Far East Deep South

How it feels

A Chinese American family goes looking for their ancestral roots. Instead of finding relatives in China, they discover their family history is tied to a small town in Mississippi. The film follows their unexpected journey and the revelations that come with it.

inquisitiveeye-openingreflectivegentlepoignantearnestpersonalcontemplative

What happens

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. 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. The TV broadcast premiere on May 4, 2021, was on PBS via World Channel's program America ReFramed. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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