Nam Holtz, abandoned in 1975 as an infant, returns to South Korea for the first time in over 35 years to search for her birth family and her culture.  What Nam did not expect to find was the complex web of local and cultural influences that prohibits Koreans from adopting their own.  There is, however, hope that decades-long stigmas can change.  While Nam continues her own self-discovery, she meets with grass roots groups on the front lines of the adoption issue in South Korea. These community leaders are trying to engage more Koreans in the conversation, calling attention to the discriminatory status quo that has scourged all sides of child rearing, in order to begin keeping more of their children home.

 

“Found in Korea” is a documentary journey that brings us to beautiful Namhae, a remote fishing island on the southern tip of South Korea.  

 

 

Executive Producer, Nam Holtz

Co-Written by Kevyn Settle, Nam Holtz

 

A dramatic thriller about powerful people preying on those that will do anything to relieve their financial pressure.

 

Produced by Stephen Cambria, Nam Holtz, and Kevyn Settle

Written by Kevyn Settle, Daniel Neiden, and Erik Lee

Directed by Kevyn Settle

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trailer (2:24)

 

Music by Quasilulu