How one family weathered the 'terrifying' spotlight of an HBO documentary
Robin Young and Sandy Russo wanted to start a family of their own when it was virtually unheard of for same-sex parents to raise children together.
Despite her reluctance to make a “navel-gazing, me-and-my-problems documentary” then, Russo-Young decided that nonfiction was the best way to answer those questions. She began to gather materials — home movies, legal documents, family photos, archival news footage — and interviewed family, friends and others involved in the lawsuit.
It was difficult to relive it for both of us. There would be nights after [doing interviews], where we would be up all night feeling like we were back in the case, re-litigating it in our minds. And then watching the film, the first time we saw it, it was a shock, and we had to step back and calm down.: Even before the filming, Ry was asking for materials. We had saved everything from the law case, every document, you name it, there were boxes and boxes of boxes.
But what has changed is our seeing Ry evolve on the subject, and being able to hold all of those emotions at once in her heart, the pain and the love, the betrayal, all of it. It has given us huge respect for Ry and, and made us appreciate her more. And she’s able to express all of that in the film, and the depth of our love and the complication of it all is just amazing to us.
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