A THOUSAND YEARS OF GOOD PRAYERS Special Screenings

It’s been 25 years since Wayne Wang won over audiences his quirky comedy-mystery CHAN IS MISSING, a film about Chinese immigrants trying to reconcile their cultural traditions with the American way of life.

With this adaptation of stories by the exceptional young writer Yuyun Li, Wang deepens this exploration. Mr. Shi (Henry O) is an aging widower who travels from Mainland China to Spokane to help his daughter recover from a divorce. Slowly and gently, he discovers how big the gaps are between him and his daughter, while grappling with societal, gender and generational differences, along with the spiritual and moral fallout from China’s Cultural Revolution.

As Mr. Shi travels down a path towards deepening awareness, Wang , in the transcendental manner of Yaujiro, layers his story with resonance in such a quiet and subtle fashion that we too are transformed, without quite knowing how he did it.