Automatic Writing

19961h 25m
Biography

A filmmaker employs Automatic Writing to discover the story of her great great grandfather, only to find a whole lot of ancestors lining up to have their story told... their own way. Based on the autobiography "The Doctor Comes Home", by So To Ming, who was born during the Boxer Rebellion, was orphaned, kidnapped, taken to America to work on a brothel, and returned to china to become a doctor and start a nursing hospital. and had an interesting relationship with his family.

Runtime
1h 25m
Released
1996

Details

Release year: 1996

Storyline

A filmmaker employs Automatic Writing to discover the story of her great great grandfather, only to find a whole lot of ancestors lining up to have their story told... their own way. Based on the autobiography "The Doctor Comes Home", by So To Ming, who was born during the Boxer Rebellion, was orphaned, kidnapped, taken to America to work on a brothel, and returned to china to become a doctor and start a nursing hospital. and had an interesting relationship with his family.

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