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Paper Lantern

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Producing House

A portrait of a Vietnamese-Canadian family opening up a restaurant and cocktail bar in Calgary's Chinatown, amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Status: Released

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Runtime: 15 mins

Director: Vicki Van Chau

Spoken language: English

Genres: Documentary

Original title: Paper Lantern

Production Companies: Canada Council for the Arts

Production Countries: Canada

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