We’re thrilled to partner again with Alexander Street, a ProQuest company, for educational sales of our award-winning short film, “Journey of a Paper Son.” In the film, an elderly Chinese man, who’s dying from cancer, shocks his family when he reveals that he’s a “paper son” (an illegal immigrant using fake documents) and asks them for a final wish to change back his name. The story was inspired by the 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. “Journey of a Paper Son” was an official selection of a dozen national film festivals and won “Best Short Film Gold Angel Award” at the Chinese American Film Festival. Alexander Street is the perfect partner to distribute our film because of their expertise in history, diversity studies, social studies, and many other fields. Through our partnership with them, we hope that we can contribute to the current global discussion about immigration and racism.

For educational sales of “Journey of a Paper Son”:
https://search.alexanderstreet.com/preview/work/bibliographic_entity%7Cvideo_work%7C5111483

To learn more about “Journey of a Paper Son”:
journeyofapaperson.com

To learn more about “Alexander Street”:
https://alexanderstreet.com/