Product Details

• Actors: Michelle Johnson; John Raible
• Directors: Deborah C. Hoard
• Format: NTSC
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Number of discs: 1
• Studio: PhotoSynthesis Productions
• DVD Release Date: May 8, 2007
• Run Time: 40 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000QFBZEY
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #231,293 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Good educational and counseling resource, May 19, 2008

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M. S. Crowley (Ithaca, NY, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Struggle For Identity (Special Edition) (DVD)

This video brought abstract ideas into focus by showing their impact on real people in everyday life. I used it in a class on adolescent development dealing with identity formation and social differences. The young people who were interviewed echoed many of the issues we were reading about, especially those complicated by multiple sources of identity, including race and gender.
It was challenging for some students because they had to consider problems associated with interracial adoption beyond the very real & well meaning perspective of white parents and siblings. It opened up opportunities to discuss race in new ways, especially for majority students.
Just a great teaching tool. I also think it would be very helpful for counselors and others working with biracial families, adoption and interracial families and children.

5.0 out of 5 stars THE video on issues of identity in trans-racial families, November 26, 2010

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Che Broadnax (Ithaca, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Struggle For Identity (Special Edition) (DVD)

Struggle For Identity is an incredibly nuanced film. Technically, it is a conversation amongst several transracial adoptees, discussing their personal experiences as children and in some cases as parents themselves. Though the set-up is quite simple, the depth and breadth of the conversation is poignant. The participants discuss the ways in which their adoptive parents were and weren't prepared to raise children from different racial and ethnic backgrounds, what might have been done differently and what worked. They candidly discuss the social minefield that is navigating racial identity, looking at where they felt they belonged, and where they felt they didn't. The topics -- though centered around transracial adoption -- resonate further in our increasingly multiracial, multiethnic society.

The special edition DVD includes the original film in its entirety, as well as numerous bonus features. Several segments which were ultimately not included with the original release have been included as bonus scenes. Most interesting however is a new film featuring two of the original participants, a decade later. Seeing what has changed for them, what has remained the same, and how they have chosen to live their lives, build their families and their careers is particularly interesting.

In addition, the DVD includes several PDF materials and links to related websites.

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic insight, November 16, 2010

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Seth and Jean-Philippe - See all my reviews

This review is from: Struggle For Identity (Special Edition) (DVD)

My partner and I watched this video. We've been thinking about adoption for a long time, and while I have always considered transracial adoption, it was a new idea to my partner. Happily, not only did it challenge my partner, but it also challenged some of my preconceptions. Fortunately, it didn't turn us off - rather, it gave us a realistic perspective on transracial adoption and ideas to consider as we proceed.