Lifetime Movie "Taken From Me: The Tiffany Rubin Story"

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When I learned that Lifetime was showing a movie based on the Tiffany Rubin story, I couldn't wait to blog about it. As a black mother with a blasian child, who just happens to also be half korean, it was exciting for me to see Tiffany's story being told on such a large network.

More exciting was that Taraji P. Henson was staring in the role. After being in the The Karate Kid remake, I think this is the 2nd time Taraji is playing a black women connected to the Asian community. Go on Taraji! Get down with ABC!

Based on a true story, this film shows the determination of one mother to get her child back after being abducted and taken out of the country. Taraji P. Henson stars as Tiffany Rubin in Taken From Me: The Tiffany Rubin Story.

Immediately after premiering the movie, Lifetime will run a documentary titled Beyond the Headlines: The Tiffany Rubin Story in which the real Tiffany Rubin tells her story of the dangerous rescue of Kobe in March 2008 in Korea. In this documentary Tiffany explains about the custody battles with her son's father Jeffery and what it was like for her during the seven months Kobe was away.

Others interviewed on the documentary include Kobe, Bazzel Baz who is a former CIA agent who helped with the rescue, and the FBI special agent in charge of the case. In addition to the interviews, the documentary includes photos taken by Tiffany and Mark, documents relating to the case against Jeffrey Lee, and a location visit to Seoul, South Korea.

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After I wrote my blog from a mothers point of view, I started thinking from a community advocate point of view. It's very interesting that the connection between blacks and asians are being featured more isn't it? From friends to couples and now to mothers with blasian kids a sorta awareness is slowly being introduced to main stream society.

While there's still a long way to go before we come out of the "rare, special, and unique" labeling shadow, I definitely see a trend towards showing the asian and black community as a REAL community. Wonder if this trend is here to stay. What do you think?

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