“I believe very strongly that when someone dies, if people speak their name, it’s a way of bringing their spirit back to life.”

“Doh Jeh Mama (多謝嫲嫲) / Thank You Grandma” by Chinese-Peruvian Director Jon Chiang is an act of remembering for all of us who’ve lost a part of ourselves growing up.

After a horrifying sexual assault, the documentary follows one family’s fight for justice—and the backlash they face along the way.

The candid short sees the Asian Canadian filmmaker and her mother engage in an intimate conversation about immigration to Canada, misunderstandings, barriers to communicating, love and the taste of home.