''Finding Cleveland'' is a 2015 American
documentary film
A documentary film (often described simply as a documentary) is a nonfiction Film, motion picture intended to "document reality, primarily for instruction, education or maintaining a Recorded history, historical record". The American author and ...
about a Chinese American family's journey to search for their family roots. Instead of leading them to the Far East to a remote village in China, it took them to the deep south into the remote little town of
Cleveland
Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Cuyahoga County. Located along the southern shore of Lake Erie, it is situated across the Canada–U.S. maritime border and approximately west of the Ohio-Pennsylvania st ...
in the
Mississippi Delta.
They uncover not only the history of their family, but also that of the early Chinese American settlers: an entire community caught between the black and white population. In addition to them dealing with the obvious racism, segregation, loneliness, depression, and financial burdens, they had to do it during a time when Congress enacted the only act in American history that explicitly targeted a specific ethnic group;
The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882.
The film had its world premiere at the
168 Film Festival on 30 August 2015 and has been shown at multiple film festivals. It continues to be shown at libraries, museums, churches, and schools. On May 18, 2017, it made its broadcast debut on PBS Mississippi. The film has sparked the creation of the full length film,
Far East Deep South.
Selected cast
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Only Won
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Larissa Lam
Accolades
* 2015: Best Documentary Finalist,
168 Film Festival.
* 2015: Best Documentary Award, Asians on Film Festival.
* 2016: Best Documentary, Oxford Film Festival.
* 2016: Outstanding Film, Sacramento International Film Festival
* 2015: Official Selection, Philadelphia Asian Film Festival,
Boston Asian American Film Festival,
Chinese American Film Festival, Big Asian Film Festival
* 2016: Official Selection, DC Asians Pacific American Film Festival, Sacramento International Film Festival
References
External links
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Trailer Finding Cleveland(1 minute video)
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2015 films