Directed by Mina Shum • 1994 • Canada
Starring Sandra Oh, Stephen Chang, Alannah Ong

An irresistible, star-making performance from Sandra Oh lights up this warm, sharp-witted look at what it means to hold onto heritage while forging one’s own identity. She stars as Jade, a young Chinese Canadian aspiring actress whose most challenging role is playing the perfect daughter for her traditionalist parents, who want nothing more than for her to settle down with a nice Chinese boy. But when Jade secretly falls for Mark (Callum Keith Rennie), a white grad student, her carefully managed double life begins to crack—forcing her to decide how much of herself she’s willing to hide, and at what cost.