Mu Films

Mu Films is a nonprofit documentary production company based in Berkeley, California. It produces and distributes films focused on social, political, and cultural issues in Korea and America, bringing untold stories from under-represented communities to wider audiences. Its documentaries explore themes including adoption, identity, race, disability, activism, and the lasting effects of war.

Featured works include Relative Strangers, which follows people of mixed Korean and American heritage as they search for their birth families; Geographies of Kinship, about Korean adoptees returning to their country of birth; and Crossings, which documents women peacemakers’ journey across the Korean Demilitarized Zone. The catalogue also includes Vivien’s Wild Ride, In the Matter of Cha Jung Hee, Legacies of the Korean War, First Person Plural, Memory of Forgotten War, Breathin’: The Eddy Zheng Story, Burqa Boxers, and The Apology. Mu Films shares news and screening events, offers updates about its projects, and invites supporters to contribute through donations and crowdfunding campaigns