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Our Father is an American Netflix original documentary film directed by Lucie Jourdan [1] and produced by Michael Petrella and Jason Blum. [2] Its story follows former Indianapolis-based fertility doctor Donald Cline, who, in a case of fertility fraud, used his own sperm to impregnate dozens of unsuspecting patients.
Our Father. Jacoba Ballard was an only child, conceived via donor sperm, who always dreamed of having a brother or sister. An at-home DNA test led her to the discovery of not one but seven half...
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- Crime, Documentary
- Lucie Jourdan
May 11, 2022 · Director Lucie Jourdan’s “Our Father,” a frustrating, tawdry documentary, rips a headline for trashy dramatic beats of an Indianapolis fertility doctor who inseminated an untold number of women with his sperm.
- How One Woman Discovered She Had Dozens of Half-Siblings
- Our Father Alleges Donald Cline Was Motivated by Religion
- A Lack of Justice For The Victims
Jacoba Ballard’s life changed after she took an at-home DNA test and learned she had seven half-siblings. After reaching out to her newfound family members and researching the mystery of their shared relation, Ballard and her siblings soon discovered with horror what their parents’ trusted doctor had done. The number of confirmed siblings continued...
Our Father suggests Cline may have been motivated by ideology born of his affiliation with an extremist Christian sect called “Quiverfull,” which encourages followers to reproduce as prolifically as possible to meet God’s mandate to “be fruitful and multiply,” and install adherents in positions of power. Surveying the blonde hair and blue eyes of m...
Our Father’s main focus is on highlighting the lack of legal recourse afforded to the siblings and their parents. By the time the children of Cline’s former patients began to uncover the extent of his crimes in 2015, he was well into retirement, living in Indianapolis, Indiana. They contacted the offices of the Marion County prosecutor and attorney...
- 2 min
- Lindsay Lee Wallace
May 12, 2022 · A new documentary tells the story of siblings who unite to bring to justice the fertility specialist who impregnated their mothers with his sperm without consent. Share full article. Jacoba Ballard...
Our Father in US theaters May 11, 2022. A top fertility doctor had a sickening secret: he was using his own sperm. Decades later, his “children” band together to pursue justice.
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May 11, 2022 · Our Father (2022) Netflix's Our Father documentary tells the true story of Dr. Donald Cline, a fertility doctor who inseminated his patients with his own sperm in Indianapolis.