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Jia

2020 10 min
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A young Chinese-Canadian couple is visiting family in Wuhan, epicentre of the virus, at the very moment the pandemic is declared. Interviewing his subjects in a novel socially distanced mode, director Weiye Su explores the culturally specific concept of Jia—an idea evoking family or home that acquires sharp new meaning during COVID times.

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A young Chinese-Canadian couple is visiting family in Wuhan, epicentre of the virus, at the very moment the pandemic is declared. Interviewing his subjects in a novel socially distanced mode, director Weiye Su explores the culturally specific concept of Jia—an idea evoking family or home that acquires sharp new meaning during COVID times.

  • writer
    Weiye Su
  • director
    Weiye Su
  • participation
    Jun Wang
    Xin Wan
    Ryan Wang
  • producer
    Jon Montes
  • executive producer
    David Christensen
  • director of photography
    George Hupka
    Darryl Kesslar
  • editor
    Xi Feng
  • sound design
    Christine Fellows
  • music
    Christine Fellows
  • sound recordist
    Tracy Westgard
  • location manager
    Julia Fullerton
  • assistant editor
    George Hupka
  • translator
    Yujing Tian
  • title designer
    Cynthia Ouellet
  • online editor
    Serge Verreault
  • mixer
    Luc Léger
  • production supervisor
    Esther Viragh
  • technical coordinator
    Luc Binette
  • studio operations manager
    Darin Clausen
  • studio administrator
    Devon Supeene
  • production coordinator
    Jessica Smith
  • marketing manager
    Johanna Lessard
  • publicist
    Katja De Bock
  • legal counsel
    Christian Pitchen

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