Three adopted siblings deal with the fallout after the tragic and unexpected death of their parents. Each receive a folder containing the information of their respective biological families, sending them on their own respective journeys.
Three adopted siblings deal with the fallout after the tragic and unexpected death of their parents. Each receive a folder containing the information of their respective biological families, sending them on their own respective journeys.
DEVIN REYNOLDS: Samuel María Gómez
ERIKA REYNOLDS: Marie Dinolan
BRANDON REYNOLDS: Zach Shinske
SANDY REYNOLDS: Lizzy Plimpton
CARL REYNOLDS: Ron Austin Jr.
YOUNG DEVIN: Austin Munroe
YOUNG ERIKA: Tess Romero
YOUNG BRANDON: Robbie Crandall
RENEE: Ashley Lauren-Elrod
JEREMY: Grant Schumacher
JASMINE: Natalie Miolan
PORTIA: Joanna Pinto
JULIE: Monica Gronchi
LIAM: Sam Encarnacion
MEREDITH HILL: Cherie Mendez
SUSAN: Alyssa Watson
Crew
Director: Tony Germinario
Written by: Zach Shinske, Joanna Pinto, Monica Gronchi
Executive Producers: Zach Shinske, Joanna PintoProducers: Catherine Hogan, Stacey McHugh, Monica Gronchi, Alyssa Watson
Associate Producers: Maria Florencia Smith
Director of Photography: Austin Lee Smoak, Steven Carmona
Second Unit DP: Bruno FerreiraEditor: Bruno Ferriera
1st AD: Holly Furman
1st AC: James Cernero, Rachel Gwozdz, Carmelo de JesusGrip: Paul Illge, Max Frega
Gaffer: Stephen Ohocinsky, Naomi Saito
Sound Designer: Paul Illge, Sean Boote
Sound Mixer: Michael Ruggiero, Jonathan Lau, Cameron Martinez
Boom Operator: Maxamilian Arias
Production Designer: Michelle Siracusa
Wardrobe: Amanda Carmona
Hair and Makeup: Dena Olivieri, Frannie Bromley, Lily Li
Music Supervisor: Ronald Jordan
Composer: Shehdaat Hussein
Colorist: Aram Bauman
Legal: Catherine Hogan
In 2017, I was an ambitious actor who kept being told "no" fresh out of my conservatory training. I produced an Off-Broadway production but was very eager to transition to film/television. I had a vision for a story I wanted to tell, one from the perspective of an adoptee. I felt like my perspective had been hugely overlooked in the film/television/theatre world, and I wanted to tell a story that was as authentic as possible. I wanted to make a television show that was diverse and toed the line between drama and comedy, and ultimately settled on the story of a blended family with three adopted siblings trying to make their way through tragedy while trying to sort through their respective feelings about their identity as an adoptee. The adoptee community is incredibly diverse in thoughts and opinions, each forged through their own circumstances, so it was important to me to capture as many viewpoints as possible. So I bought an Ipad, and slowly but surely started to teach myself the ropes of screenwriting and formatting. In 2018, co-producers and I filmed a 25 minute pilot, with the intention of using that pilot to crowdfund to film two more episodes. Admittedly, through most of this process there was a huge learning curve. All of us had come from the theatre and had never experienced film production. We successfully reached our crowdfunding in late 2018 and went into pre-production to film the remaining two episodes in 2019. Since we put most of our budget into production, we greatly underestimated our post-production needs as many first time producers do, and needed to hold off on starting post-production until we recouped finances. Before we knew it, it was 2020, and obviously that year changed everything for my team. People started to take up other projects and interests, and in 2021 we finally completed production. We never found a home in the festival circuit, but are still incredibly proud of what we accomplished as first time producers.
Millennial, Family Drama, Adoptee, Multi-Cultural Families, Independent Television