REUNIFICATION
REUNIFICATION w/ Bonus Material
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1h 25m
**ENGLISH SUBTITLES- Click on the "..." button and choose "English" at the bottom right of the video player
In this deeply personal award-winning film that gives an insider view on the contemporary immigrant experience, divorce and family psychology, and the personal filmmaking process, filmmaker Alvin Tsang reflects on his family’s migration from Hong Kong to Los Angeles in the early 1980s - fraught with betrayal from his parents’ divorce, economic strife and communication meltdown between parents and children. This poetic exploration of 17 unresolved years moves moodily across different channels and modes, bending into labor histories and Hong Kong’s colonial trajectories. Tsang turns the camera on his own family, cautiously prodding for answers, but fully acknowledging that the only closure he can get will be from deciding for himself how to move on.
“REUNIFICATION explores the past with a Proustian sensitivity.”
-Peter Keough, The Boston Globe
“I love REUNIFICATION – the structure, juxtapositions, poignancy and clear-eyed honesty… [Tsang’s] work is so clear, sensitive and fine.”
-Meredith Monk, Composer & National Medal of Art Recipient
“SPARKS EMPATHY AND IMAGINATION — this is what documentary is built for.”
-Jessica Green, Director, Maysles Documentary Center
“A MUST-SEE for anyone interested in understanding the struggles, sacrifices, and triumphs of the Asian community.”
-Aurorae Khoo, Writer for “Nurse Jackie” TV series
“REUNIFICATION is the film that’s come closest to feeling like A TRULY DISTINCT Asian American [film] language.”
-Arthur Chu, SALON & THE DAILY BEAST
“A UNIVERSAL STORY about family, migration, and generations… Whether you are also a first generation American, have family members who don’t like to talk about the past, or have divorced parents, you’ll find a piece of yourself in Tsang’s journey.”
-Jaime Pond, Editor of Anglonerd.com
Up Next in REUNIFICATION w/ Bonus Material
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REUNIFICATION Official Trailer A
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REUNIFICATION Official Trailer B (short)
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Bonus Scene 1
Dream (alternate)