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By Jian Ping and Lisa Xia Jian: It feels unreal that our life story will be on PBS nationwide. I still remember how unhappy you were that the crew followed you to the Aon Building the first day you started a new job, not to mention our guerrilla way of filming in China. Lisa: I thought I was going to …

Film based on a memoir of two generations of Chinese Americans explores history and present By Tamara Treichel “No matter what storm comes, don’t break,” Jian Ping’s grand­mother told her. “You must be strong, like the mulberry tree.” Jian took her grandmother’s words to heart while growing up during China’s chaotic Cultural Revolution (1966-76), and wished to become a “mulberry child.” …