Between Goodbyes

This poignant documentary is about Mieke, a queer Korean adoptee who was raised in the Netherlands; her birth mother, Okgyun, lives in South Korea. Okgyun was forced to give up her daughter in 1982, in a context of concerns around overpopulation, economic hardship, and social pressure on women to have sons. Entering their lives six years after mother and daughter were reunited, the film addresses the historical legacy of mass overseas adoption.