Shelby Redfield Kilgore

Adoptee Filmmaker | TV/Film Producer | Dog Lover | Check out my latest series, Beyond Biological.

[Shelby Redfield Kilgore @KilgoreRedfield]

My thoughts on PBS Frontline and AP South Korea’s Adoption Reckoning, along with my health and adoption story update. https://t.co/9QZPg7y9Pw

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Adoptee Lens with Sara Easterly https://t.co/R02ZHE3SPt

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Adoptees On Podcast. Please check it out and support Haley Radke’s phenomenal work.

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How do we process trauma?
Adoptee from South Korea Shelby shares 35 years of ups, downs and insights. https://t.co/3RmO6RqgRV

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It has been a dream of mine to film adoptees from around the world. And I’m finally well enough to start working when I have time on my heart work - helping share authentic adoptee stories through the video lens. Meet Clodagh, an Irish adoptee activist. https://t.co/4zL1enV95d

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So thankful to Once upon a time In Adopteeland for featuring me in their podcast! https://t.co/gtqzyeHxer

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October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

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Rooted in Adoption coloring pages and my original sheet music about my cancer journey for download. Support adoptees! https://t.co/JdPlyiFagN

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Coloring pages are now available on the Rooted in Adoption Etsy page to purchase for download. Support our efforts in continuing to spread education and awareness about adoption.

Please share!

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As a part of my healing process in my cancer journey, I wrote a song about it. I hope this inspires others to tap into your creative side to help process difficult emotions. https://t.co/FV36gEewCa

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My dear friend Veronica recently wrote and published a journal for adoptees! Check out my review on YouTube and purchase the journal at BookBaby. https://t.co/B14aaO7Rdf

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@thesusanito I agree with you. But I wanted to make the distinction. I believe there is an extra complex layer, a further degree of separation in loss of identity and cultural roots when adopted and raised by parents of a different race.

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Learn what it means to be Asian American. So much of the authors lived experiences resonated with me. One is written by a Korean American Adoptee and the other a Korean American.

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Thank you @saraeasterly for writing such a beautiful and touching adoptee memoir #searchingformom

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Join Lilly Fei, a Chinese transracial adoptee on this next episode of "Adoption Education" as she discusses the importance of an adoption community.
https://t.co/ef0z76jtNs

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Join me as I answer the question, along with another adoptee, "Can adoption trauma lead to addiction?" https://t.co/flZHq9wj1a

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I've shared about my reunion story so many times verbally and in writing. But this time was difficult for me.
Catch my latest video on Adoption Education, where I share about reuniting with my first mother after being separated for 17 years.
https://t.co/yYUIqKl0Bi

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As a child, Mother's Day was about celebrating my adoptive mother. Today it's a bit more complicated. Find out why on my latest "Adoption Education" episode. https://t.co/KynM2NmFOh

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As an adoptee who grew up in a closed adoption, I've always wondered if I would not have felt a hole in heart if I had known my first mother. Check out my latest episode on "Adoption Education".https://t.co/nPUHPmXNgu

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May 1st marks the year anniversary of when the book I helped put together of adoptee reflections was published! https://t.co/XeIxdhYWro