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Hoo Hoo: Losing Mother Tongue In this short documentary a Chinese American granddaughter reaches across the gaps of generation, culture, and language to commemorate the daily rituals of her immigrant grandmother—and discovers perhaps too late the cost of her American assimilation. Producer/Director: Sandra Yee, 8mins: (On the festival circuit!) Purchase your copy today on DVD. Cost includes shipping in the U.S. Shipping costs increase for overseas orders. All orders are confirmed by email. 
Finding the Inspiration For years I have taken notes on the often exasperating yet hilarious episodes of my family’s struggles to maintain Chinese traditions in the very un-Asian southwestern United States. I decided to turn the camera on my family matriarch, Hoo Hoo (“maternal grandmother” in provincial Cantonese), who urged her progeny to embrace and succeed in a world that rejected her (lack of English and education). I created this short documentary with the hope that Hoo Hoo would someday understand how much I love and value her. And I hope that Hoo Hoo: Losing Mother Tongue inspires others to move forward in recording their family stories. I thank her, the rest of my family, my 7Adinkras sisters, and my mate for making this project possible. About the Filmmaker
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Sandra
Yee joined 7Adinkras to return to her first love of writing. A
holistic healer and educator, Sandra is interested in the healing
aspects of creative expression: how the artist dances with an idea,
attempts to bring it to form, and through countless revisions to her
ideology and reinventions of her identity, presents to the world her
finished work, the evidence of her journey. Her first documentary Hoo
Hoo: Losing Mother Tongue, is currently touring the film festival
circuit and is charming audiences across the country. (