One Tree Three Lives (2012)
One Tree Three Lives, an intimate film on the novelist Hualing Nieh Engle, who has been a major influence on generations of writers in the Chinese Diaspora, and beyond. The director has known the author and her family since the Seventies. The film reveals a woman of unusual charisma, integrity and determination, and a person in continual exile. She is the author of 24 books. She also co-founded the International Writing Program in Iowa, USA, with her now deceased husband, the poet Paul Engle. One Tree Three Lives is also their love story.
Director: Angie Chen
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Hualing Nieh Engle as Self |
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Kenneth Pai Hsien-Yung as Self |
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Lin Hwai-min as Self |
| Directing | Angie Chen | Director |
| Editing | Angie Chen | Editor |
| Camera | Zhang Ying | Director of Photography |
| Production | Angie Chen | Producer |