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Intended Parents (2021)

'Intended Parents' is a short film about a Black millennial couple, seeking to expand their family through surrogacy. With one partner identifying as a transgender woman, the couple (Alexandra Grey as "Robyn" and Lawrence Locke as "Anthony") find themselves continously educating or being imprisoned by outdated traditions and opinions from loved ones. While the film explores the intersections of love, gender, surrogacy, acceptance, and desperation; the powerful couple aims to deflate multiple negative stigmas as they prepare for the life-alternating roller coaster of fertility and surrogacy.

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Top billed cast

Alexandra GreyRobyn Brown
Lawrence LockeAnthony Brown
Amanda Michelle SmithVeronica Williams
Marcc RoseGary Carter
Frederick IrvinMr. Matthews
Taylor Byron BarrFriend
Joseph BlackwellMarcus Robinson
Andre Davis Jr.Friend
Joycelyn GuarneriMama Tina
Desmond HayesMalcolm Scott

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