Would You Have Kids to Save Your Relationship?

A same-sex couple shares their surrogacy journey and parenting story with Cristino, a 24-year-old gay man who isn't at all sure if he wants kids. Jeff and Tom prod Cristino by asking "would you have kids to save your relationship?" But Jeff also flashes back to his own youth, wondering whether having the full "gay experience" was necessary before settling down into fatherhood. To have or have not, that is the question.

Kids vs. No Kids: Gay Men and Parenthood | Should We Kid or Not? Ep. 3

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Writer | Director
Maxine Trump

Executive Producers for Independent Lens
Sally Jo Fifer
Lois Vossen

Producers
Dorottya Mathe
Maxine Trump

Series Producer
Pamela Torno

Supervising Producer for ITVS
Clare Chambers

Director of Photography
Hiroshi Hara

Editor
Josh Granger

Casting Associate
Martine Phelan-Roberts

Production Designer
Jesika Farkas

Sound Recordist
Nikola Chapelle

Production Coordinator for ITVS
Susan Cohen

Makeup Artist | Hair Stylist
Daurisa Tessier

Camera Operator | Gaffer
Andrew Keefe

Camera PA
Mollie Moore

Art PA
Jack Dobens

Set PA
Serena Smith

DIT | Behind The Scenes Photographer
Kuldeep Sah Gangola

Driver
Igeoma "Ejoma" Simon

Colorist
Kyle I. Kelley

ReRecording Mixer Clean Cuts
Archie Moore

Intern
Adrian Korin

Music Courtesy of
APM Music

Filmed at
Attic Studios

Insurance Provided by
Film Emporium

Makeup Supply Provided by
MAC Cosmetics
Fenty Beauty
Smashbox

SHOULD WE KID OR NOT? is a co-production of HITMAN PRODUCTIONS, LLC and INDEPENDENT TELEVISION SERVICE (ITVS), with funding provided by the CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING (CPB)

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