During and after the Korean War, thousands of mixed race children were fathered then abandoned by American GIs. They comprised the first generation of Korean orphans to be raised in the racially polarized West. Now many are searching for their birth families, initiating unexpected discoveries about self, family, race, and culture.
Geographies of Kinship screens Nov 7 at 8pm at Studio De Bakkerij in Rotterdam, Netherlands, as part of a week-long program about adoption called "Far from Here." Tickets and RSVP here.
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U.C. Berkeley's Center for Korean Studies hosts a screening of Crossings on Sept 20th at 5pm, followed by a Q&A with Deann Borshay Liem and Christine Ahn. Details and RSVP here.
See our films in Seoul Aug 1-7 as part of "70 Years of Korean Adoption: Wandering Memory, Traces Beyond," Seoul Int'l Cinema & Media Festival (Nemaf 2024). Screening dates & locations here.
First Person Plural is part of Criterion's First-Person Asian American collection this May! Check out 11 great documentaries here.
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.
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.
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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