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Out of a South Korean orphanage into the world. In the 'Side by Side' project, documentary filmmakers Glenn and Julie Morey share the stories of 100 Korean adoptees from around the world.
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Yuri Doolan is a historian and fellow mixed-Korean whose work explores the lasting legacies and human consequences of US militarism in Asia and the Pacific. This video focuses on his upcoming book, "The First Amerasians: Mixed Race Koreans from Camptowns to America."
It's the story of how the US created and used the concept of the "Amerasian" to remove thousands of mixed race children from their Korean mothers in US-occupied South Korea to adoptive American homes during the 1950s and 1960s.
Fulbeck began the project in 2001, traveling the country photographing over 1200 volunteer subjects who self-identified as Hapa (defined for the project as mixed ethnic heritage with partial roots in Asian and/or Pacific Islander ancestry). Each individual was photographed in a similar minimalist style. After being photographed, participants chose their own racial/ethnic terms to describe themselves, then responded to the question "What are you?" in their own handwriting. The photographs, self-descriptions, and handwritten responses were then combined and displayed as a collection.
The Halfie Project is an exploration of a sub-culture; mixed Koreans. The question we ask is "What does it mean to be half-Korean?" How do mixed Koreans, ethnically and culturally, find identity and community? What are the unique circumstances that we face and how can we overcome them? Bringing awareness and sharing our stories.
Cam, author of This is Why I Was Adopted, has been working to raise consciousness about faith, child welfare, and mental health since 2012, after meeting his biological mother in Korea. Trans-racially adopted and founder of Therapy Redeemed, he holds a Master’s in Counseling Psychology from University of Wisconsin-Madison and is a licensed professional clinical counselor.