BeLonging: Asian American and Pacific Islander Immigrant Stories in California

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“BeLonging” portrays the journey of three different first-generation Asian women from their ancestral lands to Northern California.

Youngmi Jung, originally from South Korea, came to Northern California to study religion, and is now a Methodist minister currently serving in the Bay Area.

Sachiko Knappman moved to the United States from Japan as a young bride, but soon after lost her husband to cancer and had to navigate her life in a new country alone with a newborn child.

Jean Bee Chan, now a retired Sonoma State University math professor, immigrated to the United States to escape the violence and turmoil in Japanese-occupied southern China.

The film lifts the voices of AAPI immigrants living in California and captures the rich diversity among AAPI communities, one person’s story at a time. Meet award-wining journalist-filmmaker, Lina Hoshino, and listen to a brief presentation by Zahir Qaderi, a recent immigrant from Afghanistan.