In the matter of Cha Jung Hee /
"Her passport said she was Cha Jung Hee. She knew she was not. So began a 40 year deception for a Korean adoptee who came to the US in 1966. Told to keep her true identity a secret from her new American family, this 8 year old girl quickly forgot she was ever anyone else. But why had her identi...
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| Other Authors / Creators: | Liem, Deann Borshay, producer, director, screenwriter. Hillgrove, Vivien, screenwriter, film editor. Lagarde, Charlotte, producer. Chin, Michael, director of photography. Lee, Byung Ho (Cinematographer), director of photography. Boekelheide, Todd, composer. |
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| Other Corporate Authors / Creators: | Mu Films. Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Independent Television Service. Center for Asian American Media. Katahdin Productions (Firm) American Documentary, Inc. New Day Films. Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.) |
| Participants: | Deann Borshay Liem. |
| Format: | DVD |
| Language: | English Korean |
| Language notes: | In English and Korean, with English subtitles. PBS/Educational version has closed captioning. |
| Imprint: | [Harriman, N.Y.] : New Day Films, [2010] |
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| Other uniform title: | POV (Television program) |
| Summary: | "Her passport said she was Cha Jung Hee. She knew she was not. So began a 40 year deception for a Korean adoptee who came to the US in 1966. Told to keep her true identity a secret from her new American family, this 8 year old girl quickly forgot she was ever anyone else. But why had her identity been switched? And who was the real Cha Jung Hee? In the Matter of Cha Jung Hee is the search to find the answers, as acclaimed filmmaker Deann Borshay Liem (First person plural, PBS 2000) returns to her native Korea to find her "double," the mysterious girl whose place she took in America. As seen on PBS on the award-winning series, Point of View (POV)"--Container. Her passport said she was Cha Jung Hee. She knew she was not. So began a 40-year deception for a Korean adoptee who came to the US in 1966. Told to keep her true identity a secret from her new American family, this eight-year-old girl quickly forgot she was ever anyone else. But why had her identity been switched? And who was the real Cha Jung Hee? In the Matter of Cha Jung Hee is the search to find the answers. It follows acclaimed filmmaker Deann Borshay Liem as she returns to her native Korea to find her ¿double,¿ the mysterious girl whose place she took in America. Traversing the landscapes of memory, amnesia and identity, while also uncovering layers of deception in her adoption, this moving and provocative film probes the ethics of international adoptions and reveals the cost of living a lie. Part mystery, part personal odyssey, it raises fundamental questions about who we are¿and who we could be but for the hands of fate. |
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| Item Description: | Originally produced for the PBS series Point of View in 2010. "Major funding provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB)"--Back of container. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (62 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details: | DVD; NTSC. |
| Credits: | Co-writer and editor, Vivien Hillgrove ; cinematographers, Michael Chin and Byung Ho Lee ; original music by Todd Boekelheide. |
| ISBN: | 9781574482775 1574482777 |