Lisa Cholodenko

Studio 360

Hollywood never produced a realistic movie about lesbian parents – until 2010’s “The Kids Are All Right.” It tells the story of two moms and their sperm donor, and it’s now up for several Oscars. Last summer the writer-director Lisa Cholodenko told Kurt how she managed to make an accessible, touching film out of what could have been an outsider art-house flick.

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