“This special story has the ability to change lives”

Jenny Whitman, Executive Director, MOEBLUS SYNDROME FOUNDATION

“An intimate, remarkably candid journey that features stunning visuals”

Mathew carey, DEADLINE

For Broadway performer Randi, birthing her son felt triumphant, then confusing as he was whisked away to the NICU. When doctors shared that Moses was profoundly disabled and faced a tenuous future, Randi fell into a well of grief before unearthing a new language by which to learn and love her son – one born and honed in the body. Randi’s story laces together family, queerness and disability with vulnerability. Hers is a parenting journey we rarely speak openly about in our culture. HOLDING MOSES illuminates the often invisible story of the caregiver and sparks conversations that help shift the shame narrative around the stunning challenges and surprising gifts that come with the birth of a child with a disability.

Screenings

HOLDING MOSES is available on the New Yorker website and continues to screen with festivals and organizations around the world! You can host an in-person or virtual screening for your group too. Medical institutions, rare disease foundations, disability groups, LGBTQ+ centers, educators, corporations and community groups can screen the film and hold meaningful discussions around journeys of ableism, making caregiving visible and LGBTQ+ families. Get in touch to learn more.

“…parents of children with disabilities will find … a genuine, sensitive, and compelling account of the doubts, trials, and tribulations (and the joys) they faced when their children were young. Educators may well see it … as a path to greater empathy for the lives of families that include a child with a disability.”

– Special Education Today

For screening inquiries, please contact Frankly Speaking Films.

Team

DIRECTOR – Rivkah Beth Medow

PRODUCER & CO-DIRECTOR – Jen Rainin

CINEMATOGRAPHER – Clare Major

EDITOR – Greg O’Toole

ASSISTANT EDITOR – Kylee Acevedo

SOUND – Danielle Dupre

COLOR – Ana Escorse / Studio Feather

CC & AD – Cheryl Green

CONSULTING PRODUCER – Marc Smolowitz