“Before Us” is a feature-length documentary that reflects on 1960s counterculture, adoption practices in North America, and changing family structures. The film takes an unconventional approach to the adoption narrative, uncovering the ramifications of my family’s secrets and placing them within the context of a counterculture that devalued women and children, an adoption industry that viewed illegitimate pregnancy as a pathology, and a society without easy access to birth control.
