Polyandry Documentary

[joreth]

I received a notice that a UK production company wants to make a documentary about polyandrous-LIKE relationships for TLC. They are specifically looking for women with multiple partners, but are flexible on how many partners, whether they are live-in partners or not, and whether the males also have partners.  They just want to focus on the female perspective of multiple partnerships in opposition to the Fundie Mormon picture.  I have exchanged many email correspondences with the producer and I am comfortable recommending them to anyone else who thinks they may be interested in participating. Unfortunately, the Polyamory Media Association is not yet live, so I do not have my database of poly people interested in the media to refer to, so I'm posting this here. Please feel free to contact me for more information about my exchanges with this company or contact them directly:

> > > The documentary is currently in development for the TLC network. We aim to
> > > produce an insightful 1 hour observational factual film about various
> > > polyandrous situations and ask questions such as: Does this point to a
> > > future family model in the United States? What are the advantages of living
> > > in a polyandrous situation? What does it say about the empowerment of women?
> > > Does it make it easier to provide a home for children both financially and
> > > emotionally with the extra support? We would love to speak to people in this
> > > type of situation, even if they would prefer not to appear on film, for
> > > research purposes so that we can build a well-informed picture of the
> > > movement and what it means. Getting in contact with us by no means
> > > constitutes an agreement to participate in the documentary.

> > > BARNABY.LANKESTER-OWEN@ITN.CO.UK 
> > > WWW.ITN.CO.UK <http://www.itn.co.uk/> 

Comments

[phyrra.livejournal.com]

Hm, wonder if my guys would be up for this.

[joreth]

Well, your setup is definitely more "polyandrous" than mine, just make sure you all are comfortable with speaking to the media and know how to tailor your speech to avoid being taken out of context and such. And, also, make sure you're prepared for the exposure.

Of course, they do also mention that they're interested in talking to people even if they don't want to appear on film, for research for the show.