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202223 minGdocumentary

The Space Between You & Me

202223 minGdocumentary

Two Korean-American adoptees explore their transracial identities while meeting their birth mothers in a quest for connection and understanding.

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Lily Ahree Siegel

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Two Korean-American adoptees explore their transracial identities while meeting their birth mothers in a quest for connection and understanding.

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Two Korean-American adoptees navigate their transracial identity through meeting their birth mothers.

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