The Family Secret in the Mirror

This segment originally aired live on March 23rd, 2015. An edited version was included in a best-of episode of The Brian Lehrer Show on July 17th, 2015. The unedited audio can be found here.

Raised as a white Jewish kid in Woodstock, New York, filmmaker Lacey Schwartz tells the story of her discovery that she is in fact bi-racial and doesn't just take after her father's Sicilian ancestor. In her documentary "Little White Lie," she discusses the effect of the lies and the truth about her family and identity.

"Little White Lie" airs Monday, March 23 on PBS Independent Lens

Kids can handle the truth a lot better than we give them credit for, and it's better not to hide the family secrets, says @laceyschwartz.

— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) March 23, 2015

Here's "Little White Lie" filmmaker @laceyschwartz in the studio today: pic.twitter.com/GJkN9fHIfJ

— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) March 23, 2015