Filling in the Blanks

Aug 15, 2023

1h 34m

★ 5.5

When your parent's biggest secret is YOU!

Overview

Where do I come from? For some, the question has a simple answer -- for others, the truth can be much more complicated. With the rise in popularity of at-home DNA tests, it's now easier than ever for people to uncover their family history and, sometimes, things their parents wish would stay buried. Interested in learning more about his family heritage, director Jon Baime took an at-home DNA test and uncovered a family secret that has been hidden for half a century. Featuring in-depth interviews with Jon's siblings as well as a treasure trove of family photos and films spanning 70 years, FILLING IN THE BLANKS takes audiences on a journey as Jon explores the meaning behind his discovery and expands on what it means to be family.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Jon Baime Productions

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Cast

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Jon Baime

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Philip Schaefer

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Eric Baime

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David Baime

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7.4

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8.8

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7.5

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0.0

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0.0

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6.4

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0.0

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0.0

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0.0

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8.5

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No overview available.

0.0

Quarantine

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0.0

Destruction of the Berlin Wall

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0.0

Marriage of Miss Rossalyn Weinbaum to Mr A. Goide

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0.0

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10.0

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3.3

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6.3

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8.0

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In 1983, the director’s 24-year-old sister developed symptoms of schizophrenia. Her parents couldn’t accept it—refusing to seek treatment for their sick child, they confined her to their house, to the point of even fixing a padlock on the front door to lock her in. Her younger brother, suspicious of his parents’ actions, began filming the family in an effort to openly question them. A family conflict that lasted over twenty years.

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