UN-M-OTHERED — World Premiere Film Screening
The film. The truth.
The journey home.
WINNER: Best Autobiographical Show (2022), United Solo — the world’s largest solo theatre festival
Un-M-Othered World Premiere Film Screening
The film. The truth.
The journey home.
WINNER: Best Autobiographical Show (2022), United Solo — the world’s largest solo theatre festival
For the first time, the award-winning solo performance Un-M-Othered is available as a cinematic experience. This powerful, embodied story explores adoption, identity, rage, grief, belonging, and the journey back to the self that was lost to silence.
Ready to Experience the Story That’s Rewriting the Adoption Narrative?
Join a growing community reclaiming truth, voice, and narrative power through this award-winning performance — now available as a cinematic experience.
Un-M-Othered Promo video
A Story That Breaks Silence and Builds Connection
Filmed at the University of Michigan’s Duderstadt Center, this cinematic version brings audiences into the visceral world of the stage performance. Intimate, raw, and emotionally precise, it’s crafted for adoptees, first families, adoptive families, clinicians, educators, artists, and anyone reckoning with the stories they were never allowed to tell.
Un-M-Othered is Dr. Liz DeBetta’s groundbreaking solo show about the lived experience of adoption — the fragmentation, the longing, the rage, the unraveling — and the courageous journey back to the self that was silenced.
What Your Ticket Includes
Full access to the filmed production of Un-M-Othered
Pre-Show & Post-Show Discussion Guide with trauma-informed prompts
Live Community Q&A with Dr. Liz and creative collaborator Jeremy Sortore
48-hour on-demand viewing window
Wholeness Economy Pricing
This pricing model is rooted in the Migrating Toward Wholeness ethos and reflects our commitment to access, equity, and community care. Your ticket not only keeps Un-M-Othered accessible to adoptees, first families, and all who need this story — it also helps honor the creative labor behind it. The artistic team has invested hundreds of hours writing, rehearsing, filming, and shaping this work with little to no compensation to date. These pricing tiers help sustain the people and the trauma-informed practice that made this film possible.
Choose the rate that fits your capacity.
All tiers include full access.
Community rate — $29
A welcoming, accessible rate for adoptees, first families, students, and anyone needing financial ease.
Sustainer rate — $39
Supports the real ongoing costs of production, distribution, and community programming.
Solidarity rate — $59
A pay-it-forward tier that expands access for adoptees and marginalized communities and supports future scholarship offerings.
What Audiences Say
“A work of both physical and emotional intensity… a depiction of the agony and chaotic inner world of an adoptee. It powerfully portrays the journey from the primal wound of maternal separation into reunion and healing.”
“As an adoptive parent, this should be required viewing. I left changed.”
“Blown away by Un-M-Othered. Saying all the things I never had words for!”
FAQ
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This is the professionally filmed production of the award-winning solo performance Un-M-Othered, including the work that won Best Autobiographical Show (2022) at United Solo — the world’s largest solo theatre festival. It preserves the raw, embodied intensity of the stage show while offering an intimate cinematic experience.
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Every ticket tier includes:
48-hour viewing window
Pre- and post-show discussion guide
Live community Q&A with Dr. Liz and Jeremy
Any future bonus materials added for individual viewers
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Because the work is grounded in access, equity, and community care.
The Wholeness Economy model allows you to choose the rate that fits your current capacity without explanation.$29 Community Rate: accessibility
$39 Sustainer Rate: supports real costs
$59 Solidarity Rate: pays it forward
All tiers receive the same access.
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Your ticket helps keep the film accessible and honors the creative labor behind it. The artistic team invested hundreds of uncompensated hours writing, rehearsing, filming, and shaping this work. Your contribution helps sustain future programming and trauma-informed creative practices.
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Yes. It is a permanent part of the Wholeness Economy pricing model.
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Yes. This is about capacity, not hierarchy.
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Absolutely. It resonates deeply with first parents, adoptive parents, clinicians, educators, artists, and anyone navigating trauma, identity, or truth-telling.
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Yes. Institutional licensing and partnership opportunities are available. A link will be included in the confirmation email.
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Once you click “play,” the 48-hour countdown begins.
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The film explores adoption trauma, rage, grief, and identity fragmentation. While trauma-informed, some viewers may find it activating. The guide and Q&A help support reflection and grounding.