Filmmaker Deann Borshay Liem was sent from Korea at age eight to her adoptive family in California. In her documentary First Person Plural (2000), she explores her family history. Here she discusses navigating family dynamics in the making of the film.
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The Asian American Studies Center acknowledges the Gabrielino/Tongva peoples as the traditional land caretakers of Tovaangar (Los Angeles basin, So. Channel Islands) and pay our respects to the honuukvetam (ancestors), ‘ahiihirom (elders), and ‘eyoohiinkem (relatives/relations) past, present, and emerging.
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