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Geographies of Kinship

Season 10 Episode 5

GEOGRAPHIES OF KINSHIP weaves together the complex personal histories of four adult adoptees born in South Korea with the rise of the country’s global adoption program. Raised in foreign families, each adoptee sets out on a journey to reconnect with their roots, mapping the geographies of kinship that bind them to a homeland they never knew.

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A journey into a brother's memories transform into a tool for reconciliation and healing.
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Five female activists run for local office in a grassroots effort to take back their city.
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Artists and activists fight to redefine belonging on both sides of the Atlantic.
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Sol Guy watches his late father’s tapes -- and confronts the choices of his father’s life.
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A 24-year-old artist & musician in Amarillo, TX makes an unorthodox run for city council.
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A collective memory of Mt. Pleasant's Salvadoran community and the May 1991 rebellion.
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A filmmaker and three Chicagoans navigate the complexities of living with mental illness.
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Off the Georgia coast, two brothers grow up in an enclave of the Saltwater Geechee people.
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In a divided New England town, an unexpected leader emerges to heal her community.
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