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This week’s release tells a touching story of love, family, and the emotional journey of adoption. Follow the heartfelt path of grown children who spark a quest for identity and a deeper understanding of family. You can catch this movie and many more on our platform.

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Such is Life

Three adopted siblings deal with the fallout after the tragic and unexpected death of their parents. Each receive a folder containing the information of their respective biological families, sending them on their own respective journeys.

Creator: Zach Shinske

Q: What was the inspiration behind the film?

A: In 2017, I was an ambitious actor who kept being told "no" fresh out of my conservatory training. I produced an Off-Broadway production but was very eager to transition to film/television. I had a vision for a story I wanted to tell, one from the perspective of an adoptee. I felt like my perspective had been hugely overlooked in the film/television/theatre world, and I wanted to tell a story that was as authentic as possible. I wanted to make a television show that was diverse and toed the line between drama and comedy, and ultimately settled on the story of a blended family with three adopted siblings trying to make their way through tragedy while trying to sort through their respective feelings about their identity as an adoptee. The adoptee community is incredibly diverse in thoughts and opinions, each forged through their own circumstances, so it was important to me to capture as many viewpoints as possible. So I bought an Ipad, and slowly but surely started to teach myself the ropes of screenwriting and formatting. In 2018, co-producers and I filmed a 25 minute pilot, with the intention of using that pilot to crowdfund to film two more episodes. Admittedly, through most of this process there was a huge learning curve. All of us had come from the theatre and had never experienced film production. We successfully reached our crowdfunding in late 2018 and went into pre-production to film the remaining two episodes in 2019. Since we put most of our budget into production, we greatly underestimated our post-production needs as many first time producers do, and needed to hold off on starting post-production until we recouped finances. Before we knew it, it was 2020, and obviously that year changed everything for my team. People started to take up other projects and interests, and in 2021 we finally completed production. We never found a home in the festival circuit, but are still incredibly proud of what we accomplished as first time producers.

Q: What is your favorite city?

A: The entire Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan

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