Anne Marie Nakagawa's documentary examines what it means to have a background of mixed ancestries that cannot be easily categorized. By focusing on 7 Canadians who have one parent from a European background and one of a visible minority, she attempts to get at the root of what it means to be multi-ethnic in a world that wants each person to fit into a single category.
Direction
Nakagawa lets subjects breathe—no performative trauma, just truth.
Writing
Fred Wah's poetry woven throughout hits like a gut punch.
Director
Anne Marie Nakagawa
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Canada grappling with its own 'mosaic' myth before identity discourse went mainstream online.
Fred Wah became Canada's Parliamentary Poet Laureate—his segments here are essentially early drafts of that role.
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