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Behind the Lens: Off and Running

Filmmaker Nicole Opper and producer Sharese Bullock talk about "Off and Running," a coming-of-age tale about Avery Klein-Cloud, a teenage adoptee with who lives in Brooklyn with two Jewish moms and two adopted brothers. The film follows her search for her birth family and her identity.

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