AKA Adoptive Parent Series

“Side by Side: Out of a South Korean Orphanage and Into the World” is a multi-platform documentary project revealing 60+ years of inter-country adoption with first-person stories from 100 adult adoptees.

For this special Also-Known-As screening, two themed film compilations “Growing Up” and “Searching for Answers,” focusing on identity and birth search, will be shown. Afterward, a panel with Side x Side creator and co-director Glenn Morey and two local adoptees who appear in the films, Joy Lieberthal Rho and Heather Won Tesoriero, will discuss and take questions on the issues and emotions presented, with the hopes that parents will be better able to have meaningful interactions with their adopted children on these topic. Former Also-Known-As president Marissa Martin will facilitate this special presentation.