When New York City private art dealer and curator, Peter, the lead character of Our Father, grew up in the 1960's and 70's on Long Island, he thought his family was one of the only ones with a missing father. As Peter nears forty years of age and begins to question his life and the lives of those around him, he begins to wonder if anyone has a real father - a male in their lives they can truly look up to.

In search for answers, Peter begins a series of interviews with people about their "missing" fathers. Some of the fathers are gone completely; others are half in their children's lives, but just as far gone. The interviews were originally conceived as the text for an art exhibit of photos of adult children who were "abandoned". The project takes a major turn during Peter's interview with his sister when he discovers that not only is his long lost father still alive, but his sister knows where he is and has talked with him on the phone!

Our Father is a personal odyssey, a dark and comic journey into the heart of the American family and the mind of a middle aged man who wonders if he will ever grow up and be able to face the world "like a real man."

Our Father is the story of a man in search for his missing past - a search that ends with his realization that the most important thing that had been missing from his life was not his father, but the faith to be the mentor he never had.

In Our Father Peter discovers there are many forms of running away. Staying still for too long is one of them. And, he also discovers that sometimes the best way to find yourself is not to travel the world in search for something missing, but to have the courage to look inside yourself and admit that you want to go home.

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