Nuclear Family
“Divided they fall.”
2021•14•1 Seasons•3 Episodes•7.3•Ended
Documentary
Ry Russo-Young turns the camera on her own past to explore the meaning of family. In the late 70s/early 80s, when the concept of a gay family was inconceivable to most, Ry and her sister Cade were born to two lesbian mothers through sperm donors. Ry’s idyllic childhood was threatened by an unexpected lawsuit which sent shockwaves through her family’s lives and continues to reverberate today.
Creator
Ry Russo-Young
Network
HBO
Origin
US
Cast
Sandy Russo
Self
Robin Young
Self
Ry Russo-Young
Self
Cade Russo-Young
Self
Tom Steel
Self (archive footage)
Jacob Aaron Estes
Self
Episodes
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