Off and Running / First-Run Features (Firm).

With white Jewish lesbians for parents and two adopted brothers - one mixed-race and one Korean - Brooklyn teen Avery grew up in a unique and loving household. But when her curiosity about her African-American roots grows, she decides to contact her birth mother. This choice propels Avery into her o...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Films on Demand.
Corporate Authors: Infobase (Film distributor)
First-Run Features (Firm)
Language:English
Language of the Original:
English
Language and/or Writing System:
Closed-captioned.
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : First-Run Features (Firm), [2009]
Series:Films on Demand.
Subjects:
Internet videos.
Genre:
Internet videos.
Online Access:
Connect to online resource - MSU authorized users (Films On Demand @ Infobase)
Physical Description:1 online resource (1 video file (1 hr., 14 min., 37 sec.)) : sound, color.
Format: Electronic Video
Contents:
  • Biological Identity Questions (1:38)
  • Adopted Siblings (1:16)
  • Avery's "United Nations" Family (1:25)
  • Fear of Rejection (1:49)
  • Jewish Identity (0:51)
  • Track Star (0:46)
  • Birth Name (2:14)
  • Receiving a Response (1:56)
  • Adoptive Family Support (1:52)
  • White Racial Perspective (0:26)
  • Friends and Outsiders (1:39)
  • Racial Confusion (1:44)
  • Beauty Preferences (1:03)
  • Athletic Prospects (1:20)
  • Rafi's Curiosity (1:29)
  • Complicating Life (3:01)
  • Search for Answers (2:38)
  • Loneliness (0:54)
  • Practicing Emotional Maturity (2:57)
  • Household Tension (0:46)
  • Embracing Black Culture (2:56)
  • Growing Apart (1:52)
  • Distractions (2:02)
  • Dropping Out (2:02)
  • Taking Space from Family (1:20)
  • Parents' Pain (2:19)
  • Avery's Alienation (1:12)
  • Adopted Sibling Love (1:09)
  • Celebrating Marriage Equality (1:17)
  • Rejecting Family (1:47)
  • Wedding Day (1:01)
  • Identity Differences (2:45)
  • Search for Home (1:54)
  • Poor Performance (1:41)
  • Avery is Pregnant (3:14)
  • Life Decision (1:38)
  • Counseling (2:25)
  • Getting Back on Track (1:51)
  • Siblings Reconnect (2:14)
  • Family Reunion (1:12)
  • Finding Peace (1:52)
  • College and Future (0:25)
  • Credits: Off and Running (2:22)
  • Avery's Family (4:03)
  • Adopted Peers (10:44)
  • Family Conflict Begins (3:41)
  • Conflict continues (8:01)
  • Parent's Perspective (2:41)
  • Avery is reaching out (0:49)
  • Avery Loves Rafi (2:31)
  • Track meet & new shoes (4:13)
  • Pregnant then Abortion (3:24)
  • Avery Sees a Counselor (2:42)
  • Avery Reconnects (6:15)