CLOSURE: Documentary Screening | A Busboys and Poets Books Presentation

CLOSURE: Documentary Screening | A Busboys and Poets Books Presentation

Date and Time

Sep 14, 2025 5:00 pm

Location

450K

450 K St NW, Washington, District of Columbia, 20001

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Closure is a documentary about a transracial adoptee who finds her birth mother and meets the rest of a family who did not know she existed, including her birth father. This is a story about identity, the complexities of trans-racial adoption, and most importantly, closure.

This event is free and open to all. Our program begins at 5:00 pm and there will be full dinner service throughout the screening. Copies of Angela Tucker’s book YOU SHOULD BE GRATEFUL will be available for purchase before and after the event. Please note that this event is in person and will not be livestreamed.

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Closure is a feature length documentary about Angela Tucker’s search and reunion with her birth family.

Angela Tucker is a Black transracial adoptee. She is the author of "You Should Be Grateful:" Stories of Race, Identity and Transracial Adoption. Her book was published in April 2023 by Beacon Press. Angela's search for her biological family is featured in the documentary CLOSURE which premiered on Netflix in 2015. In 2022, Angela founded the non-profit, the Adoptee Mentoring Society to provide virtual mentorship for adoptees world-wide. With 15 years in child welfare, she has appeared on CNN, The Red Table Talk, The New Yorker, and more, advocating for adoptees.

Angela lives in Seattle with her Emmy-award-winning spouse, Bryan Tucker.

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