Good Fortune has raised over $50,000 for Chinese orphanages through sales and screenings since its release in 1999.
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The film introduces six diverse American families who share their adoption stories. We meet a parent who worked inside an orphanage before ever planning to adopt, one who lived through China's Cultural Revolution, and another who has spent over 20 years researching adoption in China. All of these families help to put our impressions of Chinese adoption into a larger context, with a clearer understanding of this complex issue.
For all of us who have, or are considering adoption from China, Good Fortune is a unique and invaluable resource. Although made as a gift for these children, Good Fortune is intended for them when they reach a level of maturity to ask and cope with identity questions. It is for all of our families and relatives to help them understand and celebrate their adoption stories.
By sharing these personal family stories, Good Fortune offers thousands of adoptive families and their extended communities, tools for understanding their children's unique histories and their beginnings as cross cultural families in America.
Corky Merwin has been a professional filmmaker since 1982. Over the past 14 years, Corky has written or overseen the production of over 100 programs. Her work, primarily corporate and public policy communications, has brought her wide recognition within the film and video industry, and among the civic and business communities, as well as earning her numerous national awards. Corky is also the mother of two sons and a Chinese daughter and has a passionate interest in Asia.
Running time: 52:00 what others say
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The film introduces six diverse American families who share their adoption stories. We meet a parent who worked inside an orphanage before ever planning to adopt, one who lived through China's Cultural Revolution, and another who has spent over 20 years researching adoption in China. All of these families help to put our impressions of Chinese adoption into a larger context, with a clearer understanding of this complex issue.
For all of us who have, or are considering adoption from China, Good Fortune is a unique and invaluable resource. Although made as a gift for these children, Good Fortune is intended for them when they reach a level of maturity to ask and cope with identity questions. It is for all of our families and relatives to help them understand and celebrate their adoption stories.
By sharing these personal family stories, Good Fortune offers thousands of adoptive families and their extended communities, tools for understanding their children's unique histories and their beginnings as cross cultural families in America.
Corky Merwin has been a professional filmmaker since 1982. Over the past 14 years, Corky has written or overseen the production of over 100 programs. Her work, primarily corporate and public policy communications, has brought her wide recognition within the film and video industry, and among the civic and business communities, as well as earning her numerous national awards. Corky is also the mother of two sons and a Chinese daughter and has a passionate interest in Asia.
Running time: 52:00 what others say
