TWINSTERS
On February 21, 2013, Samantha, an American actor living in Los Angeles, received a message via Facebook that would drastically change her life. It was from Anaïs, a Frenchfashion design student living in London. Anaïs’ friends viewed a KevJumba YouTube video featuring Samantha. They were immediately blown away by the identical appearance of Samantha & Anaïs. After a few light Google stalking sessions, Anaïs & her friends discovered that both girls were born on November 19, 1987 & adopted shortly after. Anaïs knew immediately that it was possible for Samantha to be her biological twin sister & reached out to her through Twitter & Facebook.
Being Adopted.
This is a piece I made about my reunion with my biological family in Seoul a year ago. I found inspiration from Deann and other adoptees who had searched for their Korean families and had shared their experience with the adoptee community. I’m not sure I would have had the courage to search and share my experience without knowing about those who had done so before me. I hope we all continue to share our stories and inspire new generations to explore their identity and relationship with Korea. —Schuyler
Opening The Bird Cage
S. Flood
This is an experimental short documentary about my adoption and reunion in the Philippines. I made a lot of it poetic, as I use my mixed media as a metaphor of a “cathedral” I built inside myself when I felt broken in the past, with a placement of facts of my adoption, photos of my baby files/photo albums, and personal comments before and after the reunion.
In response to some of the negativity that’s been circulating the KAD groups online.
Geographies of Kinship -The Korean Adoption Story
GEOGRAPHIES OF KINSHIP-THE KOREAN ADOPTION STORY(working title) is a feature-length documentary that follows 5-6 Korean adoptees from the U.S. and Europe, each on a unique journey related to their adoptions. One person is searching for roots and returns to Korea for the first time. Another undertakes a search for her birth family and the reasons for her adoption. Yet another is seeking community among other adoptees. Some are motivated by a sense of loss, while others are well adjusted but desire a connection to their past. These character-driven stories will unfold against a wider backdrop of the Korean War and the hidden effects of post-war industrialization and globalization on women and families in South Korea.
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Advice to Adoptive Parents - Stephanie D.
ATG Against The Grain Productions PSA
Yes this happens.
Names for these are recognized as Yellow Fever or a more general term, an Asian fetish.
How To Hit On An Asian Girl (How Not to Harass an Asian Girl)
(via ffeimo)
‘the art of the real’ project for ART 250.
EXTENDED VERSION COMING SOON!
Thanks and much appreciation to Mica Swyers and Charlie Hedeen for all your help and participation in this project!
“Where Do I Belong?” - Adopted the Movie
Korean adoptee talks about the conflicting feelings of belonging and being an outsider when she first moved to San Francisco.
Regardless of our adoption story, a successful or unsuccessful reunion, the desire to search for our family, or our upbringing, adoption has brought us all together, that is something we can all agree on.
