Marley Greiner
08-23-2005, 09:50 AM
Please consider contacting your local PBS station to air Unlocking the Heart
of Adoption in November.
Marley
Dear Friend,
As you know, "Unlocking the Heart of Adoption" has begun to air around the
country on public television. The station programmers I spoke with who like
the film do not know where to fit it into their programming. We have a
great opportunity to get the word out about lifelong adoption issues this
November by requesting they air this insightful and moving documentary for
National Adoption Awareness Month.
Public television station programmers schedule programs two months in
advance. So if you call them now, they can and hopefully will put
"Unlocking the Heart of Adoption" on their schedule in September. If you
don't know who to call, email me with the city and station and I will send
you the contact information: unlockingheart@hotmail.com.
If you are a member of the station let them know this and if you are not,
tell them that this is a program you will watch. Keep in mind that these
are busy people and be polite. Thank you!
You could also mention that this was a NETA feed, National Educational
Telecommunications Association.
This 56 minute documentary bridges the gap between birth and adoptive
families through diverse personal stories of adult adoptees, birthparents
and adoptive parents in both same race and transracial adoptions. They
stirringly reveal the enormous complexity in the lives of normal people when
impacted by adoption. In the process, they explain what things like 'loss'
'identity' and 'needing to know the truth' mean to them. Many candid
snapshots touchingly enrich each story. Historical footage is threaded
through the film and serves as an illuminating background. "Unlocking the
Heart of Adoption" gives the viewer a powerful way to understand what
'adoption as a lifelong process' means today.
Check the film's website for the public television stations that have aired
the film and to order the VHS or DVD - http://www.unlockingtheheart.com.
Here is what a few people have to say about the film:
"Thank you so much for the touching documentary 'Unlocking the Heart of
Adoption.' KWBU aired this on Mother's Day, May 8th, and it was well
received in Central Texas. As an adopted child myself, the program really
spoke to my heart. Your documentary covered all of the sides of adoption -
the child, the birthparents and the adoptive parents. It was well put
together and told a wonderful story that needs to be told. Children are put
up for adoption and are adopted for so many different reasons. I was moved
by the different stories I watched unfold. Thank you again."
Clare Paul
KWBU-TV Station Manager
"Awesome special this evening....as a birthmother, I found my son 2 years
ago. He wishes no contact at this time. So I sit and wait for the day he
wants to meet me. I continue to send him cards and letters so he'll know
that I do love him and want the chance to know the man inside. I wish tv was
filled with programs such as this."
Viewer's note on website
"My husband and I stumbled upon the film last night and sat riveted for its
entirety. We have 3 internationally adopted children who were 4, 5 and 12
years old when we adopted them. Finding their birth mothers will be next to
impossible, but your film gave us the desire to try again. Every once in a
while we will see glimpses of their pain, from a void that we can never
fill. We used to believe that our love would overcome all, but in recent
years we've come to understand that we can love them deeply, but their sense
of identity is so intricately woven from the womb. Thank you for helping
all of us dealing with adoption issues to have better understanding and not
feel so alone."
Viewer's note on website
Thank you for helping me to bring "Unlocking the Heart of Adoption" to more
people around the country!
Best wishes,
Sheila Ganz
of Adoption in November.
Marley
Dear Friend,
As you know, "Unlocking the Heart of Adoption" has begun to air around the
country on public television. The station programmers I spoke with who like
the film do not know where to fit it into their programming. We have a
great opportunity to get the word out about lifelong adoption issues this
November by requesting they air this insightful and moving documentary for
National Adoption Awareness Month.
Public television station programmers schedule programs two months in
advance. So if you call them now, they can and hopefully will put
"Unlocking the Heart of Adoption" on their schedule in September. If you
don't know who to call, email me with the city and station and I will send
you the contact information: unlockingheart@hotmail.com.
If you are a member of the station let them know this and if you are not,
tell them that this is a program you will watch. Keep in mind that these
are busy people and be polite. Thank you!
You could also mention that this was a NETA feed, National Educational
Telecommunications Association.
This 56 minute documentary bridges the gap between birth and adoptive
families through diverse personal stories of adult adoptees, birthparents
and adoptive parents in both same race and transracial adoptions. They
stirringly reveal the enormous complexity in the lives of normal people when
impacted by adoption. In the process, they explain what things like 'loss'
'identity' and 'needing to know the truth' mean to them. Many candid
snapshots touchingly enrich each story. Historical footage is threaded
through the film and serves as an illuminating background. "Unlocking the
Heart of Adoption" gives the viewer a powerful way to understand what
'adoption as a lifelong process' means today.
Check the film's website for the public television stations that have aired
the film and to order the VHS or DVD - http://www.unlockingtheheart.com.
Here is what a few people have to say about the film:
"Thank you so much for the touching documentary 'Unlocking the Heart of
Adoption.' KWBU aired this on Mother's Day, May 8th, and it was well
received in Central Texas. As an adopted child myself, the program really
spoke to my heart. Your documentary covered all of the sides of adoption -
the child, the birthparents and the adoptive parents. It was well put
together and told a wonderful story that needs to be told. Children are put
up for adoption and are adopted for so many different reasons. I was moved
by the different stories I watched unfold. Thank you again."
Clare Paul
KWBU-TV Station Manager
"Awesome special this evening....as a birthmother, I found my son 2 years
ago. He wishes no contact at this time. So I sit and wait for the day he
wants to meet me. I continue to send him cards and letters so he'll know
that I do love him and want the chance to know the man inside. I wish tv was
filled with programs such as this."
Viewer's note on website
"My husband and I stumbled upon the film last night and sat riveted for its
entirety. We have 3 internationally adopted children who were 4, 5 and 12
years old when we adopted them. Finding their birth mothers will be next to
impossible, but your film gave us the desire to try again. Every once in a
while we will see glimpses of their pain, from a void that we can never
fill. We used to believe that our love would overcome all, but in recent
years we've come to understand that we can love them deeply, but their sense
of identity is so intricately woven from the womb. Thank you for helping
all of us dealing with adoption issues to have better understanding and not
feel so alone."
Viewer's note on website
Thank you for helping me to bring "Unlocking the Heart of Adoption" to more
people around the country!
Best wishes,
Sheila Ganz
