Monday, July 07, 2008

"A girl, a photograph, a homecoming"

This 25 minute video tells the remarkable story of a Korean adoption in the late 1970s. It is told by a man who worked as a photographer for Time Magazine. He was given an assignment to photograph Amerasian children (kids fathered by American GIs throughout Asia and then abandoned, of which there were some 40 000 at the time). Through this assignment he came to know a little girl and her grandmother in Korea. The story that follows from there is bizarre, serendipitous, intriguing and heart-warming.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

My God, that you for posting that clip, I am sitting her crying, not out off grief but of joy for Natasha. It is great to hear that she has been able to keep that contact going with her village.

Erin and Chad said...

Thanks for posting this video.

We are from Arizona, US and are working toward adopting a baby from Korea. I enjoy your blog!

Erin

http://mykoreanadoption.blogspot.com/

Anonymous said...

Wow. Thanks for sharing. You always find the best clips.