Korean-born French adoptee Laure Badufle’s story and search for idenity is now the subject of a new Sony Pictures film, “Return to Seoul.” In December of 2021, Badufle, then 37, shared some of that story, including meeting her birth parents in her 20s. The film is now opening to more international audiences this month and is already winning accolades. This is a re-broadcast.
“Running” by JaeJin.
Other music under license with Blue Dot Sessions.
Michael Jessup of Mountain View, California is a father, coach and adopted Korean. But it’s only been in the last six years that the 46-year old has explored his feelings about his adoption and faced his pain about being abandoned and given up by presumably his first family at 13 months of age. He opens up about his life, how tennis has carried him through the years, and shares a touching letter to his eomma.
“Running” by JaeJin under license.
“Trajectories,” “Krotoa Hills,” “Helion Ruins,” “Engine Flicker” by Blue Dot Sessions under license.
Son of a Korean haenyo, the storied female free divers, and a single mother, adoptee Ben Coz, 30, also plunges depths in adoption activism in Korea. You’ll hear how his politics are inextricably linked to his personal life, and how early trauma and loss has influenced his call to action.
Blue Dot Sessions music used under license.
“Scandinavian Scandals”, “1.5iterations” and “Hell Joseon” by permission of Ben Coz.
“U, Black Maybe” by Common appears under fair use, courtesy of Geffen Records.
“My Downfall” and “The First Time I Laid Eyes” by Audiobinger.
