剧情介绍
黑白照片中，一层楼的矮小平房，玻璃柜台前不同面孔的人们交谈着，屋前的牙买加式檐廊，村里的人们吃着东西闲谈着。这是牙买加农村的寻常风景，这些由华人经营的「唐铺」，为牙买加人提供了食物、五金等民生必需品，也逐渐成为他们生活的重要据点。导演江明月以人类学的视角，透过历史影像与牙买加雷鬼音乐，探究百年前自中国南部落脚于西印度群岛的华人，如何透过一间间小店铺，融入并影响着今日的牙买加社会。
In Jamaica, from the 1930s to the early 1970s, the ubiquitous Chinese-owned groceries were located on many busy street corners in downtown Kingston to remote towns in every parish. This documentary explores the complex relationship and social interaction between the Chinese shopkeepers and their Jamaican customers. Although the Chinese were an insular group, The Chiney Shop explores the myriad ways, in which this ethnic minority contributed to Jamaican society. Drawing from interviews by members of the Jamaican-Chinese community and prominent Jamaicans from the diaspora and using archival footage and photos, the film attempts to illustrate the deeply-rooted connection between Chinese shopkeepers and Jamaicans not usually portrayed in mainstream media.
