Nuclear Family

Story Line

Ry Russo-Young turns the camera on her own past to explore the meaning of family. In the late 70s/early 80s, when the concept of a gay family was inconceivable to most, Ry and her sister Cade were born to two lesbian mothers through sperm donors. Ry’s idyllic childhood was threatened by an unexpected lawsuit which sent shockwaves through her family’s lives and continues to reverberate today.

“Divided they fall.”

Top Cast

Sandy Russo

Self

Robin Young

Self

Ry Russo-Young

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Cade Russo-Young

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Tom Steel

Self (archive footage)

Jacob Aaron Estes

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