Agency - English program:.Animation, Children, Interactive Program - East. Other:.Based on the story The Friends of Kwan Ming from Tales from the Gold Mountain by Paul Yee, published by Groundwood Books / Douglas & McIntyre Ltd., Toronto, 1989.

Direction, Christine Amber Tang ; design, Christine Amber Tang ; animation, Christine Amber Tang ; animator, Jean-Jacques Tremblay ; infographist, Randall Finnerty ; consultant, Pierre M. Trudeau ; digital imaging specialist, Normand Gauthier, Pierre Plouffe ; writer, Sugith Varughese ; story, Paul Yee ; picture editor, France Dubé ; sound editor, France Dubé ; original music, Louis Gagné ; foley artist, Stéphane Cadotte, Antonio Mari ; music recording, Geoffrey Mitchell, Sylvain Cajelais ; re-recording, Serge Boivin, Shelley Craig ; executive producer, David Verrall ; producer, Tamara Lynch.

Narrator, Mary Long ; voice, Henry Mah.

Recorded 2002.

Kwan Ming makes three friends on his journey from China to the New World. Once the men arrive, they all look for work but find nothing. When opportunities finally arise, Kwan Ming lets his friends have the best jobs: tailor, shoemaker and baker. Kwan takes a lowly position as helper to a mean store owner. His cruel boss makes three impossible demands: that Kwan Ming find him a woolen suit that never tears, boots that never wear out and bread that won't go stale. Kwan Ming's generosity of spirit pays off when his friends come to his aid. The Friends of Kwan Ming is part of the NFB's Talespinners collection. Created for children aged five to nine, Talespinners uses vibrant animation to bring popular stories from a wide range of cultural communities to the screen.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Honorable Mention - Category: Education and Information, 2002

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