Officially Adopting Our Son & What the Court Process Is Like | F Word S2Ep5

If you missed season 1, watch here: The F Word follows the heartwarming story of one queer couple fostering a child in Oakland, CA. Nicole and Kristan head to court to become J's legal parents!
CREDITS
Directed by
Nicole Opper
Produced by
Kristan Cassady
Nicole Opper
Written by
Kristan Cassady
Laura Green
Nicole Opper
Co-Producer
Natalie Teter
Director of Photography
Mario Furloni
Tijana Petrovic
Mike Seely
Additional Camera
Alix Blair
Jen Gilomen
Lou Nakasako
Nicole Opper
Sound
Lauretta Molitor
Emile Bokaer
Additional Sound
Anton Herbert
Max Hirtenstein
Editor
Laura Green
Composer
Diana Sailer
Animation
Sam Berliner
Laura Green
Production Assistants
Eden Polich
Michelle Yau
Adoption and Foster Care Consultants
Nia Clark
Angela Tucker
Legal
Justine Jacobs
Additional Funding Provided by
Dave Thomas Foundation
Chicken & Egg Pictures
Seed & Spark Supporters
Special Thanks
Dependency Advocacy Center
First Place for Youth
Foster America
Thanks
Santa Clara University
Tim Rose
Mike Whalen
Preeti Mishra
AnnaLisa Chung
Claudia Miller
Carrie Lozano
Elizabeth Lo
Karim Ahmad
Kristina Motwani
Nels Bangerter
Rodrigo Reyes
Eugene Yi
Emily Cohen Ibañez
David Feliz Sutcliffe
Débora Souza Silva
Contessa Gayles
Jen Bradwell
Kate McLean
Rhonda Roorda
Daniel Chien
Claire Weissbluth
Katie Patterson
Samantha Cooper
Thank you to our participants:
Noel Anaya
Elisha Mitchell
Katarina Kabick
Lawrence Newsome
Sherry Lachman
Angela Tucker
Avery Klein-Cloud
Artrese Morrison, Alice Jordan, and DJ
Mike and Betty Opper
Ann Poppe and Richard Opper
The Cassady Family
Collier Meyerson
Sharon Anderson
Jaclene Camacho
David Shuster
Victoria Ruiz
Linda Jordan
Ellie DeJong
Mario Montemayor
Judge Elizabeth Lee
Melissa Kertz
Sandy DeLeon
Emilio Perdomo
Zoe Pappis
Marguerite Mackenzie
Rabbi Dev Noily
Shulamit Wise Fairman
Hiba Ahmed
Tracy Hanna & Family
Don Romesburg, David Jon Mould & Family
Sheena Haskin & Family
Additional Music
The Peacock
Writer and composer: Abdelrahman Elrayah
Additional Photos courtesy of
Kyle Glenn
Debbie Lee
Additional Footage courtesy of
Ben Fee
Footage from “Off and Running” courtesy of
Nicole Opper
Based on the Series, THE F WORD, a Co-Production of NICOLE OPPER PRODUCTIONS, LLC and INDEPENDENT TELEVISION SERVICE (ITVS), with funding provided by CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING
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