Full-length documentary

International Adoptions: A Global Scandal

(International Adoptions: A Global Scandal)

An excited crowd greets children as flight attendants carry them from the plane. For 60 years the media has portrayed “orphan rescue missions” in this way. But the TV images conceal the shocking reality of the international adoption trade.

Under the supervision of governments, social workers and adoption agencies, children from Africa, Chile, South Korea and Nepal were taken from their biological parents and transported to countries in the West, where they were given forged documents and new identities.

Justice

Basic information about the film

Title	International Adoptions: A Global Scandal
Original Title	International Adoptions: A Global Scandal
Original Language	Dutch, English, French, German, Korean, Spanish
Znění	original audio, children’s films dubbed in Czech
Subtitles	Czech subtitles, select films have descriptive Czech or English subtitles (look for the accessibility icons next to each screening)
Premiéra	Czech premiere
Film type	Full-length documentary
Year of Production	2024
Country of Origin	France
Length	91 min.
Tags	Justice
Director	Christine Tournadre, Sonia Gonzalez
Sales	Java Films Donatien Pierda donatien@javafilms.tv

All screenings

03/26 20:00

Moving Station
Koperníkova 574/56, Plzeň

Language:
Subtitles: Czech

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