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Analysis Of The Documentary 'The Unwanted Men'

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The documentary being analyzed is The Unwanted Men by Jari Osbourne, a daughter of a Chinese-Canadian veteran. Osbourne goes into great depths in describing her father’s involvement in World War II and the levels of discrimination and racism that the British Columbia’s Chinese-Canadian community had to endure. Throughout this paper, we will analyze various themes that possess a correlation to the documentary. Furthermore, we will evaluate the relevant course material studied this semester that could potentially tie into this documentary. This paper aims to explore the different components of cultural activism and discuss major themes in the documentary The Unwanted Men.

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