After their mother’s death, three sisters reunite to lead Vancouver’s Chinatown Parade, forced to choose between honoring their past and letting it go.
THE SISTERS
The eldest sister, Anabel is fiercely passionate about educating and supporting youth. She’s the founder of Vancouver Academy of Dance and carries on the tradition of educating Chinese Canadian youth on Chinese Dance.
Val Ho, aka “Ms.Vee,’ is a distinguished hip hop dancer and Juilliard School’s first hip hop dance instructor. Forging her own path, she pursued Hip Hop to NY. Every Chinese New Year, she returns to Vancouver to help with the parade and celebrate with her family.
Lisa, the youngest, always dreamed of being on Broadway. Her family laughed at her big dreams (“who would cast an Asian?” they asked). She would go on to prove them all wrong and star on Broadway in Mama Mia, Shrek and Chorus Line among other shows.
THE TEAM
Jon Chiang is an award-winning Chinese-Peruvian filmmaker. Growing up straddling multiple identities, his upbringing has shaped his approach to his films. He’s worked with broadcasters such as CBC, Knowledge Network and TELUS Originals and his films have screened at the Whistler Film Festival, VAFF, AIFF, Reel Asian, VIMFF, and NOWNESS.
Joanna Wong is a Vancouver-born queer Producer with a passion for cross-cultural content. Her award-winning work has aired on CBC, Knowledge Network, AMI TV and TELUS Optik. From 2010-2020, Joanna co-founded and led FLOW, a creative studio in Beijing, China producing original content in English, French and Chinese. Now based in Canada, she is currently writing and producing a 3-part series Seeking Saltwater City for Knowledge Network.
Peter Planta is a Filipino-Chinese director of photography based out of Vancouver, British Columbia.
Growing up surrounded by North American culture but raised watching Asian cinema, he likes to bring a multicultural perspective as well as empathy and inclusion to the stories he tells and how he tells them.
Coline is a Vancouver based Film Editor and Post Production Consultant. She holds a diploma in Film and Video Editing from 3IS school in the Yvelines.
Her debut feature documentary “Union Street” directed by Jamila Pomeroy, was selected at the VIFF festival and won the “Outstanding Feature Film Director” award at Real World festival 2023 edition. The same year she edited the short movie “Hair or No Hair” directed by Janessa St. Pierre, which won multiple awards including “Best Actress” at LA Shorts
film festival.
Tiffany Hsiung is a multi-Peabody and two-time Canadian Screen Award-winning filmmaker based in Toronto, Canada.
She is listed as one of DOC NYC’s 40 under 40. Most recently Tiffany’s work was recognized with two Emmy® nominations for Apple TV series “JANE,” inspired by Dr. Jane Goodall.
A graduate of psychology (UWO) and creative writing (UBC), Lynn Booth has worked as a documentary producer for nearly 30 years.
Recent productions include Adhel Arop’s Katiba Banat: Sisters in Arms (2023) and Amy Saeeun Baek’s Glorious Holiday (2022). With a focus on next generation talent, Lynn provides EP support alongside making her own independent documentaries.
Writer + Director: Jon Chiang 蒋樂輝 - @jonchiang
Producers: Joanna Wong 黄如意 - @joannaclairewong & Jon Chiang 蒋樂輝 - @jonchiang
Director of Photography: Peter Planta - @peterplanta
Editor: Coline Debray - @blinkandcut
Executive Producer: Lynn Booth - @msmakebelievebee
Line Producer: Priyanka Desai @pdlight
Consulting Story Producer: Tiffany Hsiung 熊邦琳 - @tiffstery
Associate Producer: Phil Planta - @philplanta
Composers: Brian Chan 陳熙樂 - @brianchanmusic & Caleb Chan 陳熙良 Chan - @calebchanmusic
In association with:
Knowledge Network - @knowledgenetwork
Canada Media Fund
Roger Documentary Fund
Production Company: Chifa Studios - @chifastudios
Featuring:
Anabel Ho 何翠賢 - @anabelho.vad
Val Ho aka Ms.Vee 何慧賢 - @msveeproductions
Lisa Ho 何淑賢 - @lisaho180
Maria Mimie Ho 何李美薇
Genre: Documentary
TRT: 73 min
Format: Digital, 16mm
Aspect Ratio: 1.85.1
Sound Format: 5.1
Language: English, Cantonese, Mandarin
Accessibility: Available in CC
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