Found

You Can’t Make This Up

Netflix

True Crime, Documentary, Tv & Film, Society & Culture, Film Interviews

4.2 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 10 November 2021

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

The Netflix documentary, 'Found' is an extraordinary tale of three teenagers who were born in China and adopted by American families. Though these girls live in different parts of the country, they discover through DNA tests that they are cousins and quickly become very close. They then decide to take a journey back to China together to find out more about where they come from. In this episode, our host Rebecca Lavoie interviews director Amanda Lipitz and producer Anita Gou about this heartfelt film about self-discovery. Have you learned anything about your family because of DNA testing? What part of this documentary moved you the most? If you have thoughts about this film, or you just can't believe how much you cried while watching Found, tweet Rebecca @reblavoie on Twitter and she might just read your tweets on the next show!

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0:00.0	Welcome to You Can't Make This Up, where we uncover the true stories behind your favorite
0:11.0	Netflix documentaries and films.
0:13.7	I'm your host, Rebecca Laveoy.
0:15.7	On today's episode, we take a closer look
0:18.2	at the documentary Found.
0:20.8	When you're little, like you grow up in like your perfect little bubble you grow up
0:26.1	but on all these like white people and like it's just who you think you are and
0:30.5	then like you realize you're different.
0:32.8	Today we're talking to director Amanda Lipitz and producer Anita Guo.
0:37.2	China's one child policy ran from 1980 to 2015.
0:41.9	As a result, countless infants were given up for adoption. Many left anonymously
0:47.1	at government buildings or at the side of the road. Found tells the story of three teens adopted from Chinese orphanages by American parents.
0:57.0	Lily, Chloe, and Sadie struggle with the unanswered questions of their adoptions,
1:02.0	but find solace in each other when their DNA tests show
1:05.2	that their cousins.
1:07.2	Though they live very different lives all over the country, they bond over long distance video chats. Seeking more information about their
1:15.9	identities, the three enlist the help of Leo Howe, a researcher in Beijing
1:20.7	who tries to track down their birth parents.
1:24.0	All four meet for the first time in China
1:26.3	for an emotional journey of self-discovery.
1:29.7	It was very difficult for me because you know you are not welcome.
1:34.0	You are in your wrong gender, they don't want you and you know that. We're talking to director Amanda Lippets and producer Anita Kuo.
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