Added on 05/27/09
This documentary, about a Vermont family who adopts a 10-year-old girl, can be seen as a sweet story, an intimate portrait of Claudia, Rob, Eli, and, finally, Meskerem. But One Family: An Ethiopian Adoption (Jim Ritvo and Dave Raizman) has broader...
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This documentary, about a Vermont family who adopts a 10-year-old girl, can be seen as a sweet story, an intimate portrait of Claudia, Rob, Eli, and, finally, Meskerem. But One Family: An Ethiopian Adoption (Jim Ritvo and Dave Raizman) has broader implications, too. People are beginning to speak about openness in international adoption, but almost always in adversarial termsbaby stealing, baby selling. So, the scenes in which Meskerems birth familyher adoring grandmother, big brothers, and auntsentrust her to her new American parents are awe-inspiring, and a lesson for us all. This, you realize, is how it should be. Split by race, distance, poverty, disease, and grief, two families are connected by a delicate hinge, Meskerem, and they become one. Buy the film Reviewed by Isolde Motley, editor of AFs forthcoming You Can Adopt! Back To Home Page ©2009 Adoptive Families. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part is prohibited. See less 
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132 Main; $20
