Stuck on Film

Stuck on Film

The trailer provides some sobering numbers: On average, international adoptions take three years and cost $28,000. And those adoptions have decreased about 50 percent in the past five years. The film Stuck is a tear-jerker, that’s for sure. But the film also addresses the politics behind international adoptions. And, the film says, how to fix them. Stuck has been traveling to cities across the county and makes a stop in Milwaukee tonight. The journey ends in Washington, D.C., on May 17 for the Step Forward for Orphans March. The film screens tonight at AMC Mayfair at 7 p.m. and will…

The trailer provides some sobering numbers: On
average, international adoptions take three years and cost $28,000. And those
adoptions have decreased about 50 percent in the past five years.

The film Stuck is a tear-jerker, that’s for sure.
But the film also addresses the politics behind international adoptions. And,
the film says, how to fix them.

Stuck has been traveling to cities across the county
and makes a stop in Milwaukee tonight. The journey ends in Washington, D.C., on
May 17 for the Step Forward for Orphans March. The film screens tonight at AMC
Mayfair at 7 p.m. and will feature a Q&A with producer
Craig Juntunen and international adoption
attorney Kelly Ensslin. If you can’t make tonight’s
screening, you can stream or download the film for
$12.99.

Abby Callard was an assistant editor at Milwaukee Magazine from 2012-2014. Her journalistic pursuits have seen her covering the Hispanic community in mid-Missouri, politics in Washington, D.C., art and culture for Smithsonian magazine, the social enterprise space in India and health care in Chicago. Abby has a degree in journalism from the University of Missouri.