First Person Plural Film

The film First Person Plural is a documentary made by Deann Borshay Liem, a Korean orphan who was adopted by Americans living in California.  This film was very interesting because it was shot in the first person by Deann herself, as she explores her Korean heritage that turns out to be much different than what she originally thought it was.  Brought up believing that her family was all deceased, Deann was shocked to learn that this was not the case, and so she sets out on a quest to reunite with her biological family back in South Korea.  The most compelling part of the film for me is when Deann begins to struggle with the concept of having two families, each of a different ethnicity, all at once and how that will affect her life.  Although her Korean family is where her biological ties lie with, her American family is that one that has brought her up and loved her over the years.  The climactic part of the film is when Deann convinces her adoptive parents to travel with her to Korea to meet her biological family.  To me, I cannot even begin to imagine the emotional and psychological predicament that Deann is caught in throughout the course of this film.