Fwd: the film "Approved for Adoption." - Opening in NY on 11/8/2013 (FRI)

[Juyeon JC Rhee]

I heard the following from a friend: 

... the theatrical debut of the film "Approved for Adoption." My friend Jennifer holds the distribution rights for the film along with GKIDS, out of NYC.

The film opening is on Friday, November 8, 2013. The film is due to open in 10 markets but is hinging upon how well it opens in NYC. I'll be at the premier and helping out with some events associated with the film.

It is an amazing film and the animation is BEAUTIFUL. I hope you will consider attending the film during its run at the Angelika Film Center. If you have any friends that you think might be interested, please feel free to pass it along to them.

Below is a link to the YouTube trailer which just went up on iTunes last week!

http://youtu.be/A9oWDAwWniE

This remarkable animated documentary traces the unconventional upbringing of the filmmaker Jung Henin, one of thousands of Korean children adopted by Western families after the end of the Korean War. It is the story of a boy stranded between two cultures. Animated vignettes -- some humorous and some poetic -- track Jung from the day he first meet his new blond siblings, through elementary school, and into his teenage years, when his emerging sense of identity begins to create fissures at home and ignite the latent biases of his adoptive parents. The filmmaker tells his story using his own animation intercut with snippets of super-8 family footage and archival film. The result is an animated memoir like no other: clear-eyed and unflinching, humorous, and above all, inspiring in the capacity of the human heart.

Official Site: http://www.approvedforadoption.com

Director: Jung, Laurent Boileau

Cast: Jung, William Coryn, Maxym Anciaux, Mahé Collet, Aaracia Dubois, Alayin Dubois, Arthur Dubois

Writers: Jung, Laurent Boileau

In NYC theaters: November 8th, 2013 - Angelka Film Center

in Los Angeles theaters: November 22, 2013 - Laemmle's Music Hall