Her passport said she was Cha Jung Hee. She knew she was not. So began a 40-year deception for a Korean adoptee who came to the US in 1966. Told to keep her true identity a secret from her new American family, this eight-year-old girl quickly forgot she was ever anyone else. But why had her identity been switched? And who was the real Cha Jung Hee? IN THE MATTER OF CHA JUNG HEE is the search to find the answers. It follows acclaimed filmmaker Deann Borshay Liem as she returns to her native Korea to find her "double," the mysterious girl whose place she took in America.
US Television Premiere – IN THE MATTER OF CHA JUNG HEE will have its national broadcast premiere on POV (Point of View), PBS’s award-winning non-fiction showcase on September 14, 2010. See PBS Schedule
IN THE MATTER OF CHA JUNG HEE screens at FLICKERS: Rhode Island International Film Festival (RIIFF), August 10-15, 2010. For more information: http://www.film-festival.org/2010FestivalSched.php
Encore Presentation – POV presents an encore presentation of the award-winning film, FIRST PERSON PLURAL, on August 10, 2010. For more information, please visit http://www.pbs.org/pov/firstpersonplural/.
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