A film profile of four Chinese cafe owners and their families living and flourishing in Outlook, Humboldt, and Eston, Saskatchewan. It looks at the role of women and sexism, historical and contemporary racism, business acumen, civic spirit and neighborhood relations. Includes a segment on Wayne Mah, the prairie’s only Chinese-Canadian mayor in 1985. Rare still [...]
America’s war in Vietnam is over. But the scars of that war remain with many Asian Americans who were sent there. More than 60,000 Asian Americans served in the United States armed forces during the Vietnam War. Many who lived through this lost war in Southeast Asian still suffer silently from post traumatic stress disorder. [...]
There will be a grand celebration of the Hakka (Kejia 客家) origin of many Chinese on Sunday, 11th July, 2010, at the Chinese Cultural Centre of Greater Toronto.*
The Hakka people are a branch of the Han Chinese who experienced several major migrations in their long history. They left the Yellow River region in northern [...]
Toronto-based Keith Lock continues his passion for family continuity and his respect for Chinese culture in this short film, Dreaming House, shot entirely in Toronto.
The Dreaming House from Keith Lock on Vimeo.
Keith graduated from York University with a M.F.A in film and has produced many documentaries and short films. His earlier works include a documentary [...]