California Documentary Project
Preacher’s Sons
International Documentary Association
Coproducers-Codirectors Celia Reed and Mark Nealey
Chronicling the life of a gay couple and their five adopted sons
Coproducers-Codirectors Celia Reed and Mark Nealey document how the Rev. Greg Stewart and his partner Stillman White are successfully raising five African American boys adopted from California’s foster care system.
The film, shot over a five-year period, begins in Pasadena, where the Rev. Stewart is a minister, and follows the family to Stewart’s posts in Grand Rapids, Mich., Reno, Nev., and then to San Francisco, where Stewart is currently senior minister at the First Unitarian Universalist Society.
“The journey of the family is presented within the context of the ongoing national debate about foster care, gay adoption and transracial adoption,” said Coproducer Celia Reed. “The feature-length film challenges common preconceptions – on both sides of the cultural divide – about same-sex parents and their adopted children and it presents a rich body of evidence that will encourage more thoughtful discussion of this emotion-laden topic.