

Trivia:

In the scene where Susan is looking at men on the internet, none of the pictures shown on the film are the actual pictures she was looking at. Instead, for legal purposes, pictures of director Jonathan Karsh's wife's co-workers were inserted.

This should be released for the Public to view.

You'll fall in love with this family. This amazing cast is one no Hollywood production could match. Sometimes real life is more interesting than any big budget Hollywood blockbuster.

The children are endearing as much as it is heartbreaking to see their hardship. You will cry your eyes out at seeing how much they go through and deal with in life. If you know anyone who feels sorry for themselves they need to see this.

I cannot judge their mother to be in it just for the money since you couldn't give me enough to go through all that she does. I could see the love they had for each other in every frame. It was nice to learn so much about such a family and their unique and often overlooked plight.

If anyone is going to put this on the market reserve me a copy!