Miriam Guttmann

SEEDS OF DECEIT tells the story of the most renowned fertility doctor in the Netherlands during the 70s and 80s, Dr. Karbaat, who clandestinely used his own semen to impregnate over 65 of his patients. At the time, Dr. Karbaat was regarded a progressive pioneer, as he not only helped heterosexual couples, but also gay couples and single mothers. In SEEDS OF DECEIT, former patients, mothers of “Karbaat children”, discuss their longstanding wish for a child, and how it made them close their eyes to an often horrific and unbearable insemination treatment, which in cases included sexual intimidation and even abuse. Decades later, Dr. Karbaat is sued based on the suspicion that he used his own semen to impregnate his patients. A month before the trial, the doctor passes away. SEEDS OF DECEIT shows how the Karbaat children deal with the newly gained genetic and emotional heritage they now have to grapple with.