FRONTLINE: South Korea’s Adoption Reckoning
Production Assistant for South Korea’s Adoption Reckoning, a FRONTLINE and Associated Press documentary that examines allegations of fraud and abuse in South Korea’s historic foreign adoption boom. The documentary investigates cases of falsified records and identities among the adoptions of 200,000 children to the U.S. and other countries over decades.
Directed by FRONTLINE Investigative Journalist Equity Initiative filmmaker Lora Moftah (of Maxine Productions), South Korea’s Adoption Reckoning examines how South Korea’s leaders promoted an adoption boom despite decades of warnings about problems, how Western governments turned a blind eye, and how the consequences are still playing out today. (PBS)
In April 2025, “South Korea's Adoption Reckoning” was nominated for a Peabody Award.