Moses Farrow
{{Short description|Korean-American adoptee (born 1978)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2021}}
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| name = Moses Farrow
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| birth_name = Moses Amadeus Farrow
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1978|01|27}}
| birth_place = Seoul, South Korea
| nationality = American
| other_names = Misha Farrow
| education = Dalton School
| alma_mater = Siena College (BA)
University of Connecticut (MA)
| occupation = {{hlist|Family therapist|photographer|activist}}
| years_active = 2000–present
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| parents = {{ubl|Mia Farrow (adoptive mother)|Woody Allen (adoptive father)}}
| website = {{URL|mosesfarrow.com}}
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Moses Amadeus Farrow (born January 27, 1978){{Cite magazine|last=Dibdin|first=Emma|date=February 27, 2021|title=The Key People to Know in 'Allen v. Farrow'|url=https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/film-tv/a35633411/allen-v-farrow-family-explained/|access-date=March 4, 2021|magazine=Harper's BAZAAR|language=en-US}} is an American family therapist. The adopted son of actress Mia Farrow and director Woody Allen, he has come to the defense of his father against a sexual abuse allegation.{{Cite magazine
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|title=Moses Farrow, LMFT
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|access-date=February 28, 2021
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|language=en-us}}{{Cite magazine
|last=Petit
|first=Stephanie
|title=Thaddeus Is Not the First Child Mia Farrow Has Lost: Learn More About Her 14 Children
|url=https://people.com/celebrity/mia-farrows-children-where-are-they-now/
|date=December 20, 2020
|access-date=February 28, 2021
|magazine=People
|language=en-us}}
Early life and education
Moses Amadeus Farrow{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qdQKAAAAQBAJ&q=Moses+Amadeus+Farrow&pg=PA191|title=New York Family Law|first=Sara P.|last=Schechter|date=February 22, 2012|publisher=Cengage Learning|isbn=978-1285402116|via=Google Books}}{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HUcLAAAAQBAJ&q=Moses+Amadeus+Farrow&pg=PA385|title=Family Law|first=William P.|last=Statsky|date=December 21, 2012|publisher=Cengage Learning|isbn=978-1285632964|via=Google Books}} was born in South Korea with cerebral palsy, and was adopted by American actress Mia Farrow in 1980 and by film director Woody Allen in December 1991.{{cite news |last=Smith |first=Dinitia |date=May 8, 1994 |title=Picking Up The Legos And The Pieces |url=https://www.nytimes.com/books/97/02/23/reviews/farrow-feature.html |newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=October 17, 2013}}{{cite book |last=Kohn |first=George |date=2001 |title=The New Encyclopedia of American Scandal |url= |location=New York City|publisher=Infobase Publishing|isbn=9780816021697 }} He had a small role in Allen's 1986 film Hannah and Her Sisters.{{cite web |url =https://catalog.afi.com/Person/524660-Moses-Farrow |title = Hannah and Her Sisters - Cast |last = |first = |publisher = |date = |website = American Film Institute |access-date= February 28, 2021}}
Farrow attended the Dalton School in New York City, and received his undergraduate degree from Siena College and his master's degree from the University of Connecticut.
