Production Language English
Country of Origin United States
Description Adopt Me, Michael Jordan follows Weynshet, a twelve-year-old girl who travels from an Ethiopian orphanage to an adoptive family in the US. In this work-in-progress documentary, the award-winning producing team of Melanie Judd and Susan Motamed focus on the experience of a child, illuminating the complications of international adoption and raising the question of what it means to lose everything you know in order to get what you need.
Followed by: A Filmmaker's Journey. Melanie Judd and Susan Motamed offer a look into their creative process and engage in an in-depth disucssion of adoption and its impact with the audience and special guests. Judd and Motamed developed their film with support from the Sundance Institute Documentary Film Program, which encourages the exploration of innovative nonfiction storytelling through artist grants, creative support at Documentary Labs, on-going Work-in-Progress screenings, and year-round opportunites to advance films and illuminate issues.
Identifier 2008s.01321
