
JoEllenMarsh,20,wantstoknowwhoherbiologicalfatheris.AllsheknowsofhimisthelabeltheCaliforniaCryobankgavehiminthe1980s:Donor150.<br/> JoEllenhasalwaysknownherfamilywasn'tlikeotherfamilies.ShegrewupinPennsylvaniawithtwomothers,andaburningcuriositytoknowmoreaboutheranonymousdonorfather.WhenJoEllendiscoversawebsitethatconnectsdonor‐conceivedchildren,shemanagestotrackdownahalf‐sisterinNewYork.TheNewYorkTimespicksupthestory,and,overtime,12morehalf‐siblingsemergeacrosstheUnitedStates.<br/> ThearticlealsofallsintothehandsofJeffreyHarrison,livingalonewithfourdogsandapigeoninabroken‐downRVinaVeniceBeachparkinglot.Inthe1980s,JeffreysupplementedhismeagerincomebybecomingaregularspermdonoratCaliforniaCryobank.Hewasgivenanidentifyingnumber:150.Inasurrealmoment,herecognizeshimselfastheunnamedcentralcharacterinthestorytoldonthefrontpageoftheNewYorkTimes.Intime,JeffreycomesforwardtoidentifyhimselfasDonor150.<br/> Inthiscascadeofrevelations,JoEllencorrespondswithhernewlydiscoveredhalf-siblings,comparingwhattheyhaveincommon,andthewaysinwhichtheyresembleoneanother.Nervousbutcurious,JoEllenwantstoarrangetomeetwithJeffrey,butsomeofherhalf-siblingsareambivalent.DanielleinNewYorkisskepticalthatshecouldhaveameaningfulrelationshipwithJeffrey.Rachelle,inMemphis,isn'tsureshewouldwanttomeethimatall.RyannandRoxanne,wholiveinCalifornia,havealreadyvisitedhimontheirown.<br/> Intheend,JoEllenfindsFletcher,her19-year-oldhalfbrother,whoagreestoaccompanyhertorendezvouswithRoxanneintheparkinglotinLosAngeleswhereJeffreylives.Intheend,itisaverymodernfamilyreunionamongpracticalstrangerswhohappentoshareDNA.Thejourneyraisesquestionsaboutwhatmakesuswhoweare,whatmakesafamily,andwhatthebravenewworldoffertilitytechnologymeansforourassumptionsaboutboth.<br/> SilverdocsDocumentaryFestival:AudienceAward<br/> TribecaFilmFestival:BestDocumentary