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PRE-BROADCAST—GEOGRAPHIES OF KINSHIP
May 14, 2022 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Free
Still from GEOGRAPHIES OF KINSHIP WORLD CHANNEL—world Channel is hosting a virtual pre-broadcast conversation exploring the little-known history of African American servicemen who were among the first U.S. citizens to adopt Korean children. The virtual event is May 14, 9pm ET/6pm PT and features Prof. Kori Graves, author of “A War Born Family: African American adoption in the Wake of the Korean War” in conversation with Korean adoptees Dr. Estelle Cooke-Sampson, Lisa Jackson and myself. The event will be moderated by Prof. Kim Park Nelson with welcoming remarks from WORLD Channel Exec. Producer, Chris Hastings. If you’d like more information, please see the Eventbrite invitation. GEOGRAPHIES OF KINSHIP weaves together the complex personal histories of four adult adoptees born in South Korea with the rise of the country’s global adoption program. Raised in foreign families, each adoptee sets out on a journey to return to their country of birth and map 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. As the four adoptees search for a sense of self, belonging and purpose, they also come to question the policies and practices that led South Korea to become the largest “sending country” in the world – with 200,000 children adopted out to North America, Europe and Australia. Emboldened by their own experiences, the four courageously become advocates for birth family and adoptee rights, support for single mothers, and historical reckoning. Trailer: https://worldchannel.org/episode/america-reframed-geographies-of-kinship/ Thursday, May 14 9 pm ET / 6 pm PT Check your local listings for WORLD Channel. This film is supported by a California Documentary Project grant.
