Asian & South Asian Heritage Month

MIX Society created a short three-part series where they spoke some Asian millennials to hear their experiences growing up.

MIX Society created a short three-part series where they spoke with Asian millennials to hear their experiences growing up.

A short documentary following the story of Vancouver drag artist "Maiden China" in her explorations of queer Chinese culture.

Bilal Baig, Uzma Jalaluddin and Amil Niazi spoke with CBC News about increased media visibility for South Asian Canadians.

Using videos shot on her phone, a director of Syrian origin gives her housebound grandparents back in Syria a look in her adopted city of Montreal.

In this animated short, a young girl and her father move from China to Canada, bringing only their Chinese violin along for the journey.

Filmed at the Wing Fong Farm in Ontario, this documentary follows the tilling, planting and harvesting of Asian vegetables destined for Chinese markets and restaurants.

Julia Kwan’s feature-length documentary Everything Will Be captures a significant moment of time in Vancouver’s Chinatown, with the influx of condos and new, non-Chinese businesses.

In Heaven on Earth, acclaimed director Deepa Mehta highlights the isolation and disappointment faced by a family of Punjabi immigrants to Canada.

This documentary short is a portrait of Miyuki Tanobe, a Japanese painter who has chosen to make Québec her home.

Often funny, sometimes sad, this engaging film documents the challenges Arab men face integrating into Canadian life while preserving their identity and culture.

Based on an actual incident, the film follows 8 Sri Lankan Tamils who find temporary sanctuary in an isolated outport in Newfoundland after being rescued from certain death at sea by a group of fishermen.

This documentary presents two Canadian women of Asian descent who are contemplating eyelid surgery.

This short documentary follows several refugee families during their first 19 days in Canada, as they navigate an unfamiliar terrain that has suddenly become their home.

Identical Vietnamese twins, assigned as female at birth, were adopted. As one begins to navigate their gender identity, this family in North Vancouver, B.C. pulls together to support Levi becoming himself.