Im thrilled that the fascinating and moving documentary The Dark Matter Of Love, of which Im proud to be Associate Producer, is being shown on BBC 4 this Thursday at 10pm. Its essential viewing for anyone interested in psychology, families, love, adoption, and childrens welfare. Heres the outline... Can love be learned? That is one question at the heart of this complex story of Masha, an 11-year-old Russian girl learning to love her adoptive American family - through science. Former Disney employees Claudio and Cheryl Diaz live in a Wisconsin suburb with their biological daughter Cami. Masha isnt the only Russian child joining the Diaz family - they are also adopting twin five-year-old boys Marcel and Vadim. Nothing can prepare the Diazs for what is to come. When the reality of bonding with children who have grown up in institutions hits, the Diazes turn to Dr Robert Marvin, a developmental psychologist who has spent a lifetime creating a program that draws on the past 100 years of scientific discoveries into love. His framework draws on experiments on monkeys, birds and human children. Rare footage of these extraordinary experiments is woven through the story of Masha, Marcel and Vadim learning to love for the very first time. Director Sarah McCarthy follows the Diaz family for the first year of their new family dynamic. The ability of both parents and children to adapt over a year is extraordinary to witness in compressed time. They are a testament to the mix of perseverance, improvisation and blind faith required for parenting. The Dark Matter of Love shows we all have a lot to learn.
Posted on: Mon, 28 Oct 2013 15:45:16 +0000
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