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Going Home
Jason Hoffmann 2008
Categories: Documentaries
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Run time: 73 min. | USA
Jason never expected to look back at his complicated and hidden family history rooted in South Korea. Even though he had been adopted from Korea two decades earlier, Jason identified with being a true New Yorker. Having grown up in the liberal background of Greenwich Village to Jewish parents, Jason barely expressed any interest in his Korean heritage. He was perfectly fulfilled with the American life that had been chosen for him. But as he grew into a young adult, he inherently became more curious about his roots. In the documentary GOING HOME, Jason finally summons up the courage to initiate contact with his birth mother, and during the search inadvertently discovers that neither his birth father nor older birth sister knows that he exists. Without knowing whether face-to-face meetings are even possible, Jason takes a risk and sets out on an epic journey halfway around the world with his Korean girlfriend, MiKyung by his side. Once in Seoul, Jason excitedly learns that his mother wishes to meet him. But when his mother suddenly falls ill on the day of their planned meeting, Jason's short-lived optimism takes a discouraging turn. Filled with deeply human moments of joy and pain, GOING HOME shares Jason's intimate journey as he starts to realize what life could have been if he had not been adopted. In the face of adversity and complete upheaval of buried insecurities about his identity, Jason begins to discover a profound new meaning of family.
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Jason Hoffmann
 
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Jason Hoffmann
Mikyung Kim
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Mikyung Kim
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John Avino
Nikki Muller
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Andrew Whittaker
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