Joy Dietrich

A Tibetan-American filmmaker explores modes of resistance to Chinese occupation by speaking with activists across generations. A former Tibetan monk broke his vows and became a guerilla leader. The filmmaker's own mother followed the Dalai Lama's Middle Path and raised her family in America. A young Tibetan man attempted to self-immolate in 2006. How does the filmmaker understand his place in the struggle?

Estranged from her adoptive parents, a filmmaker sets out to visit them after a 20-year absence. To observe how other adoptive families navigate challenges in the bonding process, she follows two fellow foreign-born adoptees as they undergo novel, sometimes controversial therapies to better connect with their American families.

A rare view into the emotionally complex interior of young Asian American women, featuring a Korean adoptee who needs to come to terms with her damaged past.