John H. LaDue, Jr.

Hello! I'm John LaDue, Jr. and I'm a filmmaker, director and storyteller. I'm currently working on an important documentary called "Mommy or Daddy?"

This film is a real life look at the devastation children experience in Japan when the trauma of divorce hits their family. In Japan, it's common place for one parent to prevent the other from having any access to the children. The result is years of heart wrenching and long lasting anguish for the children and the “left behind” parent.

In Japan, 150,000 children - 410 children per day - are abducted from their homes and communities by a parent each and every year. The child and parent alienation situation in Japan is, in reality, a horrifying "nationwide children's rights crisis with reverberating international impact."

How can this kind of thing happen? Loopholes in the legal system and lack of awareness of the longterm effects are two major factors at play.

What can you do to help make this wrong thing right? Help us tell the story and change the narrative!

Here’s how:

1. JOIN OUR TEAM. We need you (Yes, YOU!!) to spread the word out about this important children’s rights issue and the film, "Mommy or Daddy?” Email us at kintsugipictures (at) gmail.com with “MAKE ME A STORYTELLER” in the subject line. We’ll send you exclusive information about the film and more.

2. BECOME AN EXPERT. The child and parent alienation issue in Japan isn’t a problem limited to Japan. Learn all you can about it.

3. USE OUR HASHTAG. #MommyOrDaddyOutcry to raise awareness and provoke conversation about the issue.

4. TALK WITH OTHERS. Justice issues never change without conviction driven conversation. Make the issue a talking point in conversations with friends and family.

5. SHARE OUR LINK. On your social networking profiles, in emails and text messages, on blog posts, news articles, youtube videos...

6. FOLLOW THE STORYLINE. Our social profile sites are coming very soon! Keep an eye out for the announcement.

7. FUEL THE FILM. Help us complete the whole story and change history by donating. Our funding goal is 30,000 USD. Click the "Back my campaign" button above to go to the "Mommy or Daddy?" gofundme page.

8. WATCH THE FILM. “Mommy or Daddy?” is scheduled for release in 2019.