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An afternoon with Jeff Chiba Stearns with film screening of One Big Hapa Family

Community Event
In Person
National Nikkei Museum & Heritage Centre
6688 Southoaks Crescent Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada

Date: June 4, 2011

Time: 2 p.m.



Free for members, $5 for non-members

Bring your whole family out to see the feature length version (85 minutes) of One Big Hapa Family. Q&A will follow screening. Rated PG.

After a realization at a family reunion, half Japanese-Canadian filmmaker, Jeff Chiba Stearns, embarks on a journey of self-discovery to find out why everyone in his Japanese-Canadian family married interracially after his grandparents’ generation. This feature live action and animated documentary explores why almost all Japanese-Canadians are marrying interracially, and how their mixed children perceive their unique multiracial identities.

View trailer http://youtu.be/obK72DlHt_c


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