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Journey of a Paper Son

  • 2011
  • 19m
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Journey of a Paper Son (2011)
In “Journey of a Paper Son,” an elderly Chinese man (Jack Ong), who’s dying from cancer, shocks his family when he reveals that he’s a “paper son” (one who illegally immigrated to the U.S., using fake documents and claiming he’s the son of an American citizen) and asks them for a final wish to change back his name. His request threatens to tear apart his family (Patty Toy Chung, Angelina Cheng, Teddy Chen Culver), testing the limits of their love. He forces them to question who he really is and even their own identities. Meanwhile, his doctor (Mario Cortez) desperately tries to save him. We discover that the dying man is just one of countless “paper sons” who were born from the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, the first federal law to restrict immigration to the U.S. based on race or nationality.
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In "Journey of a Paper Son," an elderly Chinese man, who's dying from cancer, shocks his family when he reveals that he's a "paper son" (one who immigrated to the U.S., using fake documents ... Read allIn "Journey of a Paper Son," an elderly Chinese man, who's dying from cancer, shocks his family when he reveals that he's a "paper son" (one who immigrated to the U.S., using fake documents and claiming he was the son of an American citizen) and asks them for a final wish to chan... Read allIn "Journey of a Paper Son," an elderly Chinese man, who's dying from cancer, shocks his family when he reveals that he's a "paper son" (one who immigrated to the U.S., using fake documents and claiming he was the son of an American citizen) and asks them for a final wish to change back his name. His request threatens to tear apart his family, testing the limits of th... Read all

  • Director
    • Ming Lai
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    • Ming Lai
    • Patrick Lew
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    • Edward Chen
    • Angelina Cheng
    • Mario Cortez
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    • Director
      • Ming Lai
    • Writers
      • Ming Lai
      • Patrick Lew
    • Stars
      • Edward Chen
      • Angelina Cheng
      • Mario Cortez
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    Edward Chen
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    Angelina Cheng
    • Gong
    Mario Cortez
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      • Ming Lai
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      • Ming Lai
      • Patrick Lew
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      • April 29, 2011 (United States)
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      • Humanist Films
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