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Goodbye Baby

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Producer(s)	Pat Goudvis
Director(s)	Pat Goudvis
Release Date	1999
Work In Progress	n
Runtime	58 min
Youth Media	n
Educational Materials	Yes

Film Description

The number of adoptions from Guatemala to the US has risen dramatically in recent years—as has the controversy. What is seen as an act of love by adoptive parents is viewed with deep suspicion inside Guatemala. By examining the ramifications of money, private lawyers, media coverage and women’s rights on the adoption process, Goodbye Baby illuminates the complexity of international adoption from the vantage point of those in a country sending the children.

Goodbye Baby includes voices of birth mothers, adoption agency workers, adoptive parents, lawyers, government officials and critics of adoption. Interviews are complemented by intimate footage of the adoption process, including birth mothers relinquishing babies, DNA testing and a visit with a foster mother; children in orphanages; a protest against adoption; and scenes with adoptive parents in Guatemala picking up their children.

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Last Updated On:	May 22, 2012