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Palimpsest: The Story of a Name

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The director revisits the mystery of the origin of her English surname, she who is of Chinese ethnic origin, and discovers parallel stories of two Stephen families in China that question racial appropriation, colonial identities and exotic fantasies.

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Richard Brody The New Yorker 1 day ago
The filmmaker Mary Stephen, a Hong Kong-born, ethnic-Chinese filmmaker, indeed explores the mystery of her own name. Her fascinating, playful quest involves the tangled background of her father, Henry Stephen. Go to Full Review Read all reviews
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Mary Stephen

Director

Stefano Centini

Producer

Teresa Kwong

Producer

Annie Dekel-Ohayon

Executive Producer

Farid Rezkallah

Executive Producer

John Cressey

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Synopsis The director revisits the mystery of the origin of her English surname, she who is of Chinese ethnic origin, and discovers parallel stories of two Stephen families in China that question racial appropriation, colonial identities and exotic fantasies.
Director
Mary Stephen
Producer
Stefano Centini, Teresa Kwong
Production Co
24images, ProduSa Limited, Volos Films
Genre
Biography, Documentary, History
Original Language
Chinese
Runtime
1h 48m
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