Open Secret

Open Secret is a documentary that chronicles Steve Lickteig’s 20-year search for his real parents; why a whole town kept the truth from him; and how his family’s tumultuous history revolves around the hidden lives of two unconventional women. Steve grew up as the adoptee of Don and Mary Jane Lickteig, who ran a farm in Kansas and had eight other (natural) children. Steve always wondered who his real parents were and planned to search for them as an adult. When he was 18 years old, Steve received shocking news from his two best friends: he was not adopted from unknown parents but was actually the illegitimate son of his oldest sister, Joanie. Not only that, everyone in his life had always known the secret: his siblings, his schoolmates, townsfolk, even his girlfriends. Steve would discover that the secret to his story was back on that Kansas farm.

Screening Schedule

No physical screenings scheduled.

Cinematography: Laura Kissel

Editing: Bret Sigler

Music: Robin Hilton

Production: Small Good Thing, USA www.smallgoodthing.org

Producers: Jamie Wolf, Charlotte Stoudt

Format: HDCAM Color

Production Country: USA

Production Year: 2011

Duration: 70

Contact: Films Transit, Canada Jan Rofekamp T. +1 514 844 3358 janrofekamp@filmstransit.com www.filmstransit.com