Summaries

A white woman has an affair with a married African-American basketball star and challenges him for custody of their mixed-race son. Based on a true story.

In Vancouver, black professional basketball star Tyler 'Ty' Rivers has an adulterous affair with white "party animal" Nicole Alpern. When she announces the pill failed, he questions his paternity and dumps her. A few months after Noah's birth Ty demands his rights as a father, supported by his black wife, Beverly, with whom he raises two daughters. Only her remarried father stands by Nicole after her lawyer, Henry Wong, dumps her as an impossibly unpredictable, incorrigible client. No one offers to step in, except brilliant young attorney, Peter Marcheson, who wants the high-profile exposure and agrees to take the case pro bono. Marcheson wins the case, but Ty's lawyer, Daniel Gibson, takes it to the British Columbia court of Appeal, where he wins based on a racial prejudice experience argumentation. Now only the Supreme Court of Canada could set a precedent and reverse the decision.—KGF Vissers

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Keywords
  • father son relationship
  • medical examination
  • trial
  • basketball
  • biracial child
Genres
  • Drama
  • Biography
Release date Apr 4, 2009
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) TV-14
Countries of origin Canada
Language English
Filming locations Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Production companies Granada America Force Four Entertainment Custody Productions

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Tech specs

Runtime 1h 25m
Color Color
Sound mix Stereo
Aspect ratio 1.78 : 1

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