Nuclear Family
Ry Russo-Young turns the camera on her own past to explore the meaning of family.
- Metascore83
- 2021-2021
- 1 season
- HBO
- Documentary
- TV-MA
Ry Russo-Young turns the camera on her own past to explore the meaning of family.
Season 1 Episode Guide
3 Episodes 2021
Episode 1
Episode One
Sun, Sep 26, 2021 58 mins
As new fertility options emerge in the early '80s, lesbian partners Robin Young and Sandy Russo look to start their own family by seeking sperm donors. What begins as an unconventional yet warm arrangement with second daughter Ry's donor becomes increasingly fraught as he pursues more rights over her life.
Episode 2
Episode Two
Sun, Oct 3, 2021 54 mins
Embroiled in a landmark court case over paternal rights, Ry and her mothers navigate a painful legal battle that threatens their family's very existence and places nine-year-old Ry at the center of a four-year lawsuit.
Episode 3
Episode #1.3
Sun, Oct 10, 2021 52 mins
Director Ry Russo-Young shares how her parents pioneered gay parenthood in the '80s, and the legal battle that threatened to tear their family apart.
