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Genre: Feature
Ethnicity: Chinese American Also available through Netflix and many retail video/DVD outlets. |
When Chan Hung goes missing amidst a $4,000 business deal and a controversial incident in San Francisco’s Chinatown, two cabbies go on a search to unravel both the facts that lead to Chan’s mysterious disappearance and the issues raised by being of Chinese descent in America. Cultural misunderstandings accumulate as the two come closer to understanding the differences that abound across generations, languages, politics, and race. But in spite of these gaps, they also acquire a deeper knowledge of what it means to be “Chinese,” as their search leads them to various conversations that intertwine the individual mystery of Chan with the broader issues of identity and assimilation into American society.
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Interview between filmmaker Wayne Wang and interviewer Elvis Mitchell.