The Space Between You & Me | Official Trailer
Preview: Season 8 Episode 804 | 1m 5sVideo has Closed Captions
Two Korean-American adoptees meet their birth mothers for the first time.
A Korean-American filmmaker from Alabama explores the complexities of international adoption through the stories of her birth mother and another adoptee in New York. ‘The Space Between You and Me’ is an effort to reclaim a stolen identity while searching for belonging between the worlds of the Jewish South, the Korean-American diaspora, and a fraught legacy of Korean adoption programs.
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Support for Reel South is made possible by the National Endowment for the Arts, the Center for Asian American Media and by SouthArts.
The Space Between You & Me | Official Trailer
Preview: Season 8 Episode 804 | 1m 5sVideo has Closed Captions
A Korean-American filmmaker from Alabama explores the complexities of international adoption through the stories of her birth mother and another adoptee in New York. ‘The Space Between You and Me’ is an effort to reclaim a stolen identity while searching for belonging between the worlds of the Jewish South, the Korean-American diaspora, and a fraught legacy of Korean adoption programs.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship[Lily claps] - [Lily] I grew up in Birmingham, Alabama in a white Jewish family with my adopted sister.
- [Mother] Lily!
- [Lily] Like me, Emily was adopted from Korea when she was a baby, but unlike me, she's a mom.
In 2019, Emily traveled to Korea to meet her birth mom.
She recorded her journey.
♪ Until now, I have never talked to my birth mom about why I was adopted.
[speaking in Korean] ♪ - [Lily] I always question my identity.
Am I Jewish enough?
Am I Korean enough?
It never feels as if I am enough.
[ambient music]
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Support for Reel South is made possible by the National Endowment for the Arts, the Center for Asian American Media and by SouthArts.