Saying Goodbye to Your Roots in 'The Farewell' | Video Essay

In this essay, we discuss the 2019 film The Farewell and how it appeals to our experiences with loss of family and multiculturalism.

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Articles mentioned:
The Cultural Truth at the Heart of the Lies in ‘The Farewell’ | NYT
╰ https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/24/movies/the-farewell-family-lies.html

To Tell or Not: The Chinese Doctors’ Dilemma on Disclosure of a Cancer Diagnosis to the Patient | NCBI
╰ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6294856/

Disclosure of cancer diagnosis in China… | NCBI
╰ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6061405/

When People of Color are Discouraged from Going Into the Arts | The Atlantic
╰https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2016/02/oscars-so-white-academia-stereotypes/471291/

What to Ask Instead of ‘How Are You?’ During a Pandemic
╰https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2020/04/should-i-still-say-how-are-you-during-a-pandemic/610639/

0:00 Intro
1:43 A Good Lie
10:53 Pitfalls of the American Dream
17:50 Preserving the Pieces of You

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