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REFLECTIONS

Filmmakers in attendance. Film program will be followed by Q&A.

Across continents and generations, we trace the fault lines of family, identity, and belonging— from inherited prejudice and impossible choices to fleeting tenderness, mischief, and long-suppressed love. These films hold up a mirror for us to recognize ourselves and, in that process, perhaps we’ll discover something new.

In this program


4 Sundays in September

Directed by Mun Chee Yong

Mari, an Indonesian migrant domestic worker, seeks abortion to avoid being deported from Singapore.

ADVENTURE UNDERGROUND

Directed by Zhenyi li

Twelve-year-old Yi is ready to flatten his school teacher’s car tire with his buddy, but it comes with a price that neither kid is ready to pay.

PÓPO

Directed by Jingyi Li

In a quiet Boston home, a Hong Kong immigrant family navigates the final days of a loved one’s life under hospice care, revealing the profound stillness and unspoken emotional complexities of a family’s final time together.

Saint Andrews

Directed by Erin Ramírez

Coming to terms with her family’s racial prejudice, a Chinese-Jamaican teenager is pushed to carry out a subtle act of defiance– one which may have permanent consequences.

Warren King: King of Cardboard

Directed by Curtis Chin

Warren King transforms cardboard into sculptural reflections of his Chinese-American family’s immigration and his path from engineer to artist. Preparing for a Wisconsin homecoming show, King explores belonging through art.

When The Tiger Roars

Directed by LAM Can-zhao

A tiger’s escape shatters the long silence between a father and his son, with suppressed love shining through the crack.

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