[vimeo]http://www.vimeo.com/6226018[/vimeo]
Death. Disinterment. Reburial.
Discover the remains of early Chinese immigrants, and their extraordinary final journey from Portland to Hong Kong.
Upcoming screening-
February 9th, Tuesday
5:30pm reception, 6:00pm screening
U of O at White Stag
70 NW Couch St., in Old Town Portland, OR
*commentary by Sharon Carstens, PSU Professor of Anthropology and International Studies/Q&A with Ivy Lin following the screening *
Synopsis-
Block 14 in Lone Fir Cemetery, the first Chinese burial ground in Portland—and site of as many as 1,500 burials—now stands as a fenced off void of gravel after most of the remains were exhumed and shipped back to China in 1928 & 1949.
Sixty years later, Director Ivy Lin follows the footsteps of the missing 1949 shipment in an extraordinary journey from Portland to Hong Kong.
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