Asian American International Film Festival — Aug 1st - Aug 11th, 2024

Dear Mother, I Meant to Write about Death (我们在黑夜的海上) [VOD]

[Please note that this VOD screening is geoblocked to North America.]


It’s never easy to talk about mortality with our loved ones. It’s even harder between a physician mother who excels at hiding her emotions under rationality and a daughter who spent her childhood solving math problems next to the morgue. They avoid conversation about mortality and related feelings at all costs – until the mother becomes a cancer patient and the daughter becomes her caregiver.

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Cast And Crew

  1. Director

    Siyi Chen —
    Based in New York City, Siyi Chen is a journalist turned documentary director and editor. She holds a dual B.A. degree in World History and Chinese Literature (Peking University) and an M.A. in News and Documentary from NYU. Her directorial feature debut, DEAR MOTHER, I MEANT TO WRITE ABOUT DEATH, had its world premiere at the 2022 Busan International Film Festival. Chen is dedicated to creating lyrical portraits of women of the diaspora and their relationship with freedom, belonging, and desire.
  2. Producer

    Violet Feng, Siyi Chen, Ruohan Xu
  3. Writer

    Siyi Chen
  4. Cast

    Shengmei Shen

    Siyi Chen

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