BIPOC filmmaker. Agency - English program:.Documentary Program - Ontario. Study guide available.

Director, Jari Osborne ; script, Jari Osborne ; producer, Karen King-Chigbo ; executive producer, Louise Lore ; camera, Michael Grippo ; editing, Steve Weslak ; sound recording, Jim Ursulak ; music, Guy Zerafa ; animation camera, Jenny Lianos.

Narrator, Jari Osborne ; participation, Roy Mah, Lee Chin, John Ko Bong, Douglas Jung.

Recorded 1999.

For filmmaker Jari Osborne, November 11 was as unremarkable a day as the next. Watching her father, Alex Louie, during his annual Remembrance Day ritual, Osborne always thought of him as sentimental. However, in discovering her father's involvement in World War II, she uncovers a legacy of discrimination and politically sanctioned racism against British Columbia's Chinese-Canadian community. Sworn to secrecy for decades, Osborne's father and his war buddies now vividly recall their top-secret missions behind enemy lines in Southeast Asia. Theirs is a tale of young Chinese-Canadian men proudly fighting for a country that had always mistreated them. Told in the voice of a thankful daughter, this multi-layered documentary does more than reveal an important period in Canadian history. It pays moving tribute to a father's quiet heroism.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Award - Category: Best Biography / History Documentary, 2000 Canada Award, 2000 Antoinette (Nettie) Kryski Canadian Heritage Award - with a cash prize of 500$, 2000 Chris Award - Category: Social Issues, 2000

Description based on online resource; title from title screen (National Film Board of Canada, viewed 2023-08-10).