Baldwin Chiu and Larissa Lam's 'Far East Deep South' examines the history of Chinese immigrants in the American South through a personal lens.
For filmmaker Baldwin Chiu, personal history makes for good cinema.
Chiu, a native of San Francisco and resident of Los Angeles, was intrigued about the backstory of his father, Charles Chiu: His father, K.C. Lou — Baldwin’s grandfather — migrated from China to Mississippi, a state that became home to numerous Chinese immigrants at the turn of the last century. There, Lou had his own grocery store.
“Far East Deep South” — directed by Lam and co-produced by Lam and Chiu — places the family narrative in a broader political and social context. ’s Hagerty Hall, and at 7:30 p.m. at the Hyatt Regency Columbus as part of the ASIANetwork Annual Conference. Both screenings will feature a Q&A with filmmaker Chiu and are free to attend.Question: What story is told in the documentary?: The story follows the journey of my family as we discover that my grandfather, K.C. Lou, and my great-grandfather, Charlie Lou, buried in Cleveland, Mississippi.
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