Upcoming Screenings

Monday, August 18, 2008 at 7pm
Circle Cinema
12 South Lewis
Tulsa, Oklahoma
for more info: http://www.circlecinema.com
Screening will be followed by a panel discussion with adoption triad members
Hosted by OK Adoption Search and Support Group
for more info: sfranklin568@yahoo.com

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Sheila Ganz and Jane McShea of Three Rivers Families with Children from China
at the Magee Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA, April 2006 screening

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On November 7, 2003, eight people in the film attended the Delancey Street screening in San Francisco for Q&A discussion.  From left to right: Jody, Tom, Ginger, Ron, Dolores, Debbie, Hal, Martin and Sheila.  Photo by Catherine Hopkins
Read the review by Amy Klatzkin

Past Screenings
Sheila Ganz attended most screenings for Q&A

Screenings around the state of North Carolina for National Adoption Awareness Month November 2007, by Roberta Macdonald, Reunited Adoptee, Chairwoman, NC Coalition for Adoption Reform

The Department of Children and Families Permanency Conference 2007, Hartford, CT

Adoption Connections Training Institute: OneWorld Network (ACTION) for Center for Family Connections, Third International Conference 2007, Cambridge, MA

Third National Origins Conference on the Mental Health Aspects of Persons Affected by Family Separation, Mental Health Week 2006, Melbourne, Australia

Three Rivers Families with Children from China, Magee Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA

Council on Social Work Education Annual Program Meeting, 2006

Alliance for the Study of Adoption, Identity and Kinship, Adoption and Culture Conference, Tampa University, FL

Fisher College, Boston, MA, in conjunction with the screening, Sheila Ganz was a guest on the talk radio show Speaking of Adoption WSAR 1480 AM, Fall River, MA

Adoption Annex, Roslyn, NY, 2005 Adoption Film Series

7th Annual KAAN Conference, Korean American Adoptee Adoptive Family Network, "Seoul Searching - The Life of Adoption"

Sunflower Birthmothers Retreat, Black Mountain, NC - Srndptyhrt@aol.com

PREPUT Conference 2005, San Francisco Bay Area Filmmakers Showcase

Western Psychological Association Convention, Film Festival, Portland, OR

National Association of Social Workers - California Chapter, Annual Conference

Concerned United Birthparents "Refuge by the Sea" 2004 Retreat, Asilomar, CA

11th Annual Midwest Adoption Conference, Chicago, screening and panel discussion on Transracial Adoption, hosted by Adoptive Families Today, Families with Children from China and Stars of David

Sacramento Premiere, The Crest Theatre, Co-presenters California NOW National Organization for Women, Post Adoption Center for Education & Research, Bastard Nation and California Open

Open Door Society's 31st Annual New England Adoption Conference, Holliston, MA  

New York University Cantor Film Center, screening and Roundtable discussion on the Transracial Adoption Paradox with Sheila Ganz and adoption triad members in inter-country transracial adoptions.  Co-sponsored by Families with Children from China-NY Chapter, Unsealed Initiative, Adoptive Families Magazine, Manhattan Birthparent’s Support Group, NYU Adoptees United and NYU Asian Pacific American Studies

Mentoring USA, New York, NY

Adoption Awareness Day Conference at California State University Northridge   

University of California at Berkeley, School of Social Welfare, 2004 Spring Colloquium     

2004 National Conference on the Mixed Race Experience at Pomona College   

Association of Korean Adoptees, San Francisco Chapter

Child Welfare League of America Conference 2004, Washington, DC                        

Families with Children from China, Capital Chapter, McLean, VA                           

Scripps Humanities Institute, "Life Stories Series," Claremont Colleges, CA  

California Association of Adoption Agencies

Cinema Arts Centre, Huntington, NY                                             
Panel discussion with adoption triad members and Q&A with Sheila Ganz

Delancey Street Screening Room, San Francisco, CA                                   
Panel discussion with eight of the people in the film                                            
Co-sponsored by Film Arts Foundation, Concerned United Birthparents, Bastard Nation, Families Adopting In Response and Post Adoption Center for Education & Research

National Council of Jewish Women: Wonder of Women Film Festival
Caldwell College, NJ

Adoption Forum's 30th Anniversary Conference, Lancaster, PA

Amazing Woman Amazing World, International Women's Day 2003  
Agape International Spiritual Center, Culver City, CA

Film Arts Film Festival, San Francisco, CA
Sheila was also on Mother Jones Magazine sponsored panel From Your Seat to the Street

Public Television Station Broadcasts

Albuquerque, NM – KNME TV5
Atlanta, GA – GPB TV8
Buffalo, NY – WNED & ThinkBright TV21
Charleston, WV – WVP TV2
Chattanooga, TN – WTCI TV45
Detroit, MI – WTVS
Grand Rapids, MI – WGVU TV35 & TV52
Lewiston, ME – MPBN TV10
Los Angeles, CA – KLCS TV58
Memphis, TN – WKNO TV10 & TV2
New Orleans, LA – WLAE TV32
Oakland, CA – KTOP TV10
Philadelphia, PA – WHYY TV12
Redding, CA – KIXE TV9
Roanoke, VA – WBRA TV15, WSBN TV47, WMSY TV52
Rochester, NY – WXXI TV12
Sacramento, CA – KVIE TV7
Salisbury, MD – PAC TV14
Salt Lake City, UT – UEN TV9
San Francisco, CA – KQED TV190
San Jose, CA – KTEH TV54
San Mateo, CA – KCSM TV60
St. Paul, MN – TPT TV17
Tulsa, OK – KRSC TV19
Waco, TX – KWBU TV34
Wichita, KS – KPTS TV8

To schedule a screening in your area call: 415.564.3691
or email: sheila@unlockingtheheart.com

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