Brown Bread: The Story of an Adoptive Family

Brown Bread is a personal documentary about what it means to grow up in an adoptive family. In the hills of Northern California, an unusual family gathers for their reunion. As they join hands around the table, their colorful mix of races looks like the American dream of integration. It started with a vision. The grandparents recall how in the 1970s they began to adopt. Scenes from the week-long reunion are intercut with images from their adult children's daily lives. Their ability to laugh and to love across boundaries of social and racial division made this family possible. But their differences still drive them apart.

Keywords

  • civil society
  • family
  • relationship
  • youth

Actors

  • Peter Gross, Margot Gross, James Gross, Sarah Gross, Michael Gross, Sebastian Gross, Daniel Gross, Adam Gross

Director

  • Sarah Gross

Documentary, Independent


1h 27min


16+

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United States of America
Germany
2014
Adoption gave the same last name to six children from very different backgrounds. But what does it mean to integrate race and class into one family?

Adoption gave the same last name to six children from very different backgrounds. But what does it mean to integrate race and class into one family?


Brown Bread is a personal documentary about what it means to grow up in an adoptive family.

In the hills of Northern California, an unusual family gathers for their reunion. As they join hands around the table, their colorful mix of races looks like the American dream of integration.


It started with a vision. The grandparents recall how in the 1970s they began to adopt. Scenes from the week-long reunion are intercut with images from their adult children's daily lives. Their ability to laugh and to love across boundaries of social and racial division made this family possible. But their differences still drive them apart.

Cast & Crew