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‘Spermworld’ Documentary Introduces the ‘Sperm Kings’ Who Use Facebook to Donate to Dozens — or Hundreds — of Women
In Hulu documentary 'Spermworld,' director Lance Oppenheim looks at sperm donors and prospective parents using Facebook groups to connect.
A lack of inventory and the high cost of traditional sperm banks had spawned, so to speak, a network of Facebook groups that enable prospective mothers to solicit donations from men who were eager to help them. The film mostly follows three donors and several prospective moms who agreed to let Oppenheim follow them with his camera: Nagel, a teacher who travels the world in an effort to meet up with the children he has biologically fathered and remain some small part of their lives, despite his mother’s discomfort with the idea; Stefan, a recently-divorced man who is looking to form a deeper friendship with his recipients, such as Rachel, a young woman grappling with cystic fibrosis; and Tyree, who loves helping people but whose own partner is struggling to conceive. The intimate scenes of their lives include children coming to understand what it means to have a donor who drops in every so often, tense donation sessions in suburban motels and witnessing the crushing disappointment of women who aren’t able to conceive.
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