Relationship with Woody Allen and Mia Farrow
On August 13, 1992, Allen sued for custody of Moses Farrow, who was called to submit written testimony by Mia Farrow's attorneys. In a letter addressed to Allen and read to the court, Moses, then 14, declared that he did not consider Allen his father anymore.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/03/24/nyregion/a-son-s-anguished-letter-rivets-woody-allen-hearing.html|title=A Son's Anguished Letter Rivets Woody Allen Hearing|first=Richard|last=Perez-Pena|newspaper=The New York Times |date=March 24, 1993|publisher=}}{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/12/16/nyregion/vitriol-is-order-of-day-in-allen-farrow-case.html|title=Vitriol Is Order of Day in Allen-Farrow Case|first=Richard|last=Perez-Pena|newspaper=The New York Times |date=December 16, 1992|publisher=}} In subsequent media interviews, Moses told reporters that he was "sure my younger brother and sister don't want to go with him either".{{cite news|last=Goodstein|first=Laurie|author-link=|date=August 20, 1992|title=Woody Allen's larger than life peak show|newspaper=The Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1992/08/21/woody-allens-larger-than-life-peek-show/9bc10278-d59e-4ad3-a15f-3d1dd651573e}} In 2018, Moses called this public denouncement of his father "the biggest regret of my life".{{cite news|last=Farrow|first=Moses|author-link=Moses Farrow |date=May 23, 2018|title=A Son Speaks Out by Moses Farrow|work=Blogspot.com|url=https://mosesfarrow.blogspot.com/2018/05/a-son-speaks-out-by-moses-farrow.html|access-date=January 28, 2024}}
Mia Farrow was ultimately granted custody of Moses and attempted to have Allen's adoption of Moses annulled, but a court denied her request.{{cite news|last=Weide|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Weide |date=January 27, 2014|title=The Woody Allen Allegations: Not So Fast|work=The Daily Beast|url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/01/27/the-woody-allen-allegations-not-so-fast.html|access-date=February 8, 2014}}
As an adult, Moses Farrow reunited with Allen and severed ties with Mia Farrow. In a February 2014 People magazine interview, he defended Allen and rejected his sister Dylan Farrow's public accusations of child sexual abuse against Allen, saying: "I don't know if my sister really believes she was molested or is trying to please her mother. Pleasing my mother was very powerful motivation because to be on her wrong side was horrible." Also in that interview, he called Mia Farrow "vengeful" and being raised by her "horrifying", saying she was physically abusive toward him.{{cite news |last=Rothman |first=Michael |date=October 17, 2013 |title=Dylan Farrow's Brother Moses Says Mia Farrow, Not Woody Allen Was Abusive |url=http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/dylan-farrows-brother-moses-mia-farrow-woody-allen/story?id=22377303 |website=ABC News |access-date=October 17, 2013}}
In 2018, Farrow published a blog post, "A Son Speaks Out", in which he argued for Allen's innocence, accused Mia Farrow of abuse, and offered a different version of his childhood than that given by some of his siblings.{{cite web |last1=Farrow |first1=Moses |title=A Son Speaks Out |url=http://mosesfarrow.blogspot.com/2018/05/a-son-speaks-out-by-moses-farrow.html |website=Moses Farrow |access-date=16 May 2023}}
In a December 2020 interview with The Guardian, Farrow said he would be happy to take Allen's surname.{{Cite news|last=Freeman|first=Hadley|date=December 11, 2020|title=Moses Farrow: 'I'd be very happy to take my father's surname'|url=http://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/dec/11/moses-farrow-id-be-very-happy-to-take-my-fathers-surname|access-date=February 8, 2021|newspaper=The Guardian|language=en}}
Footage of Farrow appears in the documentary Allen v. Farrow even though he declined to participate.{{cite news |last1=Deroche |first1=Lindsey |title=Why Allen V. Farrow Needs To Include Moses Farrow's Story |url=https://screenrant.com/allen-v-farrow-moses-story-hbo-documentary/ |access-date=March 4, 2021 |work=Screen Rant |date=February 27, 2021}}
Career
Farrow has been a licensed marriage and family therapist in Connecticut since 2007.{{cite web|url=https://www.elicense.ct.gov/Lookup/PrintLicenseDetails.aspx?cred=750671&contact=946933|title=Print Lookup Details|website=www.elicense.ct.gov}}{{cite web |url =https://www.elicense.ct.gov/Lookup/LicenseLookup.aspx |title = Moses Farrow |last = |first = |publisher = State of Connecticut |date = |website = Connecticut eLicensing |access-date= February 7, 2014}} He specializes in adoption trauma therapy, especially for children adopted by parents of a different racial group.
Personal life
References
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External links
- {{Official website|mosesfarrow.com}}
- [http://mosesfarrow.blogspot.com/2018/05/a-son-speaks-out-by-moses-farrow.html "A Son Speaks Out"]
- {{IMDb name|0268522}}
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Category:American human rights activists
Category:American people of South Korean descent
Category:People with cerebral palsy