What Does 'Real' Mean??
Because this year I started college and am meeting new people, I have many opportunities to ask questions trying to get to know them and...
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China's Controversy
I watched your adoption q&a video and I cried... Definitely something I'll have to watch alone. I was tearing up by the second question, but by the last one there were tears falling down my face.
Anonymous
Oyama, BC
I couldn't have said it better myself. This is perfect <3 I can't wait to see what comes next :)
Nikki Murphy
Toronto, ON
...I am just messaging you to compliment how amazing your blog is. It is both lovely to read and perspective changing. As someone who has considered adoption in my future, I really appreciate these educational posts to help me in some way better prepare myself.
Kelty Slaney
Kelowna, BC
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Adoption Movies
1. Somewhere Between
An independent film that follows four teenage girls and their lives in the US after being adopted from China. The intense feelings of identity-confusion, returning to China, and meeting their birth family is portrayed in this inspiring film.
Available on: Putlocker stream
2. Twinsters
Two girls who look the same, both adopted from the same city in Korea, same birth date, same genes, but on different sides of the world and don't know the other one exists...Until something extraordinary happens. This film captures the astonishing possibility of two identical twins who are seperated at birth, but miraculously find each other 25 years later through Youtube. Follow Sam and Anaïs's beautiful journey to see each other, discover the impact that environment has on an adoptee and learn that love is unconditional.
Available on: Canadian Netflix, Putlocker stream, Youtube
3. Kung Fu Panda 2
Po, also known as the kung fu Dragon-Warrior, finds out he is adopted. He goes through an emotional journey as he tries to remember who he was, what happened to his birth parents and attempts to kill the enemy who is responsible for the dissapearance of all pandas.
Available on: Canadian Netflix, Putlocker stream
"All of us, this whole adoption community, we have this commonality about us, this unity. We're sharing two different cultures and all these common threads, but at the same time, we're each at our own place in our own journey."
- Jenna, Somewhere Between
"We deserve fair-treatment and especially... especially in China. I know I can't change a whole country, but I'd like to."
-Fang, Somewhere Between
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