Passing through : a personal diary documentary / by Nathan Adolfson ; produced & directed by Nathan Adolfson.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Adolfson, Nathan, director, producer, narrator.

Series:

Academic Video Online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Adolfson, Nathan.

Korean Americans--Biography.

Korean Americans.

Korean Americans--Family relationships.

Korean Americans--Ethnic identity.

Adoptees--United States.

Adoptees.

Genre:

Documentary films.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (28 minutes)

Place of Publication:

San Francisco, CA : Center for Asian American Media, 1998.

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

video file

Summary:

Fresh out of college, Adolfson -- a Korean adoptee who grew up in Coon Rapids, Minnesota -- decides to return to his land of birth for fun and new experiences. After spending six months at Yonsei University living among drunk foreign exchange students, he relocates to a boarding house, determined to get a better sense of what life outside the dormitories is like. What he finds ranges from the painful to the provocative. He briefly participates in a student demonstration, resulting in his choking on tear gas. He is compelled to volunteer for an orphanage and muses over his own barely remembered childhood. Events culminate when Adolfson is reunited on Korean national television with his three long-lost siblings. An absorbing account of how cultural barriers can stimulate rather than hinder personal growth, Passing Through offers a unique look at a young man's coming of age.

Notes:

Title from title screen (viewed May 27, 2021).

OCLC:

1264102984