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(Updated February 2003)
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VIDEOS AND CASSETTE TAPES

OFFSPRING (2002)
Video featuring Barry Stevens who was born as a result of DI fifty years ago. During his search for his biological father he unearths a half brother who is also hoping to trace their past.

 

FAMILIES FROM ASSISTED CONCEPTION: HOW HAVE THEY FARED? (2001)
A set of four videos produced by Alexina Mc Whinnie of the University of Dundee which consist of a series of conversations where participants discuss important issues surrounding donor insemination. Titles can be viewed independently and include written notes with each video.

  • A FAMILY FROM DONOR INSEMINATION:
    Taking the baby home was just the beginning.

  • A FAMILY FROM DONOR INSEMINATION:
    All I wanted was a baby.

  • A DI ADULT AND HER QUEST FOR HER DONOR FATHER:
    Who was my biological father?

  • A DI ADULT AND THE LEGACY OF CHILDHOOD SECRETS:
    I wasn't the person I thought I was.
 
ARE YOU MY FATHER? (2001) Directed by Rachel Jean
A video from New Zealand which tells the story of a young woman conceived by donor insemination in the 1970's, and her search for information about the missing half of her genetic background.
 

THE CHOICES AND CHALLENGES OF DONOR INSEMINATION (1998)
An audiotape of discussion around donor conception from the Canadian Infertility Network, lead by Carol Frost Vercollone, the co-author of "Helping the Stork" Features a representative of the Xytex sperm bank in the USA, which offers donor photographs and videos, speaking about their service.

 

EGG, SPERM AND EMBRYO DONATION (1999)
Audiotape from the Canadian Infertility Network, which covers a wide range of issues. These include lessons from adoption, grief and loss in third party conception, the experiences of donor offspring, a DI Dad and single parent Mother. Also discusses egg and embryo donation and egg sharing, legal issues for lesbian families, and identity release of sperm donors

 
THE OFFSPRING SPEAK: AN INTERNATIONAL FORUM ON DONOR CONCEPTION (2000)
Video from the Canadian Infertility Network. Includes historical perspectives, personal stories from adult DI offspring, research findings, parallels between adoption and DI and a sperm bank in the USA preparing for the identity release of donors. The video is recorded on long play, and so may not be suitable for older video recorders.
 
SEEDS OF SECRECY (1993)
Video made for the BBC "Public Eye" series. The programme features the original DI Network steering group addressing issues of secrecy and openness.
 
DI:THE NEXT STEP? (1993)
HFEA video, which features three couples talking about their experiences of DI.
 
SPERM DONOR DADS (2001)
A documentary asking whether children conceived by DI should have the right to know the identity of their biological fathers
 
MODERN TIMES: THE PRICE OF EGGS (2000)
A documentary about egg donation in the USA, where donors are often paid several thousand dollars. Shows a meeting between an egg donor and the child born as a result.
 
DI NETWORK 12th MEMBERS MEETING
Video tape of an adult Donor Offspring's moving and memorable account of their experiences, as told to the London members meeting in 1999.
 
INSIDE STORY: TEST TUBE DADS (1998)
Addresses the issue of anonymity and looks at one family's experience of meeting the donor.
 
CREATING BABIES (2002)
A documentary about new reproductive techniques, including transfer of cytoplasm from donor eggs to prevent fragmentation of embryos, and ICSI
(intra-cytoplasmic sperm injection).
 
ESTHER (1995)
TV discussion featuring adult donor offspring speaking about their experiences.
 

LUNCH TIME ON MERIDIAN: DONOR CONCEPTION (2002)
TV discussion featuring a single parent of a DI conceived child.

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