Motherland

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DIRECTOR(S):
Christina Yoon
SYNOPSIS:

Leah, a Korean adoptee raised in America, returns to Korea to search for her birth mother. Leah is met with secrecy by the adoption agency as well as her own family but remains relentless on her solo journey, driven by her longing to discover the truth of her origins.

 

Student Film – Columbia University School of the Arts.

Presented as Part Of Narrative Shorts, Program Two: Who I Am?

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