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Extended Family

2016 / 31 minutes

Directed by: Ramona Sonderegger

Anthropologist: Ramona Sonderegger

Country of production: United Kingdom Switzerland

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This films offers an intimate insight into the lives of two same-sex families who found a way to create themselves within a legal grey area in Switzerland. Swiss law bans adoption and access to assisted reproductive medicine by same-sex couples. The families portrayed in this film therefore do not officially exist. Nevertheless, it has been estimated that there are between 6,000 and 30,000 children living in such ‘non-existent’ rainbow families across the country.

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Language and subtitles: Swiss German with English Subtitles

Location(s) depicted: Switzerland

Region: Western Europe

Country: Switzerland

Keywords: LGBTQI* Family / Kinship Sex / Sexuality Law and Legislation / Bureaucracy

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