Adopted reveals the grit rather than the glamor of transracial adoption. First-time director Barb Lee goes deep into the intimate lives of two well-meaning families and shows us the subtle challenges they face. One family is just beginning the process of adopting a baby from China and is filled with hope and possibility. The other family’s adopted Korean daughter is now 32 years old. Prompted by her adoptive mother’s terminal illness, she tries to create the bond they never had. The results are riveting, unpredictable and telling. While the two families are at opposite ends of the journey, their stories converge to show us that love isn’t always enough.
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This year, the federal Department of Education has predicted that the number of seniors finishing high school nationwide will peak in 2008 with 3.2 million students earning a high school diploma. Combine this with the fact that many admissions offices reported double-digit increases in applications last year and we may be looking at the most competitive admissions season ever.

For students, the stakes are high: The U.S. Department of Labor reports that nearly 90 percent of the fastest-growing jobs require post-secondary education; and dozens of organizations have reported that college graduates in the U.S. earn almost twice as much as high school graduates.
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This project is being produced in conjunction with a talented and courageous young director, Andre Lee. In this film, he tells the difficult and uncomfortable truth about the consequences young African American scholarship students face when they’re engulfed by the pressures and expectations of attending the most elite prep schools in America. What happens to their sense of identity when their cultural influences are either bifurcated or totally usurped by upper class white America? Why are their identities so confusing for them and what does this phenomenon say about race in our country?
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