Light of the Setting Sun | Trailer
Preview: Season 27 Episode 11 | 30sVideo has Closed Captions
A filmmaker traces the history of her Chinese family’s trauma and questions if healing is possible.
After a family crisis, filmmaker Vicky Du uncovers the mental illness passed down through four generations of her Chinese family. From Taiwan to New Jersey, Light of the Setting Sun reveals how revolution, migration, and trauma shape identity, and asks whether the past must define the future.
Problems playing video? | Closed Captioning Feedback
Problems playing video? | Closed Captioning Feedback
Light of the Setting Sun | Trailer
Preview: Season 27 Episode 11 | 30sVideo has Closed Captions
After a family crisis, filmmaker Vicky Du uncovers the mental illness passed down through four generations of her Chinese family. From Taiwan to New Jersey, Light of the Setting Sun reveals how revolution, migration, and trauma shape identity, and asks whether the past must define the future.
Problems playing video? | Closed Captioning Feedback
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A Conversation with Rashaad Newsome
Our interview with interdisciplinary artist Rashaad Newsome, co-director and protagonist of Assembly and creator of Being the Digital Griot.Providing Support for PBS.org
Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipIt's painful that our family and history, are defined by silence.
I remember uncle once told me that a blank square means that something bad happened.
What if it's the tragic moments that bring things to light?
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