Chinese Couplets - Film Screening and Discussion with Filmmaker

Chinese Couplets is veteran filmmaker Felicia Lowe’s latest hour documentary. Part memoir, part history, part investigation, the film spans two centuries, three countries and four generations of women in this intimate story that reveals the impact of America’s Chinese Exclusion era on her family. More topical than ever, Lowe offers a nuanced, engaging approach to the debate that details the long-term, multi-generational effects of ethnically motivated immigration policies while imparting a cautionary tale of living with cultural pluralism in the 21st century.

“This is a story about family and identity, mothers and daughters, being immigrant and being American. Master storyteller Felicia Lowe lovingly brings them to light in ways that will touch audiences far and wide.” — Erika Lee, Author, Teacher, Historian

Location: Norma Kershaw Auditorium