
An American Love Story
1999tv
A year-and-a-half in the lives of an interracial couple and their two biracial daughters.

A year-and-a-half in the lives of an interracial couple and their two biracial daughters.
June 23, 1999.Despite all that "An American Love Story" shows of the lives of the Wilson-Sims family, certain crucial elements are missing. The film seems deliberately to avoid looking at Ms. Wilson's professional life. Since she is the family's chief breadwinner, its refusal to visit her workplace and explore what she does eight hours a day is a significant gap.
Against the backdrop of the girls' surprise anniversary dinner for their parents, Karen and Bill reflect on the early, difficult years of their relationship, which began in 1967 when they met at Indian Lake in Ohio and became friends. Their subsequent love affair unleashed a firestorm of community outrage. The family ventures to upstate New York to pick up Cicily at Colgate University, where ...