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Geographies of Kinship
June 10, 2022
AAPI Monthly Film Series–Online Screening & Conversation
Co-presented by Asian American Pacific Islander of North Bay and Asian American Alliance of Marin
Another award winning documentary,Geographies of Kinship, reveals a powerful tale about the rise of Korea’s global adoption program, four adult adoptees return to their country of birth and reconnect with their roots, mapping the geographies of kinship that bind them to a homeland they never knew. Q&A with Deann Borshay follows screening
About the Film Geographies of KinshipIn 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. Raised in foreign families, each sets out on a journey to reconnect with their roots, mapping the geographies of kinship that bind them to a homeland they never knew.Along the way there are discoveries and dead ends, as well as mysteries that will never be unraveled.
A conversation with filmmaker Deann Borshay Liem will follow the screening.Visit their website-https://www.mufilms.org/films/geographies-of-kinship-korean-adoption-story/
Geographies of Kinship Trailer-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-iqAxGivPQ
Film ReviewsUniversity of British Columbia Film Review
About the Filmmaker
Deann Borshay Liem-Director, Producer, and Writer
Deann Borshay Liem has over twenty years experience working in development, production,and distribution of independent documentaries. She is Producer, Director, and Writer of the Emmy Award-nominated documentary,First Person Plural(Sundance, 2000) and the award-winning films,In the Matter of Cha Jung Hee(PBS, 2010) and Memory of Forgotten War(with Ramsay Liem; PBS, 2015).She served as Executive Producer for many award-winning documentaries, and as Story Editorfor the award-winning film,The Apology, by Tiffany Hsiung (HotDocs, 2016).She was the former director of the Center for Asian American Media (CAAM)where she supervised the development, distribution and broadcast of new films for public television and worked with Congress to support minority representation in public media. She is also a former Sundance Institute Fellow.About Mu Films Mu Films is a non-profit documentary production company based in Berkeley, California. The mission of Mu Films is to produce and distribute documentaries and educational media about social, historical, and cultural issues with a focus on untold stories from under-represented communities. The goal is to use media to bring about social justice, promote cultural understanding and encourage positive social change.