Short film

Unplanned Parenthood
2021 · 15 min
A quiet, intimate short that sits with a young woman's impossible choice, heavy with feeling but never melodramatic.
- Directed by
- Leah Sherman-Weiner
- Starring
- Shannon Domingsil, Danielle Guthrie, Paul Burt
- Overview
- A young adoptee has an unplanned pregnancy and must decide between dropping her dreams for her life after college and future career to raise the child, or saying goodbye to her only known kin before she's even given them a chance.
- How it feels
- Melancholic, earnest, tense and warm. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
- About
- Family, identity, parenthood, coming-of-age
- Content
- Mild language. No violence, gore or sexual content.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Leah Sherman-Weiner
- Starring
- Shannon Domingsil, Danielle Guthrie, Paul Burt

