Skip to main content
Back to Show
Our Time

Adoption and Fostering – I CHOOSE YOU & HANNAH’S HOME

Season 3 Episode 302

Over 4.5 million children in the U.S. are adopted. While stigmas persist, many adopted teens are speaking out about their families. Abandoned on the steps of an Ethiopian church, filmmaker Dulcinea Harrison traces her origin story from Addis Ababa to Denver in I CHOOSE YOU. And, at 18, filmmaker Hannah Duran locates her biological mother with hard questions and unexpected answers in HANNAH’S HOME.

Available Until
12/22/2025
Support Provided By
Season
Multi-racial Families: THE SPECTACULAR QUIET & SMALL STEPS
27:56
While multiracial families are often overlooked, mixed race youth insist on a voice.
Domestic Violence and Family Estrangement – NOT ALL HEROES & SKINNED KNEES
27:39
Family estrangement and domestic abuse through the eyes of those impacted most – children.
Teen Mental Health – AFTERTASTE & INTRUSIVE
26:46
Understanding eating disorders and anxiety through the eyes of teens and their families.
Teen Mental Health and Suicide in Black Families
26:46
Filmmakers Kalia Hunter and Kallista Palapas recount two black lives cut short by suicide.
Self Image and non-conformity – Gorgeous and Out of the Box
26:40
What happens when teenagers reject self-policing?
Intimate Partner Violence – Rock Bottom & Breaking Silence
26:41
Two young filmmakers recount domestic violence in their high school relationships.
Immigration – Love Me and Finding Home
26:40
First generation immigrants caught between family traditions and finding their own voices.
Teen Mental Health and Suicide – Under the Wire & Surviving
26:40
Two teen filmmakers tackle mental health and suicide.
Hair and Self Image – Out of our Heads and Bella
26:40
Two young filmmakers take aim at cultural beauty standards as they examine hair.
PTSD and Mental Illness – After War and Right of Mind
26:40
PTSD and mental illness through the eyes of those often overlooked.
Active loading indicator