Open Call Recipients: Melanie Judd and Susan Motamed, Filmmakers of ADOPT ME, MICHAEL JORDAN

ITVS’s Open Call provides finishing funds for single non-fiction or animation public television programs on any subject and from any viewpoint. Projects must have begun production as evidenced by a work-in-progress video.

Check out the clip below with filmmakers Melanie Judd and Susan Motamed, who received Open Call funds for their film ADOPT ME, MICHAEL JORDAN, which offers an intimate look at the struggle to create an identity in the aftermath of adoption across race and culture. Learn more about their film and the universal themes explored such as being an adolescent and searching for what it means to belong to somewhere.