Far East Deep South

Far East Deep South
Directed byLarissa Lam
Written byLarissa Lam
Produced by
  • Baldwin Chiu
  • Larissa Lam
Starring
Cinematography
  • Coop Cooper
  • Jason Poon
Edited byDwight Buhler
Music byNathan Wang
Production
company
  • Giant Flashlight Media
Release date
Running time
76 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Far East Deep South is a 2020 American documentary film about a Chinese American family's journey to search for their family roots. Instead of leading them to the Far East to a remote village in China, it took them to the deep south into the small town of Cleveland in the Mississippi Delta.[1]

Far East Deep South had its world premiere at the Cinequest Film & Creativity Festival on March 6, 2020, winning the audience award for best documentary just as the COVID-19 pandemic shut down theaters forcing the film to go virtual the rest of 2020 and into 2021.[2]

Plot

Baldwin Chiu and brother, Edwin, begin with the assumption that they are first generation Chinese Americans living in San Francisco. However, they find out their Chinese grandfather is buried in Mississippi. This new information leads the Chiu family on a voyage of discovery that will change forever the family they thought they knew. Their journey begins with one question. How did Chinese people end up in segregated Mississippi in the latter part of the 19th century?[3] Looming large in the documentary is the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, which directly impacted Chiu's family. Chiu's grandfather and great-grandfather served a predominately Black clientele and the documentary visits with Chinese American families who remained and some Black families who remember the store. Their stories of friendship and alliances contrast the Asian-Black conflicts of the 1992 Los Angeles riots.[4]

Selected cast

Release

The TV broadcast premiere of Far East Deep South was on May 4, 2021 on PBS via World Channel's program America ReFramed.[5] The film is available for digital streaming on Tubi.[6]

Accolades

See also

References

  1. ↑ The Boston Globe, Accessed 28 May 2021.
  2. ↑ Cinequest Film: “Far East Deep South” Accessed 2 March 2020.
  3. ↑ Movie Guide. Accessed 2 May 2021.
  4. ↑ "PBS doc traces Chinese American link to Mississippi Delta". Pasadena Weekly. May 6, 2021.
  5. ↑ Broadway World, Accessed 29 March 2021.
  6. ↑ Staff (November 2, 2023). "Far East Deep South Now Available for Wider Audiences on Tubi". Far East Deep South. Giant Flashlight Media. Retrieved August 13, 2026.
  7. ↑ SAAFF 2021.
  8. ↑ "Coronado Island Film Festival Wraps Up The Highly Successful 2021 Festival". Coronado Eagle & Journal | Coronado News | Coronado Island News. Retrieved 2022-01-12.
  9. ↑ "THE 2020 OXFORD FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES AWARD WINNERS". Production Hub. June 9, 2020.
  10. ↑ "2020 Festival Recap". PAAFF. November 1, 2020. Archived from the original on June 13, 2021. Retrieved May 14, 2021.
  11. ↑ WTFF Best Feature 2020.
  12. ↑ "Coronado Island Film Festival Wraps Up The Highly Successful 2021 Festival". Coronado Eagle & Journal | Coronado News | Coronado Island News. Retrieved 2022-01-12.
  13. ↑ Best of 2021.
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