But I didn't have the money. You're here because I didn't have the money. Your friends would be safe. Don't miss it. Cross wants to know why her mother Norma, gave her to black friends to raise in the late 1950s.
Many TV movies try to tell stories about mothers and daughters.
Few have the feeling and understanding of this documentary, which makes important points about identity, race and family. It cuts through the glossiness and silliness of television to say something profound. It is a personal travelogue that exposes the culture at large. With easy but unyielding grace, Cross interviews family and friends to understand the father she never knew and the mother she never talked with, allowing us to witness each discovery with her. Along daunting than race, identity, class, family, regret, love, and mothers and daughters.