“Journey of a Paper Son” will be screening at the Screenshot: Asia Film Festival on Sunday, 10/10/2021 at 2:00 p.m., EDT. Afterward, there will be a Q&A with the director, Ming Lai. In the short 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. “Journey of a Paper Son” was an official selection of a dozen national film festivals and won the “Best Short Film Gold Award” at the Chinese American Film Festival. According to their site, this festival is a joint project by the University of Pittsburgh’s Film and Media Studies Program and Asian Studies Center that “brings together students, faculty, and community members to create a shared awareness of Asian and Asian American experiences through contemporary film and media.” We’re very excited to participate in their first annual film festival and share our film with the university and Pittsburgh. We hope that through our film, we’re able to create dialogue about Chinese “paper sons” and illegal immigration and ultimately the human cost. Thank you to Lynn Kawaratani, Kirsten Strayer, the Screenshot: Asia Film Festival, and the University of Pittsburgh for this incredible honor.

Screening and Q&A with Director Ming Lai:
Sunday, 10/10/2021 at 2:00 p.m., EDT
Allegheny Rivertrail Park/Outdoor Pavillion (formerly known as Aspinwall)
285 River Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15215

To learn more about the screening:
https://screenshot.pitt.edu/programming/screenshotfestival

To learn more about “Journey of a Paper Son”:
https://www.humanistfilms.com/journeyofapaperson

To screen “Journey of a Paper Son” at your own university or organization:
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