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[URL="http://princetonlibrary.org"]Princeton Public Library[/URL]
65 Witherspoon Street
THURSDAY, NOV. 18
7 p.m.
Film screening and discussion: [URL="http://www.pbs.org/pov/offandrunning/film_description.php"]Off And Running[/URL]
The library marks National Adoption Month with this story of an African-American teenager from Brooklyn who is the adopted daughter of white, Jewish lesbians. Avery Klein-Cloud is a track star with a bright future. Her older brother is black and Puerto Rican and her younger brother is Korean.
When Avery writes to her birth mother, the response throws her into crisis. She struggles with her "true" identity, the circumstances of her adoption, and her estrangement from black culture.
Just when it seems as if her life is unraveling, Avery decides to pick up the pieces and make sense of it all.
A post-screening discussion will feature Avery Klein-Cloud. This event is a collaboration with the award-winning documentary series P.O.V.
Review from NYT: [url=http://movies.nytimes.com/2010/01/29/movies/29off.html]Movie Review - Off and Running - A Race for Identity - NYTimes.com[/url]
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