Maybe I'm not the most objective reviewer for this title. I have known Mr. Sung's sister, Mary, since 1959. The conditions under which they fled China were never spoken of. But when Mary turned 80 it seemed like she had reached a rite of passage and now she was ready to open up.
There's only so much you can put in a documentary. One thing that continued playing through my mind was how successful the family had been before leaving China, and arriving in the U. S. with nothing--except business savvy and a drive to rebuild. Watching the documentary unfold I couldn't help but thinking, "Twice in one lifetime--loss of everything--again." And while I would never wish anything bad for the powers that sought to put Mr. Sung and what he had built out of business, there is this thing called Karma. I remember with clarity a conversation with a friend many years ago: "The mill of the gods grinds exceedingly slow but exceedingly fine." And just one more for the road: "Time wounds all heels."
And the aftermath? Moving ahead to serve their community. The documentary is a powerful reminder that marginalization along racial lines is alive and, unfortunately, much too well in America.
There's only so much you can put in a documentary. One thing that continued playing through my mind was how successful the family had been before leaving China, and arriving in the U. S. with nothing--except business savvy and a drive to rebuild. Watching the documentary unfold I couldn't help but thinking, "Twice in one lifetime--loss of everything--again." And while I would never wish anything bad for the powers that sought to put Mr. Sung and what he had built out of business, there is this thing called Karma. I remember with clarity a conversation with a friend many years ago: "The mill of the gods grinds exceedingly slow but exceedingly fine." And just one more for the road: "Time wounds all heels."
And the aftermath? Moving ahead to serve their community. The documentary is a powerful reminder that marginalization along racial lines is alive and, unfortunately, much too well in America.