Finally, the powerful stories behind the adoptee-centric films can be shared with the world
Welcome to Watch Adoptee Films, a subsidiary of Land of Gazillion Adoptees. Our mission is simple: make adoptee-centric films accessible to the masses. In the months to come, we look forward to working with filmmakers to expand our film library. In the meantime, we encourage viewers to sit back and watch some good cinema.
Adopted
About the Movie: We’ve seen them in grocery stores, playgrounds and at our children’s schools– little Asian girls with their loving white parents. Of the 1.5 million adopted children in the United States, international adoptees are the fastest growing segment, of which most are Asian girls. While many of their stories are heartwarming ... [See more]
Struggle for Identity: Issues in Transracial Adoption
About the Movie: Produced in collaboration with the New York State Citizens' Coalition for Children. A starkly realistic account of the transracial adoption experience. Narrated by young adults who were adopted as children, this documentary examines the effects of trans-racial adoption on individuals, families, and society.
Finding Seoul
About the Movie: Finding Seoul follows one individual as he attempts to find his birth parents in Seoul, South Korea. From the film maker: My name is John Sanvidge and I was adopted from Seoul, South Korea in 1984. I was raised in upstate New York with my other adopted siblings, my brother ... [See more]
Opening the Bird Cage
About the Movie: Opening the Bird Cage is an experimental short documentary about a Filipino-American adoptee’s journey into her adoption and reunion in her birth country. It opens with old photo albums and personal mixed media, layered with her own vocals and music to encapsulate her childhood isolation. A montage of video follows, ... [See more]
Roots: Unknown
About the Movie: Roots: Unknown is a 30-minute documentary examining the lifelong impact of adoption. This educational and informative film will focus on the emotional influence adoption has on the adoptee and their families. Interviews and sound bites with adult adoptees, their families and children will be mixed with artistic images of their ... [See more]
Running Dragon
About the Movie: Separated near the end of the Vietnam war, an 'Americanized' young man discovers the painful truth about himself when his Vietnamese biological sister finds him and arranges for them to meet for the very first time with her family in Little Saigon. Running Dragon was featured in Movie Maker Magazine ... [See more]
Living Adoption: Gay Parents Speak
About the Movie: The video follows in the style of PhotoSynthesis’ previous award-winning DVDs, STRUGGLE FOR IDENTITY and FOSTER PARENTS SPEAK, with a compelling cast of adoptive parents who tackle issues ranging from the process of adoption, to being a conspicuous family, parenting teens and helping children develop their identity.
