LADA Screens: Lucy Sheen – Online Screening

About Abandoned Adopted Here

Lucy Sheen, who wrote, directed and produced the film, was one of the 106 Hong Kong foundlings that were transracially adopted by predominantly white families in the UK in the 50s and 60s, as part of the Hong Kong Project. Abandoned Adopted Here explores the nature of belonging in the British society and the unheard, silenced, and often erased voices of British East and Southeast Asians with mixed heritages and complex identities.

Identity is something that the majority of us take for granted. We see ourselves reflected back to us as we gaze into the eyes of our parents, watch TV, or go to the cinema or the theatre. But what if your image does not appear in society, or isn’t the same as your parents? What then? This in an independent documentary looking at identity, adoption, transracial adoption, being both British and of East Asian heritage. Is there such a thing? Where do we fit in in the UK?