Finding Cleveland

Finding Cleveland
Directed by
Produced by
Screenplay by
Music by Larissa Lam
Cinematography Baldwin Chiu
Edited by Dwight Buhler
Production
company
Cheerful Forest Productions
Release dates
 August 30, 2015
Running time
 13 minutes
Country United States
Language
  • English

Finding Cleveland is a 2015 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 remote little town of Cleveland, MS in the Mississippi Delta.

They uncover not only the history of their family, but also that of the early Chinese American settlers: an entire community caught between the black and white population. In addition to them dealing with the obvious racism, segregation, loneliness, depression, and financial burdens, they had to do it during a time when Congress enacted the only act in American history that explicitly targeted a specific ethnic group; The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882.[1][2]

The film had its world premiere at the 168 Film Festival on 30 August 2015 and has been shown at multiple film festivals, museums, and universities.

Selected cast

Accolades

References

  1. ↑ "", Accessed 2 March 2016.
  2. ↑ "", NBC News. Accessed 2 March 2016.
  3. ↑ ""
  4. ↑ "Summer 2015 Winners Announced". Asians on Film. October 17, 2015.
  5. ↑ "Film fest ticket sales up". Oxford Eagle. February 22, 2016.
  6. ↑ "BEST OF OXFORD SHORTS AT THE SHELTER MARCH 5 FREE!". Oxford Film Festival. February 26, 2016.

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