NFB Collection
Return Home
199229 min 19 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Michelle Wong
Production: Michelle WongMargaret WongGinny Stikeman
Script: Michelle Wong
Co-produced by Fortune Films Ltd. and the NFB with the financial assistance of Multiculturalism and Citizenship Canada, the Canada Council Explorations Program, the NFB, English Program, Northwest Centre (PAFPS), the Calgary Society of Independent Filmmakers, the Alberta Art Foundation, Wagner Photographics and WF White - Calgary.
First-generation Chinese-Canadian filmmaker Michelle Wong returns to her birthplace, St. Paul, Alberta, to get reacquainted with her aging grandparents. Her visit becomes an emotional journey into the past and into herself as she documents their stories, their lives. Return Home touchingly explores intergenerational relations while capturing the spirit and experiences of early Chinese-Canadian immigrants and their role in Canadian history. Also available in a Chinese version.
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Subject categories
- Families > Aged ParentsCouplesFamily LifeImmigrant Experience
- Cultural Diversity and Multiculturalism > Chinese OriginsPrairiesWomen
Credits
- director
- Michelle Wong
- script
- Michelle Wong
- editing
- Michelle Wong
- producer
- Michelle Wong
- Margaret Wong
- executive producer
- Ginny Stikeman
- cinematography
- Steve Moore
- animation camera
- Pierre Landry
- sound
- Rick Youck
- sound editing
- Jackie Newell
- re-recording
- Jean-Pierre Joutel
- animation
- Meilan Lam