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My Flesh and Blood

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  • 1h 23m
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My Flesh and Blood (2003)
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Documentary following Susan Tom of Fairfield, California and her 11 adopted special needs children.Documentary following Susan Tom of Fairfield, California and her 11 adopted special needs children.Documentary following Susan Tom of Fairfield, California and her 11 adopted special needs children.
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    • Jonathan Karsh
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    • Susan Tom
    • Anthony Tom
    • Faith Tom
    • Jonathan Karsh
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    • Anthony Tom
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    • 23User reviews
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    • 78Metascore
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    I can't believe Susan Tom is an exploiter
    One previous review named inktastesbitter accused Susan Tom of exploiting the foster-care system and being in it for the money. I can't believe this. There are many, far easier ways to make money than having a 24/7 job caring for special needs kids. We can speculate whether Ms. Tom is, in caring for so many children, trying to fill some unanswered psychological need of hers. But that is surely pointless since the good she is doing seems to me undeniable.

    This is a marvelous, provocative film that deserves the widest audience possible. I am a college professor of philosophy. "The human condition" is of course one of the subjects of philosophy; I show this film to my students for all its insights into the joys, challenges, and heartbreaks of the human condition
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      • January 17, 2003 (United States)
      • United States
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