I Lived On Parker Avenue

College student David Scotton, a handsome, outdoorsy fellow raised by adoptive parents Jimmy and Susan Scotton in Louisiana, has always known that he is adopted, and knows the names of his birth parents. Now ready to meet them, David reaches out with the blessing of his extended Scotton family, and arrangements are made for a face-to-face encounter. What follows is a lovely, heartwarming series of events, made even sweeter by Jimmy and Susan’s demonstrative compassion shown to birth mother Melissa Coles and father Brian Nicholas, and by David’s bonus introductions to two little sisters. The joy is palpable, and even if I Lived On Parker Avenue carries a less-than-subtle, anti-abortion subtext (Melissa was about to abort David when she changed her mind and put him up for adoption), this short documentary is not a diatribe but rather a human story of reconciliation and the expansiveness of love. Recommended. Aud: P. (T. Keogh)