This edition: A Way Back Home
Episode Details
Original tape date: September 5, 2025. First aired: September 5, 2025.Fulfilling her grandfather’s dying wish, a young Chinese American visits Taishan, China, to deliver a letter of apology and support to his first wife, whom he abandoned. Brought together by betrayal, the two form an unlikely bond and a complex connection across generations and cultures.
12 min, Narrative, Director: Susan Mei
“A Way Back Home" airs as part of CUNY TV Presents: CCNY MFA Showcase, a collaboration with the City College of New York’s MFA Film Program, featuring films by program alumni. Director Susan Mei also appeared in the CCNY MFA Studio Show which you can watch right now on YouTube and hear more about the creative process and inspiration of "A Way Back Home"
#familydrama #unlikeybond #betrayal #chineseamerican
Guest List
Susan Mei Director, A Way Back Home
- College of Staten Island
- Saturday, November 8 - 2:00pm
- Sunday, November 9 - 2:00pm
- Friday, November 14 - 2:00pm
- Saturday, November 15 - 2:00pm
- Sunday, November 16 - 2:00pm
- Friday, November 21 - 2:00pm
- Saturday, November 22 - 2:00pm
- Sunday, November 23 - 2:00pm
- Friday, November 28 - 2:00pm
- Saturday, November 29 - 2:00pm
- Sunday, November 30 - 2:00pm
- It's Such A Good Day for a Festival
- Saturday, November 8 - 2:30pm
- Sunday, November 9 - 2:30pm
- Friday, November 14 - 2:30pm
- Saturday, November 15 - 2:30pm
- Sunday, November 16 - 2:30pm
- Friday, November 21 - 2:30pm
- Saturday, November 22 - 2:30pm
- Sunday, November 23 - 2:30pm
- Friday, November 28 - 2:30pm
- Saturday, November 29 - 2:30pm
- Sunday, November 30 - 2:30pm
- WSIA: 40 Years
- Saturday, November 8 - 2:50pm
- Sunday, November 9 - 2:50pm
- Friday, November 14 - 2:50pm
- Saturday, November 15 - 2:50pm
- Sunday, November 16 - 2:50pm
- Friday, November 21 - 2:50pm
- Saturday, November 22 - 2:50pm
- Sunday, November 23 - 2:50pm
- Friday, November 28 - 2:50pm
- Saturday, November 29 - 2:50pm
- Sunday, November 30 - 2:50pm
- Solicitors!
- Saturday, November 8 - 3:00pm
- Sunday, November 9 - 3:00pm
- Friday, November 14 - 3:00pm
- Saturday, November 15 - 3:00pm
- Sunday, November 16 - 3:00pm
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- Saturday, November 22 - 3:00pm
- Sunday, November 23 - 3:00pm
- Friday, November 28 - 3:00pm
- Saturday, November 29 - 3:00pm
- Sunday, November 30 - 3:00pm
- The Class of 2020
- Saturday, November 8 - 3:25pm
- Sunday, November 9 - 3:25pm
- Friday, November 14 - 3:25pm
- Saturday, November 15 - 3:25pm
- Sunday, November 16 - 3:25pm
- Friday, November 21 - 3:25pm
- Saturday, November 22 - 3:25pm
- Sunday, November 23 - 3:25pm
- Friday, November 28 - 3:25pm
- Saturday, November 29 - 3:25pm
- Sunday, November 30 - 3:25pm
- Ramyun & Tangerines
- Saturday, November 8 - 3:50pm
- Sunday, November 9 - 3:50pm
- Friday, November 14 - 3:50pm
- Saturday, November 15 - 3:50pm
- Sunday, November 16 - 3:50pm
- Friday, November 21 - 3:50pm
- Saturday, November 22 - 3:50pm
- Sunday, November 23 - 3:50pm
- Friday, November 28 - 3:50pm
- Saturday, November 29 - 3:50pm
- Sunday, November 30 - 3:50pm
- The Box
- Saturday, November 8 - 4:00pm
- Sunday, November 9 - 4:00pm
- Friday, November 14 - 4:00pm
- Saturday, November 15 - 4:00pm
- Sunday, November 16 - 4:00pm
- Friday, November 21 - 4:00pm
- Saturday, November 22 - 4:00pm
- Sunday, November 23 - 4:00pm
- Friday, November 28 - 4:00pm
- Saturday, November 29 - 4:00pm
- Sunday, November 30 - 4:00pm
- Waiting Room
- Saturday, November 8 - 4:15pm
- Sunday, November 9 - 4:15pm
- Friday, November 14 - 4:15pm
- Saturday, November 15 - 4:15pm
- Sunday, November 16 - 4:15pm
- Friday, November 21 - 4:15pm
- Saturday, November 22 - 4:15pm
- Sunday, November 23 - 4:15pm
- Friday, November 28 - 4:15pm
- Saturday, November 29 - 4:15pm
- Sunday, November 30 - 4:15pm
- Waiting Room
- Friday, November 7 - 4:15pm
- The Box
- Friday, November 7 - 4:00pm
- Ramyun & Tangerines
- Friday, November 7 - 3:50pm
- The Class of 2020
- Friday, November 7 - 3:25pm
- Solicitors!
- Friday, November 7 - 3:00pm
- WSIA: 40 Years
- Friday, November 7 - 2:50pm
- It's Such A Good Day for a Festival
- Friday, November 7 - 2:30pm
- College of Staten Island
- Friday, November 7 - 2:00pm
- WO
- Friday, October 31 - 3:20pm
- Saturday, November 1 - 3:20pm
- Sunday, November 2 - 3:20pm
- Always, Already
- Friday, October 31 - 2:50pm
- Saturday, November 1 - 2:50pm
- Sunday, November 2 - 2:50pm
- Las Nogas
- Friday, October 31 - 2:30pm
- Saturday, November 1 - 2:30pm
- Sunday, November 2 - 2:30pm
- God Knows Where I Am
- Friday, October 24 - 2:30pm
- Saturday, October 25 - 2:30pm
- Sunday, October 26 - 2:30pm
- H.O.M.E.
- Friday, October 17 - 2:40pm
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- Sunday, October 19 - 2:40pm
- Coda
- Friday, October 17 - 2:30pm
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- Sunday, October 19 - 2:30pm
- Gorgona
- Friday, October 10 - 2:30pm
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- The Queens World Film Festival
- Friday, October 10 - 2:00pm
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- Friday, October 31 - 2:00pm
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