Journey of a paper son /
In "Journey of a Paper Son," an elderly Chinese man (Jack Ong), who's dying from cancer, shocks his family when he reveals that he's a "paper son" (one who illegally immigrated to the U.S., using fake documents and claiming he's the son of an American citizen) and...
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| Format: | Video |
| Language: | English Chinese |
| Language Notes: | In English and Chinese with English subtitles. |
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Los Angeles, CA :
Humanist Films,
2009.
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| Series: | Academic Video Online
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| Online Access: | Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press) |
| Summary: | In "Journey of a Paper Son," an elderly Chinese man (Jack Ong), who's dying from cancer, shocks his family when he reveals that he's a "paper son" (one who illegally immigrated to the U.S., using fake documents and claiming he's the son of an American citizen) and asks them for a final wish to change back his name. His request threatens to tear apart his family (Patty Toy Chung, Angelina Cheng, Teddy Chen Culver), testing the limits of their love. Meanwhile, his doctor (Mario Cortez) desperately tries to save him. We discover that he's just one of countless "paper sons" who were born from the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, the first federal law to restrict immigration to the U.S. based on race or nationality. |
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| Item Description: | Title from resource description page (viewed March 15, 2021). |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (20 min.) |
| Playing Time: | 00:19:11 |
| Awards: | Best Short Film, Gold Angel Award Winner, Chinese American Film Festival, 2010 |
| Production Credits: | Director of photography, Matt Steinauer ; editor, Matt Steinauer ; music by Pakk Hui. |