Zoe Baxter has spent ten years trying to get pregnant, and after
multiple miscarriages and infertility issues, it looks like her dream is
about to come true – she is seven months pregnant. But a terrible turn
of events leads to a nightmare – one that takes away the baby she has
already fallen for; and breaks apart her marriage to Max.
In the aftermath, she throws herself into her career as a music
therapist – using music clinically to soothe burn victims in a hospital;
to help Alzheimer’s patients connect with the present; to provide
solace for hospice patients. When Vanessa – a guidance counselor -- asks
her to work with a suicidal teen, their relationship moves from
business to friendship and then, to Zoe’s surprise, blossoms into love.
When Zoe allows herself to start thinking of having a family, again, she
remembers that there are still frozen embryos that were never used by
herself and Max.
Meanwhile, Max has found peace at the bottom of a bottle – until he is redeemed by an evangelical church, whose charismatic pastor – Clive Lincoln – has vowed to fight the “homosexual agenda” that has threatened traditional family values in America. But this mission becomes personal for Max, when Zoe and her same-sex partner say they want permission to raise his unborn child.
SING YOU HOME explores what it means to be gay in today’s world, and how reproductive science has outstripped the legal system. Are embryos people or property? What challenges do same-sex couples face when it comes to marriage and adoption? What happens when religion and sexual orientation – two issues that are supposed to be justice-blind – enter the courtroom? And most importantly, what constitutes a “traditional family” in today’s day and age?
