I Lived on Parker Avenue

I Lived on Parker Avenue
Directed byPhilip Braun
Produced byBenjamin Clapper
Production
company
Joie de Vivre Media
Release date
  • March 8, 2018 (2018-03-08)
Running time
30 minutes
Budget$67,000

I Lived on Parker Avenue is a 2018 documentary film. It follows adoptee David Scotton as he travels from his home in Metairie, Louisiana, to Indiana to meet his birth parents Melissa Coles and Brian Nicholas for the first time. Scotton gave a speech in 2011 at his high school about his adoption story, which caught the attention of Benjamin Clapper, executive director of the anti-abortion group Louisiana Right to Life, who would go on to produce the documentary. I Lived on Parker Avenue inspired the 2022 feature-length drama film Lifemark.