_A Kid with 10 Parents_ pitch
In _A Kid with 10 Parents_, climate scientist Jonah Strauch tries to save the world from overpopulation and collapse, and has to deepen in love each time he meets indifference--even his own family. As this one-hour, streaming drama begins, Jonah is telling one of his grad students his saying that he can only afford to have one 10th of a child with the planet's carrying capacity. But this is only theory until his parents' mortality begins to show, and in a lapse of self-control, he posts the idea online of co-parenting with nine other adults. To his surprise, someone responds--and now he actually has experience being a father. I didn't realize until a few months ago that I want to be a father. I live as sustainably as I can each day, in all my choices, heating with wood, starting to grow my own food. And the odd thing is, it's a lot more joyful than I had feared. But when the "have courage and get your baby" trend started, I felt the poignancy of both sides of...