This is an intimate and moving exploration of growing up in a Chinese-Australian family. Lisa Wang’s maternal family has been prominent in Victorian Chinese affairs for a century. Her father built the David Wang retail empire and became one of Melbourne’s best loved civic identities, after arriving in Australia as a Chinese Army officer who spoke no English, The film uses a mass of fascinating archival footage which stretches from early attempts by family members to learn to use a 16mm Bell & Howell projector given in payment of a debt, through professional images of store openings, to home video of Lisa’s journey to Taiwan and China.
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Collection
In ACMI's collection
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
310190
Language
English
Audience classification
G
Subject categories
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Biographical films
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Chinese - Australia
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Ethnicity
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Intercultural communication
Documentary → Documentary films - Australia
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Acculturation
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Chinese - Australia
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Culture conflict
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Ethnicity
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Immigrants - Australia
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Intercultural communication
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Acculturation
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Family - Psychological aspects
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
VHS; Access Print (Section 1)
MOV file ProRes4444; Digital Preservation Master - overscan
MPEG-4 Digital File; ACMI Digital Access Copy - overscan