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American Baby

2026

A hushed, intimate portrait that asks you to sit with silence and read the small fractures of a family's life.

Directed by
Raymond Knudsen
Genres
Documentary
Overview
A Filipino immigrant and her charismatic American husband, a casket salesman, share a life shaped by sacrifice and silence, as their child revisits the fragile promise of the American Dream inside the quiet fractures of their marriage.
How it feels
Melancholic, earnest and warm. Slow-burning and demanding.
About
Immigration, family, identity, isolation
Content
Mild language. No violence, gore or sexual content.
Note
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Directed by
Raymond Knudsen
Genres
Documentary
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action0
Horror0
Humour2
Realism9
Romance3
Tension3
Darkness5
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
documentary
Directed by
Raymond Knudsen
Starring
Diosdada Knudsen, Mark Knudsen, Gerald Knudsen, Raymond Knudsen
Cinematography
Robert Bevis
Country
United States of America
Languages
English, Tagalog

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