A Brief Record of My Father's Time at Sea

Directed by: Jeanette Kong Released: 2022 (educational) Year of Production: 2021 Running Time: 66 min Language: English, Hakka Subtitle Options: English Closed Captions Subjects: Race Power and Privilege, Asian Studies                 Canadian filmmaker Jeanette Kong weaves together the strands of her Chinese-Jamaican identity as she recounts her father’s immigration journey—from China to Jamaica—and then eventually to Toronto, Canada. Drawing on her dad’s eloquent journal writing, and connecting with family around the globe, the filmmaker paints a deeply honest portrait of the Hakka migration experience. Why brave the hardships of immigration, not once, but twice in a single lifetime? Part personal memoir and part archival history, this is a story of courage, resilience and sacrifice: a daughter’s loving tribute to her immigrant father and to her Hakka heritage.               Official Selection at 2021 Reelworld Film Festival, 2022 Yorkton Film Festival, 2022 Tr