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CLOSURE
A trans-racial adoptee finds her birth mother, and meets the rest of a family who did not know she existed, including her birth father. A story about identity, the complexities of trans-racial adoption, and most importantly, closure. Angela Tucker is a transracial adoptee and the subject of the documentary, Closure (available on Netflix, iTunes & Hulu). She uses her personal story to educate others and encourage stimulating and transformative conversation and prompt procedural change specifically around adoptee rights.
THE DARK MATTER OF LOVEDocumentary on the psychological aspects of growing up with and without parental love. It centers around the Diaz family, who chooses to adopt three orphans from Russia, and how their new and old kids handle family together.Available on Netflix
STUCKA documentary that follows four children from three different countries on their individual voyages from orphanages to their new homes with families in the United States. STUCK exposes the difficulties that orphaned children and adoptive parents encounter in the process of trying to come together as a family. Follow the stories of these heroic families and the battles they had to overcome to unite with their children. Available on Netflix