“A layered documentary that is as much an inquiry into the nature of time and memory as it is an individual’s diary… REUNIFICATION explores the past with a Proustian sensitivity. Tsang retrieves an old childhood memory… and in it finds a lost world in which everyone was united and safe.”
-Peter Keough, The Boston Globe

“I love REUNIFICATION – the structure, juxtapositions, poignancy and clear-eyed honesty… Tsang’s work is so clear, sensitive and fine.”
-Meredith Monk, Composer & National Medal of Art Recipient

“A film very clearly put together to say things through the language of film that the filmmaker is uncomfortable saying any other way… REUNIFICATION is the film that’s come closest to feeling like a truly distinct Asian-American [film] language.”
-Arthur Chu, Salon

“As the greatest mass migration since World War II sweeps the planet, REUNIFICATION is a key contribution to the conversation. A bittersweet, masterful, nuanced portrait of a family… sparks empathy and imagination — this is what documentary is built for.”
-Jessica Green, Director, Maysles Documentary Center

ARTICLES

The Boston Globe (Peter Keough) – “Doc Talk: An Immigrant Story”
Berliner Festspiele – “Interview with Film Director Alvin Tsang”
Salon – “We Need Asian Indie Films Too”
Facets – “The Poignant Confrontation of Reunification”
Asian Movie Pulse – “Documentary Review: Reunification (2015) by Alvin Tsang”
Variety – “Exiled Artists Launch Hong Kong Film Festival in the U.K.”
Triton Magazine – “Seventeen Years in the Making”
HojeMacau (Portuguese) – Cinema: “Festival Ying E Chi arranca já quinta-feira”
Anglonerd – “Fathers and Sons” movies/books/TV reviews
Beyond Chinatown – “Chinese American Filmmakers Share Stories of Relationships at the Queens World Film Festival”
SinoVision Journal (Video Profile in English) – “Reunification”
Ming Pao (Hong Kong) – 劇透紙背：不應有恨家庭團聚的移民憂鬱與抒懷
Epoch Times《大紀元》– 生活巨變 華裔移民用17年戰勝抑鬱陰霾
NTDTV《新唐人》– 童年经历父母离异 华裔拍纪录片走向阳光
Film Pilgrimage《電影朝聖》 – “獨立焦點趙德胤”

RADIO

Cinema Junkie w/ Beth Accomando – SDAFF Artistic Director Brian Hu on selecting REUNIFICATION for the festival.
KCBS Radio Interview (Seattle) – “The Family Owned Business” – Alvin Tsang talks with Yuko Kodama about what it was like to work as an office cleaner to help support the family during his childhood years.

IMDB – User Reviews
Letterboxd – User Reviews

“A must-see for anyone interested in understanding the struggles, sacrifices, and triumphs of the Asian community.”
-Aurorae Khoo, Writer of “Nurse Jackie” TV series

“In a style reminiscent of Chris Marker… REUNIFICATION meditates on the nature of memory, family, and art… a pertinent reminder of the humanity at the heart of the immigrant experience, and of the fact that there are human lives behind the statistics and stories we see and hear.”
-Facets Features

“Alvin Tsang succeeds in making the audience take an introspective look at their own life, through masterfully framing his own.”
-Adam Symchuk, Asian Movie Pulse

“A universal story… Whether you are also a first generation American, have family members who don’t like to talk about the past, or have divorced parents, you’ll find a piece of yourself in Tsang’s journey.”
-Jaime Pond, Anglonerd

“Tsang’s tale can truly be a chronicle of any other immigrant’s feelings of family, confusion, displacement and belonging… A beautiful film both infinitely personal and profoundly universal.”
-Brandon Yu, Triton Magazine

“REUNIFICATION is simultaneously auto-biographical and ethnographic! Alvin Tsang proves to be a creative and conscientious director.”
-Dr. Joseph Lee, Professor of History, Pace University

“After studying Asian American independent cinema over the last two decades, Tsang’s work gives me a refreshing look into this growing field. I was truly impressed by the film’s intimacy, beautiful cinematography and poetic narration that gives a human face to the Asian immigrant story.”
-Dr. Jun Xing, Author of “Asian America through the Lens”

“REUNIFICATION is an important resource for educators interested in teaching about Asian American family, immigration, and psychology. Few documentary films focus on issues of Asian American divorce, mental health, and immigration struggles that span generations and treat these often difficult subjects with honesty, compassion and insight.”
-Dr. Eliza Noh, Professor of Asian American Studies, Cal State University, Fullerton

“A powerful film!… Such a story of a woman surviving and taking charge, and of her children being forced to work at an early age… with such a deep emotional cost of separation, even the risk of family breakup… are part of the price of living in America. Alvin Tsang brings to light the aspects of immigration that are often kept in the shadows.”
-Dr. Estella Habal, Professor Emeritus of San Jose State University, Asian American Studies

“Tsang skillfully takes his family, as well as his audience, with him on his journey of healing and meaning-making… noteworthy for its artistic use of a trauma narrative process that is imbued with hope.”
-Dr. Mary Boncher, Director of Mental Health Treatment Service, New York Foundling

“REUNIFICATION is an unusually sensitive and honest story of immigration to the United States… a reflective film on how the filmmaker became himself, using his own story through cinema to delineate growth, by confronting one’s own life experience.”
-Stephen O. Lesser, Philanthropist, Stephen O. Lesser Endowment

“REUNIFICATION offers a window into the feelings of shock and confusion of a young child struggling with immigration, divorce, and coping with integration into a completely different culture than that of his family. Seeing this film is the perfect experience for social work students and professionals to raise their awareness and hone their crucial skills of cultural competence in their work with clients.”
-Donna Robin, Licensed Clinical Social Worker