This new online documentary speaks to the issues related to adoptee access to their original birth certificates. It is “Vital Records,” a 20 minute film by Jean Strauss, and can be found at http://web.mac.com/fbeavers/iWeb/Access%202006/Movie.html.  In the voices of birth parents, adoptive parents, adoptees, and their allies we hear rebutted all of the arguments presented against access. It is persuasive, poignant, and powerful, reinforcing the imperative that every adoptee must have the right to their original birth certificate. read more…