📻ICYMI, Dr. Estelle Cooke-Sampson, featured in #GeographiesofKinship, discusses her experience as a mixed-race Korean adoptee on The Daily Drum's segment highlighting the relationship between Asian and African American communities.

TONIGHT: #GeographiesOfKinship filmmaker @DeannLiem speaks with activists Kim Stoker & Boonyoung Han about her film, #KoreanAdoptees & effects of adoption programs. Join: x.com/i/spaces/1OwxW… America ReFramed @caam @mu_films @corollapowder stoker @mckeekee #AAPIStories

TONIGHT on #AmericaReFramed: #GeographiesofKinship traces the impacts of war, industrialization, social policy, and cultural norms that made Korea the forerunner of international adoptions. Learn more at 8/7c on @WORLDChannel. #AAPIMonth Mu Films CAAM bit.ly/ARF_GofKinship

Set out on a journey with four adult adoptees as they reconnect with their roots, mapping the #GeographiesofKinship that bind them to a homeland they never knew. Check your local listings to view the film TONIGHT until 6/18 here: tinyurl.com/3yuhzbep #KoreanAdoptee

Thanks to Berkeleyside for this feature on filmmaker Deann Borshay Liem! ✏️Deann Borshay Liem began her career exploring the mystery of her own identity. In ‘Geographies of Kinship, her latest film, she’s looking to place personal stories “within a broader historical phenomenon.”

"It’s a testament to humanity’s longing for roots and family. It’s an important history lesson related to American intervention overseas." Thanks to Rae Alexandra for this thoughtful review of #GeographiesofKinship. Check it out KQED Arts & Culture here: kqed.org/arts/13913560/…

Deann Borshay Liem's documentary humanizes the fallout of the international adoption practices that found their footing during the Korean War, and became a booming business by the 1980s. kqed.org/arts/13913560/…

"As far as I knew, Korea was not on the map." Many Korean adoptees who grew up in the West are just now discovering their roots. See their stories in #GeographiesofKinship, streaming now on WORLD: bit.ly/ARF_GofKinship & the PBS App. #AAPIMonth Mu Films caaccounting.com

Ahn-Kim Jeong-ae has spent more than a decade working to hold the Korean government– and that of the US– accountable for human rights abuses suffered by women in and around US military bases. Check out her interview with The Hankyoreh ➡️ english.hani.co.kr/arti/english_e…

Thrilled to have Crossings show at the 2022 DC Asian Pacific American Film Festival on July 14th to July 17th! 🎟Head to apafilm.org/2022-films to order tickets or stream online🎟 DC APA Film #DCAPAFF22 #Crossings

Excited to announce that CROSSINGS will screen in NYC on August 4th as part of the 45th Asian American International Film Festival! 🎟Get your tickets here while the Early Bird Pre-Sale is available: aaiff.org/ticketing/ #AAIFF45 #CROSSINGS Women Cross DMZ is @womencrossdmz.bsky.social

The Korean war has always been "the forgotten war" + "police action" as if it were small + didn't matter. However, "54,246 Americans died (compared w 58,220 service personnel in Vietnam)" + this precedent set the stage for US extralegal forever wars bostonglobe.com/2022/07/27/opi…

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#CROSSINGS is one of several films that touch on the Korean and Korean American experience at this year's Asian American International Film Festival. Thanks to Joan MacDonald for the highlight! Read more about the films Forbes here: tinyurl.com/yp3dxvyt #AAIFF45

"What we need now is a national unforgetting of the Korean partition and the ensuing war." This is a powerful read by Marie Myung-Ok Lee / UGC Creator on the anniversary of the Korean War armistice. A reminder for all of us in the struggle for peace. bostonglobe.com/2022/07/27/opi…

We are thrilled that CROSSINGS is part of this year's Boston Asian American Film Festival under the “Rising Together” theme, encouraging all individuals to stand up and take their place to be counted. Boston AA Film Fest (@baaff.bsky.social) Women Cross DMZ is @womencrossdmz.bsky.social #WomenCrossDMZ #KoreaPeaceNow

TONIGHT 8/7c: After the #KoreanWar, #Korea's adoption program found many children adopted out of their birth country. In #GeographiesOfKinship, 4 adoptees seek a connection with the home they've never known: bit.ly/ARF_GofKinship America ReFramed Mu Films Deann Borshay Liem CAAM