Film & Documentary
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Touching Home in China
A website of a photojournalistic piece about two girls adopted from China who return as teenagers to learn about what their lives in China might have been like.
"Abandoned as newborns in China, adopted by American parents, Jennie and Maya return as teens to where their lives began. Girls who grew up there teach them about life as a rural Chinese daughter." This piece is a combination of photographs, short videos, and sensitive narrative. This is one part of a series.
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Ricki's Promise
This film was made about an 18-year-old adoptee from the United States who returns to China to live with her birth family for a summer to learn about her history and search for her identity.
Somewhere Between
Linda Goldstein Knowlton
"Of the roughly 80,000 girls who have been adopted from China since 1989—a decade after China implemented its One Child Policy—the film intimately follows four teenagers: Haley, Jenna, Ann, and Fang. These four wise-beyond-their-years, yet typical American teens, reveal a heartbreaking sense of self-awareness as they attempt to answer the uniquely human question, “Who am I?” They meet and bond with other adoptees, some journey back to China to reconnect with the culture, and some reach out to the orphaned girls left behind. In their own ways, all attempt to make sense of their complex identities. Issues of belonging, race, and gender are brought to life through these articulate subjects, who approach life with honesty and open hearts."
CCTV News China YouTube video
This is a news clip from the major English broadcast television station in China. It is about a program hosted by the Chinese government to bring Chinese adoptees and their families to visit China to learn about Chinese language and culture.
Who Am I Now? Chinese Adoptees and Cultural Identity
Doryana X. Robins