Born(e)

<p> When Mika Kuramoto gave birth to her firstborn daughter Seri in a New York hospital thousands of miles away from her native country the hospital staff informed her that her daughter had been born with multiple disabilities including the extremely rare <em>bilateral anophthalmia</em>. What came next was day after day of surgeries and examinations on Seri's eyes nose brain and heart.</p><p><br></p><p> Rather than call for help from her relatives in Japan she decided to stick it out in the U.S. and live as an immigrant. Life became a dark tunnel and Mika fumbled her way forward sensing no imaginable end.</p><p><br></p><p> What is it to be a mother? To be family? To be <em>myself</em>?</p><p><br></p><p><em> Born(e) </em>is the translated and adapted version of two bestselling novels which sold over 100000 combined copies in Japan. It is a documentary on a girl living with severe disabilities on a family living far away from the home they knew.</p><p> </p>