Written and directed by Albert, The Commitment returned to its home state of Massachusetts today for qFLIX Worcester at the historic 2,300-seat Hanover Theater. The film screened in the shorts program Diversity Rules: LGBTQ Shorts “We Are Everyone and Everywhere”. Albert and producer Richard Possemato were in attendance.
The Commitment stars Albert and Jason Lane Fenton as gay adoptive parents, Mary Niederkorn as the social worker facilitating the adoption, and Kerri Patterson as the Asian-American birthmother. Richard Propes of The Independent Critic wrote, “Emotional resonance, joy and heartbreak…indeed, this is a film that would be difficult to pull off if not for its tremendously talented cast.” The film has screened at over 30 film festivals on four continents and won multiple awards, most notably edging out Oscar®-nominated Moonrise Kingdom to win a 2013 NASW Media Award. The film is available at Amazon.com on the compilation Green Briefs. The film is produced by Albert M. Chan, Richard Possemato, Aaron Howland, and Seth Howland.