Zeke Anders is a director at Non-Member Films, an independent production company specializing in original narrative stories and branded content. He is also a man with a personal story to tell. Found in an alley as an infant in South Korea, he was placed in an orphanage where it was almost three years before he was adopted by an upper middle class white American couple from Dearborn, Michigan.

above left: Zeke poses with the American flag as a child in Dearborn, Michigan; above right: Zeke with the American Flag in Los Angeles just after voting, 2012

What began as an exercise in self-examination evolved into a series of short and captivating online videos. Speaking comfortably  and bravely to camera, Zeke tells his story, interspersed with photos, in an earnest and compelling manner. He candidly conveys what it was like to have an indeterminate birth date, to be brought up in a ‘white’ suburb, to experience the death of his mother and his struggle with his personal identity.

above: a just-adopted Zeke being held by his new mother in the airport

above: Zeke being sworn in as a US Citizen with his adopted parents

Here is his story. (sadly, Zeke has retired his series and removed the videos since this was originally posted.)

Subscribe to his American Seoul series here