I met Tim on 23rd street near sixth avenue. He was sitting on the sidewalk with his back against a shuttered storefront. Before him perched a small hand-lettered cardboard sign that read:
Please Help
My dad passed away on Thursday
I am trying to get home for the
funeral and to be with my family
I only need $49 $39 more for a bus
Im not perfect but I wouldn’t lie about this
I told him I’d give him the money if I could use him for my art project. I told him I’d buy him a suit for his father’s funeral as well.
Alex Gaylon, an adopted student at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, looks for his birth-mother and films the process for his documentary film class. He gets advice from his parents, his film crew, a fellow adoptee, and finds his birth-mother’s information on Google.com. Finally, he attempts to contact his birth mother through the telephone, and what he finds on the other end of the phone line is much more than he ever could have expected…
