Deann Borshay Liem

Deann Borshay Liem

Deann Borshay Liem (born Kang Ok Jin) is an Emmy Award-winning documentary filmmaker internationally known for her landmark adoption films, First Person Plural, In the Matter of Cha Jung Hee, and Geographies of Kinship. She has directed, produced, and executive produced a variety of award-winning documentaries and is the director/editor of a series of videos for legaciesofthekoreanwar.org, a web-based oral history project giving voice to memories of Korean Americans whose lives were shaped by the Korean War.

  • Title: Deann Borshay Liem
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Deann Borshay Liem Movies

  • 2000
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    First Person Plural

    First Person Plural

    6.5 2000 HD

    In 1966, Deann Borshay Liem was adopted by an American family and sent from Korea to her new home in California. There, the memory of her birth...

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  • 2022
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    Crossings

    Crossings

    1 2022 HD

    In hopes of putting an end to the 70-year war that still does not have the peace treaty, a group of internationally renowned women peacemakers come...

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  • 2024
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    Between Goodbyes

    Between Goodbyes

    1 2024 HD

    Okgyun never fit the narrative spun by adoption agencies; she was a married mother of three. After being pressured to relinquish her fourth child,...

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  • 2010
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    On Coal River

    On Coal River

    5.5 2010 HD

    On Coal River takes viewers on a gripping emotional journey into the Coal River Valley of West Virginia — a community surrounded by lush...

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  • 2010
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    In the Matter of Cha Jung Hee

    In the Matter of Cha Jung Hee

    6 2010 HD

    Her passport said she was Cha Jung Hee. She knew she was not. So began a 40-year deception for a Korean adoptee who came to the United States in...

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  • 2000
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    First Person Plural

    First Person Plural

    6.5 2000 HD

    In 1966, Deann Borshay Liem was adopted by an American family and sent from Korea to her new home in California. There, the memory of her birth...

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  • 2019
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    Geographies of Kinship

    Geographies of Kinship

    1 2019 HD

    In this powerful tale about the rise of Korea’s global adoption program, four adult adoptees return to their country of birth and reconnect...

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  • 2013
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    Memory of Forgotten War

    Memory of Forgotten War

    1 2013 HD

    Unknown or forgotten by most Americans, the Korean War divided a people with several millenniums of shared history. Memory of Forgotten War conveys...

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  • 2000
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    First Person Plural

    First Person Plural

    6.5 2000 HD

    In 1966, Deann Borshay Liem was adopted by an American family and sent from Korea to her new home in California. There, the memory of her birth...

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  • 2016
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    Breathin': The Eddy Zheng Story

    Breathin': The Eddy Zheng Story

    8 2016 HD

    Arrested at 16 and tried as an adult for kidnapping and robbery, Eddy Zheng served over 20 years in California prisons and jails. Ben Wang’s...

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