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NC Coalition for Adoption Reform
THE CENTER FOR DOCUMENTARY STUDIES AT DUKE UNIVERSITY - Presents two installations by Ann Fessler
Submitted by njadoptee on March 28, 2007 - 4:01pm.
adoption | Durham | Events and Celebrations | girls | relinquishment | roe v. wade | went away
In Regards to SB111 or HB445 - Access to Information for Adult Adoptees
Were birthmother’s promised
Privacy?
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THE CENTER FOR DOCUMENTARY STUDIES AT DUKE UNIVERSITY
Presents Two Installations by ANN FESSLER - Author of ‘The Girls Who Went Away – The Hidden History of Women Who Surrendered Children for Adoption in the Decades Before Roe v. Wade
On ViewApril 19 – July 8, 2007 AtThe Center for Documentary Studies1317 Pettigrew Street . Durham . NC 27705 Everlasting: The Girls Who Went Away is a multi-channel, surround-sound audio installation based on oral history interviews Ann Fessler conducted with women who surrendered a baby for adoption in the 1950s and 1960s. Visitors are invited to sit in chairs and listen to fragments of stories that combine to make a collective narrative. Fessler, who interviewed women across the country, has brought their stories together in a nonfiction book, The Girls Who Went Away (Penguin Press, 2006).Cliff & Hazel is an adopted daughter's humorous and poignant video portrait of the parents who shaped her identity. Fessler documents a trip home to celebrate her mother's 80th birthday. It is the first visit since the death of her father, and her mother's words come easier in his absence. As Hazel talks about her opposition to women's liberation and her belief that a woman's place is in the home, the contradictions and complexities of her life begin to unfold.
Reception: April 19, 6–9 p.m. artist's talk starts at 7 p.m.
Reading and Book Signing: June 28, 7–9 p.m.
