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During and after the Korean War, thousands of mixed-race children were abandoned by their American GI fathers, stigmatized by Korean society, and sent to be adopted by couples in the West. Today many are searching for their original families, initiating unexpected discoveries about self, family, race, and culture. Relative Strangers follows their stories, uncovering the racial and social inequalities of the world’s largest international adoption program, and its impact on individuals and societies.

Relative Strangers

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12.10.2025

Vivien's Wild Ride airs nationally on PBS's Independent Lens at 10pm on January 26, 2026. The film will also stream on the PBS app through April. Hope you can tune in! Check here for additional information.

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11.06.2025

Join us for Adoption and Re-Kinning, an evening featuring Geographies of Kinship and a conversation with filmmaker Deann Borshay Liem and scholar Rosemarie Peña. November 6, 2025, Deutsches Haus at NYU. Registration is free here.

10.17.2025

Relative Strangers is the recipient of the Saul Zaentz Award from Berkeley Film Foundation! The award is given each year to honor the legacy of renowned filmmaker and a BFF founder, Saul Zaentz, and is made possible with support from The Saul Zaentz Charitable Foundation. We are deeply honored to receive this award. See the full list of the 2025 grant award winners here.

10.17.2025

Vivien's Wild Ride screens at the Rocky Mountain Women's Film Festival Oct 19 at 4:40 PM at the Cornerstone Arts Center; virtually Oct 23-26. Buy tickets here!

Recent Works

Geographies of Kinship

Geographies of Kinship

In this powerful tale about the rise of Korea’s global adoption program, four adult adoptees return to their country of birth and recover the personal histories that were lost when they were adopted. Along the way there are discoveries and dead ends, as well as mysteries that will never be unraveled. 

Crossings

Crossings

In Crossings, a group of international women peacemakers, including renowned activists Gloria Steinem and Christine Ahn, sets out on a risky journey across the demilitarized zone between North and South Korea, calling for an end to a 70-year war that has divided the Korean peninsula and its people.

Vivien’s Wild Ride

Vivien’s Wild Ride

After a long career in cinema, film editor Vivien Hillgrove starts losing her sight, forcing her to re-examine past traumas and relationships, and to re-invent herself and her art. Directed by Vivien Hillgrove.

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