Missed Conceptions

Description

New York International Film Awards – Grand Jury Award for Best Feature Documentary

Spotlight Documentary Film – Award for Excellence in Filmmaking

Impact DOCs – Award of Recognition

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Synopsis

A woman embarks on a journey to learn about the father she was never supposed to know.

After a life-long search, a woman discovers and attempts to get to know her deceased, sperm donor father— doctor, scientist, prolific artist—making even more discoveries along the way.

Donna Marvin-Platt’s mother was artificially inseminated in the early 1960s, and it wasn’t until Donna was about 30 that she learned she was donor-conceived. At the time she was conceived, the donor system was one of anonymity, and her parents signed a contract with the fertility clinic promising that they would never seek out the donor’s identity.

After over 20 years of searching, Donna finally discovered the identity of her biological father through a DNA test, and she learned by way of a paternal cousin that her biological father had been a doctor, an artist and a humanitarian. Though he had already passed, she interviews his closest friends and, through these conversations, learns about her father and uncovers so many shared characteristics.

Missed Conceptions serves as a way of connecting Donna with the father she never met and provides a voice for those in the donor-conceived community who desire to know and/or have a relationship with their genetic parents.

Director

Donna Marvin-Platt

Donna is an award-winning Art Director, Writer, and Comedienne with over 30 years of creative direction experience in the field of medical advertising. She has acted, sang, and performed sketch comedy at such venues as Carolines, NYC. She also wrote and produced the one-person show “Life in the Short Lane” which she performed at the 78th Street Street Theatre Lab in NYC. Her last film was the comedic short, “Mini Happy Returns”, which was presented at the New York International Independent Film and Video Festival. This is her first feature documentary.