Lost Chinese clues in FOUND doc about truly unexpected family ties

by Screenmancer Staff

One unexpected facet of adoption is the rise of birth-parent searches made possible by DNA-matching breakthroughs, and Netflix’s documentary FOUND, set for Oct. 20, brings this issue into sharp focus. The gist of Director Amanda Lipitz’s exploration of the helix hunt is “after DNA tests reveal them to be cousins, three girls adopted by different American families travel to China in hopes of meeting their birth parents.”

Three young women named Chloe, Sadie, Lily, are the stars of their own story via Lipitz and her producer Anita Gou. This trio of young digital savvy teens are also members of a generation of global adoptees, who must come to terms with their own individual and unique hybrid identities as a result.

Basically, FOUND is what happens when lost family histories turn into a search for self discovery, and all the emotional aspects that a genetic odyssey like this entails.

Young people everywhere in the adoption community can relate to this film personally, but it also reveals a wider tale of how the American quilt is stitched together under one nation. The topic comes into play during November, which is National Adoption Month, with official National Adoption Day on Nov. 20. 

Watch the trailer

FOUND’s Amanda Lipitz will participate in the ‘Docs to Watch’ panel at the SCAD Savannah Film Festival coming in the last week of October.

Join the search for lost relatives on Oct. 20 in FOUND.

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