Who Are the DeBolts? And Where Did They Get Nineteen Kids?

Who Are the DeBolts? And Where Did They Get Nineteen Kids?

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Who Are the DeBolts? And Where Did They Get Nineteen Kids? is a 1977 documentary film about Dorothy and Bob DeBolt, an American couple who adopted 14 children [12 at the start of filming], some of whom are severely disabled war orphans -- in addition to raising Dorothy's five biological children and Bob's biological daughter. The film won an Academy Award for Best Documentary in 1978. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2007.

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Awards

Won 1 Academy Award

Academy Awards 1 won

  • 1978 Best Documentary Feature Film Won John Korty

Primetime Emmy Awards 1 won

  • Outstanding Directing for a Documentary/Nonfiction Program Won John Korty

Directors Guild of America 1 won

  • 1978 Outstanding Directing – Documentaries Won John Korty

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