Herselves
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Herselves

DirectorKristy Choi

2020
9 min
Documentary

This personal hybrid documentary unearths the complexities and nuances of the relationship between a Korean-American daughter and her immigrant mother. As the filmmaker creates her own images of her mother's life before motherhood, difficult questions of freedom, authorship, and filial responsibility emerge.

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A Daughter Searches for Answers in Her Mother’s Mysterious Past | The New Yorker Documentary

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