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Matt Sobel Says TAKE ME TO THE RIVER

April 1, 2016 By Leave a Comment

Matt Sobel Says TAKE ME TO THE RIVER

Matt Sobel dedicated his feature film debut, TAKE ME TO THE RIVER, to his grandmother. She didn’t live to see the film, but her spirit pervaded the shoot.  Sobel had considered several other locations other than Nebraska, where the story is set, but it soon became clear to him that only her farm could capture… Read More »

Tagged With: Cannes, cousins, family estrangement, family reunion, film school, LGBT, Loup City, Nebraska, nephew, nightmare, police, tuxedo, uncle

The Nature and Nurture of TWINSTERS

August 11, 2015 By 4 Comments

The Nature and Nurture of TWINSTERS

Place this in the truth is stranger than fiction category. Twin sisters, born in Korea, separated at birth and growing up on separate continents. One, Samantha Futerman, pursues an acting career in Los Angeles, scores a few movie roles and a popular online video. A friend of her French-raised sister, Anais Bordier, sees the video,… Read More »

Tagged With: documentary, family reunion, internet, Korean adoptions, nature versus nurture, separated at birth, truth is stranger than fiction, twins, Twinsters

DAUGHTER FROM DANANG

October 21, 2014 By Leave a Comment

Gail Dolgin and Franco Vicente’’s heartrending documentary DAUGHTER FROM DANANG shows not only the long-term effects of the Vietnam War in very personal terms, but also looks at how fragile the bonds of blood and family can be. Both insights are disturbing, but in the able hands of these filmmakers, the story of one family’’s… Read More »

Tagged With: adoption, adoption vietnam, baby lift, Daughter From Danang, family reunion, family ties, Gail Dolgin, Heidi Bub, Vicente Franco, Vietnam war, war

Gail Dolgin & Vincente Franco Introduce Us to the DAUGHTER FROM DANANG

September 1, 2014 By Leave a Comment

There are moments in Gail Dolgin and Vicente Franco’s superb documentary DAUGHTER FROM DANANG that are like kicks in the gut. As we watch American homemaker Heidi Bub, who left her homeland in the Vietnamese baby lift 22 years earlier, visit a family who are strangers to her, the emotions are so overpowering and the subjects are… Read More »

Tagged With: adoption, baby lift, Daughter From Danang, family reunion, family ties, Gail Dolgin, Heidi Bub, Vicente Franco, Vietnam war, war

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