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“It’s not just a North Korea/South Korea problem. The future of this intractable conflict is contingent on the diplomacy of the U.S. and North Korea. More education can help create the conditions for peace to happen.” New @Forbes article on #CrossingsDoc featuring @deannliem ⬇️

TONIGHT 8/7c: After the #KoreanWar, #Korea's adoption program found many children adopted out of their birth country. In #GeographiesOfKinship, 4 adoptees seek a connection with the home they've never known: bit.ly/ARF_GofKinship @americareframed @mu_films @deannliem @caam

This year’s theme: REFLECTIONS continues @UNAFF's commitment to the principles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The festival is celebrating its 25th Anniversary milestone. unaff.org

Join us this Saturday for the #CrossingsDoc screening at the United Nations Association Film Festival! Filmmaker @deannliem and members of the @KoreaPeaceNow SF Chapter will be in attendance. Tickets are now available: unaff.org/2022/tickets.h… 📸by Niana Liu @WomenCrossDMZ

We are thrilled that CROSSINGS is part of this year's Boston Asian American Film Festival under the “Rising Together” theme, encouraging all individuals to stand up and take their place to be counted. @BostonAAFilm @WomenCrossDMZ #WomenCrossDMZ #KoreaPeaceNow

"What we need now is a national unforgetting of the Korean partition and the ensuing war." This is a powerful read by @MarieMyungOkLee on the anniversary of the Korean War armistice. A reminder for all of us in the struggle for peace. bostonglobe.com/2022/07/27/opi…

The Korean war has always been "the forgotten war" + "police action" as if it were small + didn't matter. However, "54,246 Americans died (compared w 58,220 service personnel in Vietnam)" + this precedent set the stage for US extralegal forever wars bostonglobe.com/2022/07/27/opi…

#AAIFF45 FULL LINEUP 🧡

#CROSSINGS is one of several films that touch on the Korean and Korean American experience at this year's Asian American International Film Festival. Thanks to Joan MacDonald for the highlight! Read more about the films @Forbes here: tinyurl.com/yp3dxvyt #AAIFF45

Excited to announce that CROSSINGS will screen in NYC on August 4th as part of the 45th Asian American International Film Festival! 🎟Get your tickets here while the Early Bird Pre-Sale is available: aaiff.org/ticketing/ #AAIFF45 #CROSSINGS @WomenCrossDMZ

Thrilled to have Crossings show at the 2022 DC Asian Pacific American Film Festival on July 14th to July 17th! 🎟Head to apafilm.org/2022-films to order tickets or stream online🎟 @apafilm #DCAPAFF22 #Crossings

Ahn-Kim Jeong-ae has spent more than a decade working to hold the Korean government– and that of the US– accountable for human rights abuses suffered by women in and around US military bases. Check out her interview with @TheHankyoreh ➡️ english.hani.co.kr/arti/english_e…

"As far as I knew, Korea was not on the map." Many Korean adoptees who grew up in the West are just now discovering their roots. See their stories in #GeographiesofKinship, streaming now on @WORLDChannel: bit.ly/ARF_GofKinship & the @PBS App. #AAPIMonth @Mu_Films @CAAMedia

Deann Borshay Liem's documentary humanizes the fallout of the international adoption practices that found their footing during the Korean War, and became a booming business by the 1980s. kqed.org/arts/13913560/…

"It’s a testament to humanity’s longing for roots and family. It’s an important history lesson related to American intervention overseas." Thanks to @Raemondjjjj for this thoughtful review of #GeographiesofKinship. Check it out @KQEDarts here: kqed.org/arts/13913560/…

Thanks to @berkeleyside for this feature on filmmaker @deannliem! ✏️Deann Borshay Liem began her career exploring the mystery of her own identity. In ‘Geographies of Kinship, her latest film, she’s looking to place personal stories “within a broader historical phenomenon.”

Set out on a journey with four adult adoptees as they reconnect with their roots, mapping the #GeographiesofKinship that bind them to a homeland they never knew. Check your local listings to view the film TONIGHT until 6/18 here: tinyurl.com/3yuhzbep #KoreanAdoptee

TONIGHT: #GeographiesOfKinship filmmaker @DeannLiem speaks with activists Kim Stoker & Boonyoung Han about her film, #KoreanAdoptees & effects of adoption programs. Join: twitter.com/i/spaces/1OwxW… @americareframed @caam @mu_films @corollapowder @ornamentity @mckeekee #AAPIStories

TONIGHT on #AmericaReFramed: #GeographiesofKinship traces the impacts of war, industrialization, social policy, and cultural norms that made Korea the forerunner of international adoptions. Learn more at 8/7c on @WORLDChannel. #AAPIMonth @Mu_Films @CAAM bit.ly/ARF_GofKinship

📻ICYMI, Dr. Estelle Cooke-Sampson, featured in #GeographiesofKinship, discusses her experience as a mixed-race Korean adoptee on The Daily Drum's segment highlighting the relationship between Asian and African American communities.