Radio Curious visits with Felicia Lowe the producer of âChinese Coupletsâ a documentary about Lowe's quest to learn about her ancestral history by tracing her mother's immigration to the United States from rural China. Â
Barry Vogel, Attorney and Counselor, is the Host and Producer of Radio Curious. Christina Aanestad is the Assistant Producer.
Secrecy of and revelation about the trip to America to secure a new life during the Chinese Exclusion era is the topic of this edition of Radio Curious.  Our guest is Felicia Lowe, whose film âChinese Coupletsâ tells her motherâs story. Felicia Lowe was met with refusals and silence when as a child she asked her mother about her childhood. This shroud of silence was lifted when Felicia Loweâs daughter found an old family photograph taken in China and asked her grandmother to tell the story related to the photograph.  The film âChinese Coupletsâ shows and tells the story of a childhood in rural China, the new identity to secure passage to America, the fear of deportation if the truth were known, and a prosperous and successful life of an immigrant Chinese woman in Oakland, California.  The film âChinese Coupletsâ will be shown at the Mendocino Film Festival on Saturday, May 30, 2015 at 10 am in the Village of Mendocino, California.  When Felicia Lowe and I visited by phone from her home in San Francisco, California, May 17, 2015, I asked her to tell us about her mother.  The book Felicia Lowe recommends is âThe Blues Eye,â by Toni Morrison.
Felicia Lowe's website is: http://www.lowedownproductions.com/chinese-couplets/
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Chinese Immigration:Â The Veil of Secrecy and Silence
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