Mei Mei, A Daughter's Song

Summary:

Winner of the Peabody award, MEI MEI, A DAUGHTER'S SONG is the personal story of cross-cultural and cross-generational conflict produced by Dmae Roberts.

Website:

http://www.mediarites.org/store_meimei.htm

Additional Credits and Funding:

Funded by the National Endowment for the Arts and the Oregon Arts Commission and distributed by Sound Print.

Timely on:

May: Mother's Day and Asian Pacific American Heritage Month in May

Tones:

Emotional, Experimental, Sound Rich

Language:

English

Description:

"Mei Mei" is a 25 minute documentary that chronicles Dmae and her mother, Chu-Yin, as they travel to Taiwan together.

Mei Mei is Chinese for "little sister" -- a term of endearment for any younger girl.

First produced in 1989, Mei Mei was highly personal and groundbreaking for its time--interweaving interviews and dramatizations to tell the story of a conflicted daughter and her mother who suffered abuse, starvation and the horrors of World War Two.

MEI MEI has been broadcast on NPR, the BBC, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.

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