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Letters from home 家書
Letters from home = Jia shu
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- Summary
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"This personal documentary chronicles the journey of Canadian filmmaker Colleen Leung as she delves into a startling family secret. Her grandfather, a Chinese immigrant who became a successful busi...
"This personal documentary chronicles the journey of Canadian filmmaker Colleen Leung as she delves into a startling family secret. Her grandfather, a Chinese immigrant who became a successful businessman and raised a large family on Vancouver Island, was also a husband and father to a second family in China. Through photos, letters and poignant memories of relatives on both sides of the ocean, she brings to light the economics, politics and circumstances that led to two wives living a continent apart."
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- Creator
- produced by National Film Board of Canada ; directed and written by Colleen Leung ; producer, Selwyn Jacob
- Format
- Videos, Slides, Films
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Brooklyn, NY : First Run/Icarus Films, 2001
- Physical Details
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- 1 videocassette (45 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in
- OCLC
- ocm52423234
- Credits
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- Cinematographer, Rolf Cutts ; editor, Lenka Svab ; narrator, Colleen Leung
- VHS; NTSC.
- Closed captioned.
Subjects
- Leung, Colleen.
- Chinese -- British Columbia -- Vancouver Island -- History.
- Chinese -- British Columbia -- Vancouver Island.
- Canada -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 20th century.
- China -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 20th century.
- China -- History -- Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976.