Should We Kid Or Not?
Family Pressure vs. Family Support
Episodes
Should We Kid or Not? Episode 1
Family Pressure vs. Family Support
Should We Kid or Not? Episode 2
Being Fruitful vs. Being Green
Should We Kid or Not? Episode 3
Kids vs. No Kids: Gay Men and Parenthood
Should We Kid or Not? Episode 4
Too Old vs. Too Young To Be a Mom
Should We Kid or Not? Episode 5
Childfree vs. Childless
About the Documentary
To kid or not to kid, that is the question. Reproductive choice is often a taboo subject, and in this web series, strangers from all walks of life tackle and debate hot-button topics like sterilization, adoption, and teen pregnancy. Grab a ringside seat and ask yourself, Should We Kid or Not?
The Filmmakers
Maxine Trump
Maxine Trump’s last feature documentary, Musicwood, was a New York Times Critics’ Pick, a festival award-winner and played in theaters, on airlines and TV networks around the world. Maxine has directed both long and short documentaries for the TV networks Discovery, TNT, Sundance Channel, BBC, TLC, etc. She worked at the BBC in London for seven years as a development executive for scripted comedy before emigrating to the USA, working as a TV commercial director and producer for eight years.
Dorottya Mathe
Dorottya Mathe is a New York based Producer from Hungary with nearly two decades of experience in the television and film industry. She enjoys collaborating with international cast and crew on eclectic projects for various mediums including slow-motion video installations for the Lincoln Center; dance-theatre-opera for BAC; non-profit documentary about NYC‘s largest public art project – Sing for Hope: Pop-Up Pianos; retrospective music documentary on a garage-rock band The Fleshtones; indie fiction films such as The Independents, a modern folk ’n roll fable; Impossible Monsters, a psychological thriller. Dorottya has been a producing instructor for the Documentary Faculty at the New York Film Academy since 2010.