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# Mother(s) & Son
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/show/reel-south/specials/mothers-son-05oyaw/
- Published: 2024-04-02T22:47:24.000Z
- Updated: 2025-08-21T14:43:17.000Z
- Description: A filmmaker records her wife’s introduction to motherhood, finding purpose in the process.
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: REEL SOUTH, #ZZZ_Show_e4d3cb42-7b6d-4526-867c-203fbf7ef532, #geo-us, #v1.7, #ZZZ_Special_23c4cf19-9b76-4e6d-bde5-338f2aa2995c, #special

Capturing her wife’s journey of high-risk pregnancy, birth, and early motherhood, a North Carolina filmmaker confronts her own fear and insecurity surrounding the adventures of parenthood—all while completing the adoption process for her new-born son, as required by gender-restrictive state laws.