FILM SYNOPSIS

Filmmaker Hannah Sutherland returns to her birthplace in Hubei, China for the first time since her adoption, following traces of a story that was never told.

Hannah was adopted by an American family in 2002 and raised in Wisconsin, far from her origins. Over two decades later, she returns in search of a connection to her past. Since names were lost and shame kept stories buried, finding her birth parents is a distant possibility. Instead, she returns to find her orphanage and places tied to her abandonment, rooted in the hope that the land itself might hold her story.

 

 

CREDITS

Director, Producer, Editor: Hannah Sutherland

Co-Producer: Peiran Liu

Cinematography: Hannah Sutherland & Peiran Liu

Sound: Hannah Sutherland & Peiran Liu 

Colorist: Artima Sakulkoo

Voice Performance: Fan He

Story Advisors: Antonio Tibaldi, Babak Rassi, Annie Howell

Special thanks: Xuanen Welfare Institute, Longbing Hou, Holly, Ms. Liang, Su’e Ma, Qiao Zhao, Huilin Deng, 茶花山庄 Camellia Mountain Villa, David Briggs, Susan Mei, Frankie Cuadrado, Warut Snidvongs, Yifan Chen, Yi Cheng Lin, Xing Wu, Weixin Chen, Claire Kromrey, Ariana Zins, Kathy Beito & John Sutherland