阿嬤和阿公留下來的寶貝
LIFE LESSONS
FROM AH-MA AND AH-GONG
DESCRIPTION
《阿嬤和阿公留下來的寶貝》是一部創作系列紀錄影片，希望第一代臺灣裔美國人以祖父母的角度，把人生的智慧結晶、台灣及美國的生活經驗留傳給他們的孫兒女。
Life Lessons from Ah-Ma and Ah-Gong is a documentary feature film about a group of first-generation Taiwanese American grandparents seeking to create a library of practical skills and valuable wisdom to guide their grandchildren through life when they are gone.
From cooking, fishing, and gardening to history, language, and Taiwanese etiquette, the subjects of these lessons will unlock personal histories and deep memories, providing an intimate lens into the early years of a diverse Taiwanese American community pushed and pulled by geo-political forces, informed by mid-century Taiwanese upbringings, and reinvented to carve new paths as American immigrants.
In the end, the project aims to produce two products. The first is the compilation of life lessons being gifted to the next generation of Taiwanese Americans. The other is an adventurous documentary about the nostalgic, complex, and unanticipated experiences involved in their creation.