剧情介绍
李文生是牙买加客家混血儿，定居在美国，在子女眼中总是开朗做着菜的他，在镜头前坦露他自小与家人分离，被送回中国的经历，以及如何在长大后决定返回牙买加，重新融入陌生的故乡。导演江明月透过镜头，回顾李文生数十年的过去，道尽牙买加客家人的离散与挣扎，以及他们坚毅守护家庭的信念。
A story of the universal journey of love, loss, search for identity, and finally reconciliation and acceptance. From his native Jamaica to a village in China, the journey of half-black, half-Chinese Vincent Lee began when he was only a young boy. Chinese immigrants to Jamaica in the late 1800 and early 1900s were largely men from southern China, known as Hakka. They often entered into relationships with Jamaican women as did Lee's father. When his father died prematurely, like many Chinese-Jamaican sons shipped to China to discover their Chinese roots, Lee was sent to his father's homeland, but endured hardship and servitude at the hands of his Chinese relatives. Separated from his mother and siblings for years, Vincent returned to his native homeland as an adult. However, he had to leave behind a family in China and rebuild a new life in Jamaica. It illustrates the strength of family bonds, the importance of culture and how for Vincent Lee, returning home to find his family and his roots helped him become whole.
这部26分钟的作品“发现”了一个重要的问题，即伴随历史离散及当代全球化跨国行为中的身份认同问题。但显然，它还需要努力更多，做更多的采访调查和跟踪记录。李文新的语言由粤语、英语、俚语和一些含混不清的表述构成，正如他本人的身份一样破碎、混乱和综合。同加勒比影展开幕影片《中国女孩》并置，影片在族裔身份基础上再度强调了性别身份，李文新身上所展现出的对“root”“home”的执着和追随，远远超越于《中国女孩》中的特立尼达/中国混血女性。相比于女性们“我不是特立尼达人，也不是中国人，我就是我本人”的对身份概念的主动弃用，李文新一生都在寻求一个固定的身份，一个永远涵括其存在的家的外延。这个问题确实非常有意思。