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Sunshine

Director Karen Skloss is herself the result of an unplanned pregnancy, and now finds herself pregnant and single in her 20s. She shares this intimate story of two mothers and the circumstances that afforded them very different options.

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Independent Lens

Premiere Date

May 4, 2010

Length

60 minutes

Funding Type

Co-Production

Karen Skloss

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Karen Skloss works as a filmmaker and visual artist. Her award-winning narrative films and video installations have been shown in festivals including the International Festival Rotterdam and the Cannes market. Her short film Smitten (2001) is distributed through Hart Sharp Video. She has edited a number of feature documentaries, including Atomic Ed & the Black Hole (2002) and Be Here to Love Me: A Film About Townes Van Zandt (2005).