Resilience: More on Korean Birth Mother Documentary (Plus More!)

A story of profound loss and broken family ties.

-From the website.

I originally wrote about Resilience, a documentary featuring Korean birth mothers, in November. I hadn’t heard much more until this past week. The most interesting thing is that the website for the documentary has been launched!

Resiliencefilm.com features some pretty moving music in the background as you click through the various portions of the website. The trailer has not yet been launched. However, three separate birth mothers are featured under the story section.

Myung-ja No’s story brought me to tears. Her baby was physically removed and taken to a hospital by her family. Just reading her story makes my heart break; I can’t imagine what listening to her tell it in the documentary will do to my heartstrings. The other two mothers featured on the website at this time were forced to live in a maternity home. Their stories are unique but similarly moving and poignant.

While there still seems to be no set release date, the support section of the website gives some insight as to where the documentary is currently held up. While they’ve edited a 35 minute segment which has been screened by two adoptee networks, financing an indpendent film of this size is a big endeavor. If you are interested in supporting something of this nature, they offer this plea:

It is a side of adoption that is rarely looked at or discussed.

Through these women’s stories, we hope awareness and deeper understanding can be created about a side of adoption that has often been overlooked.

Please visit the site for more information on donating.

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AND! While visiting the site and clicking around, I found the site Women Make Movies which features another documentary out of Korea. While it is not focused on birth parents, it instead looks at a set of twin sisters who return to Korea to reconnect with their birth family. Searching for Go-Hyang sounds like another deeply moving documentary that could be highly beneficial to all involved in the adoption triad. I know it has my interest.

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