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Asia is the largest continent on the planet. It\u2019s home to more than half the world\u2019s total population and a multiplicity of nations and cultures. Over the past two centuries, and for social, political or historical reasons, countries throughout both American continents\u2014including Canada\u2014have become home to millions of Asian people who\u2019ve made and continue to make huge contributions to their adopted societies.<\/h2>\n

May is Asian Heritage Month in Canada, an opportunity for us all to reflect on and celebrate the countless ways Asian Canadians have shaped our country, in myriad fields, from the sciences and technology to the arts and medicine, among many others. To celebrate the occasion, this edition of Curator\u2019s Perspective is highlighting some of the work done by Asian-Canadian filmmakers or filmmakers of Asian descent at the National Film Board. I acknowledge the impossibility of covering it all here, given Asian creators\u2019 wide-ranging contributions to the NFB and Canadian cinema in general. So instead this blog post will focus on a sampling of animation by Asian filmmakers at the NFB over the last 50 or so years.<\/p>\n

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The history of NFB animation by creators of Asian descent begins in the late sixties, with titles like Kim In Tae\u2019s Korean Alphabet<\/em><\/strong> (1969)<\/a>\u00a0and it continues its journey to this day with shorts such as Sandra Desmazi\u00e8res\u2019 Flowing Home<\/em><\/strong> (Nh\u01b0 m\u1ed9t d\u00f2ng song<\/em>, 2021), about two sisters who grew up in Vietnam and were separated by the war between North and South.<\/p>\n