All in My Family (2019)
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”A modern family faces a dilemma when introducing their same-sex partner and children to traditional Chinese relatives.”
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Through the personal experience of director Hao Wu, 'My Families' is a moving documentary that explores the contradictions between conservative thought, acceptance and family love in a society like China, where tradition and honor hold so much weight. Short (it's only 40 minutes), it's a film to make us reflect on the world of today.
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From documentarian Hao Wu comes a heartfelt portrait of how he created a thoroughly modern family in America, only to face the dilemma of introducing his same-sex partner and their children to his deeply traditional parents and relatives in China.
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