Andrea James

Instant Family: Alec Mapa's "Baby Daddy" at Out on Film

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By MYKE JOHNS & JOHN LEMLEY
Audiences may recognize the name Alec Mapa for his work as a stand-up comedian or his recurring roles on TVā€™s Desperate Housewives and Ugly Betty or from the film Marley & Me. Since 2010, another role that Mapa has conquered is that of ā€œfather.ā€ Alec and his husband adopted a five-year-old African American boy and the story of that life-changing event is at the center of Alec Mapa: Baby Daddy, screening this weekend at Out on Film, an LGBT film festival in Atlanta. Mapa and the filmā€™s director Andrea James joined us in the studio to talk about the film and about the adventures of adoption for a 21st century gay couple.

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