Mother and Child Reunion (Degrassi: The Next Generation) Mother and Child Reunion (Degrassi: The Next Generation) "Mother and Child Reunion" is the two-part pilot episode of the Canadian teen drama television series "", which premiered on October 14, 2001 on the CTV Television Network. The episode was written by story editor Aaron Martin and series co-creator/creative consultant Yan Moore, and directed by Bruce McDonald. As with the majority of "Degrassi: The Next Generation" episodes, "Mother and Child Reunion" takes its title from a pop song, "Mother and Child Reunion", written and performed by Paul Simon. "Degrassi: The Next Generation" is the fourth series in the fictional Degrassi universe
Mother and Child Reunion (Degrassi: The Next Generation) with her husband and Epitome Pictures partner Stohn, served as executive producers. The line producer was David Lowe. "Mother and Child Reunion" was directed by Bruce McDonald, who had previously directed the films "Roadkill" (1989), "Highway 61" (1991), "Hard Core Logo" (1996), and the television series "Queer As Folk" (2001–2005). Epitome Pictures sought funding from the Government of Canada, through its two Crown corporations, Telefilm Canada and the Canadian Television Fund, which provide financial support to Canadian audiovisual productions. Filming began on July 3, before Epitome Pictures could finalize their contracts with Telefilm and the Television Fund. Other financial contributors