First Person Plural
NR.
Directed by Deann Borshay.

In the 1960s, the South Korean government was so overwhelmed with orphaned children that they expedited their little ones to families abroad at an unprecendented rate. One of those children was Cha Jung Hee, a little girl adopted by a loving San Francisco family, renamed Deann Borshay, and soon settled into cozy, suburban life. Eventually, however, Borshay (now Borshay Liem) discovered that in their haste to ship a child to her American family, the government sent the wrong child. In this deeply introspective documentary, Borshay interviews family members and even puts herself in front of the camera as she tries to sort out what it means to be a daughter in two different worlds.

This article appears in August 11 • 2000.

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