Adoptees and adoptive parents alike might be interested in this new documentary film, examining the complexity of identity, race and transracial/transnational adoption politics. The filmmakers — among them, a Korean adoptee — present interviews with various adoptive parents, adoptees, and adoption researchers and professionals, looking at the impacts of current Chinese transnational adoption practices against the historical backdrop of Korean transnational adoption.
Visit the filmmakers’ Web site, Point Made, and click on the “Documentary Film” link to see some of their video clips. Several of the clips contain very important statements and points worth repeating — including Kim Park Nelson’s commentary on the Hague Convention, and Cheri Register’s discussion of the perception of transracial adoptees as perpetual foreigners. Go watch!
Hat tip to Rich of FamiLee Life (and star of his own video clip on the Asian diaspora!) for the link.
Thanks, thanks Ji-in (and Rich). This really hit home. Watching this stirred up so many memories and emotions. I can’t wait to see the entire documentary. All kinds of lightbulbs started clicking on just from those few clips, the Hague Convention commentary and comments on race and white privilege being nothing short of glaring spotlights. It sounds crazy but after reading and writing so much about my own adoption and the adoption experiences of others, I look back on things in my life with an entirely different perspective. So much for neutrality. Kim’s article made me wonder if my two older brothers shared some of her thoughts and experiences or even notice at all. Thanks again, Ji-in.
Thanks for the link. I watched all the clips and will watch them again and again. Much of this stuff I was aware of already and have been thinking about, but there was some valuable new information as well. Lots to think and talk about there.
thanks for this link, ji-in. i look forward to watching it.
Thanks for linking to this.
Wow! Definitely interested. Thanks for sharing!
I’ll be very interested to see what the final product is like. Hope there’s that disclaimer that we talked about in regards to fetishes . . . .
I think, for many of us, the information presented in the interviews wasn’t a news flash by any means, but given the intended audience, I am hopeful that the final product will open some eyes to several important issues.
Me, I’ll be watching eagerly to see if my friend’s segment makes the final cut. Ahem. You know who you are.
The clip “Sexually Explicit” did surprise me.
I thought the African American male was
over-represented here, and I am not sure
why. Maybe I am stereotyping, but I always
thought the objectifying of Asian women
was associated with White Euro men.
This particular clip is bothersome to me.
I also didn’t quite get Dr. Jane Aronson’s
clip. It sounded like she wanted to load up
a ship with children and send them to the US.
Those clips are fantastic. I really hope the final movie gets wide viewing. And hey, my co-worker Beth Hall (from Pact) is featured in two of them! Cool!