Korean Adoption Stories | YoonMee: Beyond Korea | Adoption Documentary Film
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Released at the Minnesota Transracial Film Festival on October 10, 2015 for the first time, "YoonMee: Beyond Korea" delves into four Korean International adoption stories.
Thank you to Adopsource, Dawn Tomlinson and everyone who works on making the Minnesota Transracial Film Festival a reality each year, spreading awareness about adoption through the avenues of film.
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Mirror Light Productions
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I was born in Seoul South Korea and was adopted to loving Canadian parents in 1988. Now 37 years old, I would like to one day visit my birth country and hopefully meet my biological mother, sister, brother but not my father. It's something that I've been wanting to do for quite some time.
For the gentleman who remembers his morher being killed - I am so sorry for all your losses. May God bless you and keep you in his love
Every one of these men grew into nice people
Wow, suddenly my old roommate Paul appears! An incredible musician and great person. Wish him all good things!
I went to the 1st grade in Korea. Everyday, I’d look at the class list by the door and my name was always at the top (ranking system). My best friend’s name was also there. Either she was 1st & I was 2nd or I was 1st & she was 2nd. I loved school, & I was very proud of myself. I was the youngest of 4 children. After being sent to a foreign country to live with foreign strangers for the rest of my life, I only wanted to go home & see my family. I missed everything about my Korean life & family traditions. I was from the countryside, & we had land & grew crops. After my father died, there was no welfare to help our family through our hardship. My two older sisters were taken out of school to work in the factory to help put my brother through high school. There was a lot of pressure on him to do well in school to go to college & get a good job in order to take care of our family. He became head of the household at that time because he was the oldest male. Only good thing in that is the he didn’t have to serve in the military, although I think he would’ve wanted to do that because he liked the idea of being a soldier as a boy. As for me, I was too young to help out. I was more of a burden. I was sent to America. They made it sound like Disney Land or something. When I got here, I found that it wasn’t. School was horrible, family life was really hard, & everything was super confusing. I found my parents didn’t like where I came from & looked down on my culture. They didn’t really seem to like me, although they would say, “I love you,” without getting to know me. I realized they only loved me if I was willing to conform to their ways (which I wasn’t). It was really fake, & life went downhill afterwards. I wanted to go home back to my family. I remember when I told the the interpreter at the airport I wanted to go home & see my family, it was explained to me that this is my new family now & I would never go home again. They said maybe when I grow up, I can see them again. I told her that’s gonna be too late, & it was. My mom is dead now. The last time I saw her she was sick. I was fortunate enough to see her as an adult 3x (a total of 3 weeks) before she passed. I missed her all my life, & I miss her still. Hard to think she ever thought that I’d be better off without her. I grew up suicidal, & I’m estranged from my adoptive parents now. I’m unmarried with no children & no degree. I’ve spent most of my life in poverty (always broke & in debt). One of my good friends said she never knew anyone who could stretch a dollar like can. The only good thing in my life is in my adulthood I’ve been fortunate to have really good friends, & I’ve kept my integrity & my pride in my roots & stayed true to who I am.
What loving adoptive parents who took their children there, sorry the man who suffered so at five, went through so much, great tv reunion for the man who adapted well.
Thank you for sharing your stories. The man who witnessed his mother's tragic death really hit me deep. He had a very traumatic hard life and I can see in his eyes. He has a beautiful soul and pray for the best life for everyone!
Even though I'm not Korean, I'm a transracial adoptee. All my hugs to every single one of them! ❤❤❤
The poverty and brutality of the early lives of the men is unbelievable - beatings, living on the streets, and that their families either rejected them or just let them go and never searched for them. And the government just puts them in an orphanage without trying to find where they belonged.
You are beautiful and not a monster! I love your spirit for not allowing it to break you🥰 This documentary is very enlightening and teaches me to be even more understanding and compassionate toward all. We cannot control the circumstances we are born into but we can choose how to deal with the circumstances.
The parents of the two Korean children adoptees are so empathetic, understanding and great parents. They understand what their adoptive children need and are secure with who they are.
I watched the documentary "Happy Girl" and she was in her 20's (???) and when she went to Korea to find out information about her adoption from the orphanage she was at the first lady told her she couldn't "legally" give her the information she wanted...I was VERY ANGRY!! She was of age and DESERVED ACCESS to ALL INFORMATION!! These stories are both heartbreaking and inspirational...💔😢💔 To the man who had "the auntie who loved you" I'm so very sorry for all of the losses y'all have suffered/been through 😢💔😢 Y'all have a beautiful voice for singing!! 🌟💙🌟 I feel like adoptee's don't necessarily want to be "fixed" it's more about getting answers to the questions that have/do plague them...💔💔💔
As a 47 year old Korean Adoptee who this past April met my birth mother again after 43 year I would like to thank you for making such a moving and poignant documentary. In fact I am currently in the process to adopt a child from Korea to hopefully give another child some of the same opportunities I was given.
How totally beautiful these people are. They came through such difficult times as children. But they are so eloquent and nice. I had a very difficult childhood, I spent time in children homes as a choice and was jealous of the children in a home. But I never had any love at home, just ridiculed and hit. And wishing as a small child I could leave. It’s so interesting listening to there back stories.
That is a powerful documentary. My husband and I are in the process of adoption. It is hard to see that processing the past is a life long struggle for adoptees.
I wonder what happened to everyone in this video since this video was uploaded 7 years ago. Could you please make a Part 2 video to show the progress in their journeys? This video has really touched me. I would also like to suggest to everyone in this video who suffered trauma to try out EMDR therapy or EFT therapy to alleviate their sufferings if they still persist today.
I can relate to this documentary, My dad died when I was 6 years old he was an American soldier, my mother was German . When my Dad died the Army sent us to the United States. Never seeing either my Dad's family or my mother's. VERY Sad.
I LOVE this documentary. It brings back all the memories of my adopting my two Korean kids!!! Thank you!!!
Very powerful documentary. I am constantly watching adoption stories. What touched me the most was when the young man said he has childhood memories but has no one to validate them. I cannot imagine how that must feel. Very compelling, I hope the three adult men had loving homes and loving adoptive parents.
We adopted our son from South Korea about 7 months ago. I often wonder what our son will remember and his questions when he gets older.