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Family Values
| Length: | 56 min |
| Released: | 1996 |
| Ages: |
College Adult |
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This intensely personal film documents lesbian videomaker Pam Walton's attempt to reconcile with her long estranged father. It is also her search for what "family" means to her.
After her mother's death and her father's remarriage, her father Rus Walton broke off ties with his daughters. He evolved into a right wing fundamentalist and a "family values" activist. In his writing he considered invoking the death penalty for practicing homosexuals.
Although Pam surrounded herself with a new lesbian family of nurturing and supportive friends, she yearned for her blood ties. Despite the emotional cost, she made repeated attempts to connect with him. This emotional saga is a journey through uncharted "family" terrain, evoking suspense, pain and wisdom. Told in the form of a video diary, Family Values shows how the longing for parental acceptance can never be extinguished.
After her mother's death and her father's remarriage, her father Rus Walton broke off ties with his daughters. He evolved into a right wing fundamentalist and a "family values" activist. In his writing he considered invoking the death penalty for practicing homosexuals.
Although Pam surrounded herself with a new lesbian family of nurturing and supportive friends, she yearned for her blood ties. Despite the emotional cost, she made repeated attempts to connect with him. This emotional saga is a journey through uncharted "family" terrain, evoking suspense, pain and wisdom. Told in the form of a video diary, Family Values shows how the longing for parental acceptance can never be extinguished.
"It's perfect for my course 'The Vanishing Father.' It connects family values, love, commitment and heterosexuals and homosexuals." Charles Nisbit, Evergreen State College
"...a stunning document, a generous confidence shared with the viewer, haunting in its implications, so human and warm and universal in its perspective." Timothy J. Lyons, Editor, 'International Documentary'
"...a stunning document, a generous confidence shared with the viewer, haunting in its implications, so human and warm and universal in its perspective." Timothy J. Lyons, Editor, 'International Documentary'
Windy City International Documentary Festival, 1999
Lesbian and Gay Film Festivals, 1997: Toronto, Houston
Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival, 1996
San Francisco Lesbian and Gay Film Festival, 1996
National Women's Studies Association, 1996
Bronze Apple, National Educational Film & Video Festival, 1996
Lesbian and Gay Film Festivals, 1997: Toronto, Houston
Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival, 1996
San Francisco Lesbian and Gay Film Festival, 1996
National Women's Studies Association, 1996
Bronze Apple, National Educational Film & Video Festival, 1996
