Film
This Shore: A Family Story
2020 · 1h 2m · Documentary
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Overview
An experimental documentary which opens with a story of my family: my American aunt found a painting of my grandmother by chance, in a random Chinese restaurant in the middle of nowhere - she said she cried. By tracing this story and reproducing its meaning, the film wonders through different topics: the construction of the Cold War, USA and Taiwan relations, different generations of Chinese diaspora since the 1950s, contemporary immigration and cross-nation fluidity, family romances, religion, and ancestors...
Crew
- Tzuan WuDirector
Details
- Release date
- November 12, 2020
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- Chinese
- Runtime
- 1h 2m
- Genres
- Documentary
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