Chinese Restaurants: On the Islands
- Director:
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- Cheuk Kwan / Tissa Films
- Producer:
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- Monika Mérinat
- Randy Shek
- Linda Tse
- Writer:
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- Cheuk Kwan / Tissa Films
- Margaret S. Martin
- Cinematographer:
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- Kwoi Gin
- Editor:
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- Ricardo Acosta
- Zinka Bejtic
- Executive Producer:
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- Cheuk Kwan / Tissa Films
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- Country:--
- Year:2005
- Length:80 min
- Data rate:7.5 MB/min
- Description
- Chinese Restaurants: On the Islands tells the story of the Chinese diaspora through its most recognizable and enduring icon - the family-run Chinese restaurant. Filmmaker Cheuk Kwan takes us on a tour of restaurants in Mauritius, Trinidad, and Cuba, showing us Chinese communities that have become an integral part of these sensual and seductive islands in the sun.
In the middle of the Indian Ocean, Colette, an innovative self-taught chef, serves up inventive new dishes combining Chinese, Creole and Indian flavors in her Mauritian restaurant. Colette, together with other members of the Hakka Chinese community, gives us insights into the Hakka Chinese and their conservative traditions and values.
In San Fernando, we find a rags-to-riches story of restaurant owner Maurice whose passion for quality and service has won him widespread affection and respect while members of his family dance to the infectious beat of Trinidad's annual Carnival.
In Havana, Alejandro runs a home for Chinese elderly and supports it by operating a restaurant on the side. Meanwhile, we go beyond the 'Chinese Fantasy' the Cuban government has created in Chinatown to discover a community that has now become truly Cuban.
Together, these community and personal histories illustrate the wider story of Chinese migration, settlement and integration and celebrate the resilience and complexity of the Chinese diaspora today in these interracial and multicultural island melting pots. - Extras
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