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Filmmakers Larissa Lam and Baldwin Chiu will join us in the chat to discuss the film and answer your questions LIVE.
FAR EAST DEEP SOUTH* is an award-winning feature documentary. When a Chinese-American family travels from California to Mississippi to visit the grave of their ancestors, they stumble upon surprising revelations. Along the way, they meet a diverse group of local residents and historians, who shed light on the racially complex history of the early Chinese in the segregated South. Their emotional journey also leads them to discover how the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 impacted their family and how deep their roots run in America.
- Year2020
- Runtime76 minutes
- LanguageMandarin, English
- Premiere2020
- RatingPG-13 (Family friendly, but please be aware there are a few racial slurs used in historical context as a few interviewees give first-hand accounts of being subject to derogatory comments)
- GenreDocumentary
- NoteDocumentary
- Social Media
- DirectorLarissa Lam
- ScreenwriterLarissa Lam
- ProducerLarissa Lam, Baldwin Chiu
- Executive ProducerBrandon Saito, Jonathan Takana
- CastBaldwin Chiu
- EditorDwight Buhler
Filmmakers Larissa Lam and Baldwin Chiu will join us in the chat to discuss the film and answer your questions LIVE.
FAR EAST DEEP SOUTH* is an award-winning feature documentary. When a Chinese-American family travels from California to Mississippi to visit the grave of their ancestors, they stumble upon surprising revelations. Along the way, they meet a diverse group of local residents and historians, who shed light on the racially complex history of the early Chinese in the segregated South. Their emotional journey also leads them to discover how the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 impacted their family and how deep their roots run in America.
- Year2020
- Runtime76 minutes
- LanguageMandarin, English
- Premiere2020
- RatingPG-13 (Family friendly, but please be aware there are a few racial slurs used in historical context as a few interviewees give first-hand accounts of being subject to derogatory comments)
- GenreDocumentary
- NoteDocumentary
- Social Media
- DirectorLarissa Lam
- ScreenwriterLarissa Lam
- ProducerLarissa Lam, Baldwin Chiu
- Executive ProducerBrandon Saito, Jonathan Takana
- CastBaldwin Chiu
- EditorDwight Buhler