Telling A Different Hong Kong Migrant Story: What Happened To The Chow Family From One Way?
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- čas přidán 2. 06. 2024
- One Way director Wei Du and director of photography Matt Ma speak about their experiences following the intimate and emotional journeys of HK BN(O) migrants moving to the United Kingdom, in their compelling two-part documentary.
Four months after it aired, Wei and Matt share updates on how the Chows - Fiona, Ah Man and their two kids - are adjusting to life in the UK. They also respond to viewers’ comments, including about the couple’s intense bickering on camera, racism in the UK, and whether there will be a sequel.
00:00 Why make this documentary?
01:59 How they cast the family
03:50 The overwhelming response from viewers
06:52 Family updates: Visa, job and school
10:58 Hong Kongers’ culture of openly discussing divorce and death
12:26 Women do better in the migration process?
14:08 Immigrant experience with racism in the UK
15:24 Part Three of One Way?
WATCH One Way, which follows HK BN(O) migrants’ journey from getting ready to leave home to find a new life in the UK, and all their ups and downs:
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Thanks for the update. I watched the documentary few months ago and it recaptured myself as a child almost four decades ago, going through the same thing with my parents having difficulties in speaking, learning new culture, going to school, seeing things I have never seen. There were so much similarities, and with the documentary I can see it from my parent's lenses. Today, I am thankful of my parents who made the plunge to move, who told me they had entire net worth of $800 (after buying the air tickets and all the moving expenses) left when we started in the new country. It's with a lot of hard work for my parents, to allow me to have an unbelievable life today, and I now have my own family with 3 kids to see some of those challenges also. My Dad had similar challenges where he could not find a professional job that he had in HK, and his first job was an assistant chef in a tiny Chinese restaurant. It took him 2 years of dedication, to eventually get out of that to be back to a similar profession. My Mom was more resilient like Fiona. And within a year or so, we bought our first house. Thanks to your team for bringing a lot of sweet memories for me! Life isn't easy, and it's often not the money that measure the success, it's the making of memories throughout that journey that defines who we are, with our loved ones especially!
a great comment
As a Singaporean I never appreciated Hong Kongers directness and straight forward ness. This documentary and this behind the scenes actually made me see a different side of things. Eg how Fiona’s personality actually recognise reality and goes straight into problem solving (that’s why she’s doing so well and not harping onto other things!) hope all well is for them! And anyone emigrating from HK to UK!
Fiona is strong, compare to Ah Man
sad that we don't get along lol even tho i think our history is strikingly similar
well, HKers are not straight forward but certainly not slimey and cunning like Singaporeans
I am so happy for the family!! Hope they can overcome many different obstacles in the future. ☺️ And still waiting for PART 3!!! 😂
Yes, part 3! What a wonderful docu-series! I wonder how their families are in HK since Fiona and family left HK.
I rejoice!
I just wonder how many hongkonger immigrant to UK successful from about 100,000 people ??! just can't represent few people success mean as a whole ??!!
Good job CNA. This documentary is about real life that it includes every aspect of life as a new migrant in UK. It will not be easy, but it is rewarding when you look back. So happy to see this family slowly assimilating to the new environment. Looking forward to seeing part 3 with more families settling in UK. This is such an encouragement for other family still in the process of making same decision.
Thank you CNA for updating and share to us your thoughts and feelings of the documentary. For a HK local press, it is so difficult to do the same thing right now. Just million thanks to it.
I am so glad that the family is doing well and blending in. There are still many things to overcome but I have faith in them. This is one of the best documentaries I have ever seen. Can't wait to see part 3!
I don't think the man is going to be happy being a lorry driver. Not sure why he isn't just a stay home dad since the wife was recently promoted.
Very well updated, thank you for this. I really hope Part 3 is on the way real soon!
Kudos to the Directors and the Team who filmed and made the documentary possible! Thank you to Fiona, Ah Man, Nam Nam, Yat Yat and Leon for their willingness to be storytellers of their immigration journey. Best wishes to all of them and Hong Kongers who are still struggling in the City!
Can’t agree more. One of the best documentaries in a while! I’m so thrilled to witness the resilience that Fiona and Ah Man’s family has shown. It does remind me of my early migration days. I wish I had a chance to document the whole process. Lucky Nam Nam and Yat Yat. 💗💗💗 Thanks for making this wonderful story alive. Well done!
I appreciate the follow up from the 'One Way' 2-part documentary. I also look forward to subsequent parts featuring either the same families or more.
I liked the real and raw emotions and the microwave scene. So pleased to have an update and that they are all doing well.
Thank you so much for this long-awaited updates! Looking forward to "see" them in part III...
I feel much relief to know Fiona family is doing well. Really looking forward for part 3. Excellent documentary.
thank you to everyone involved. i wish them best of luck in UK. if any HKers want to come to Toronto CANADA, i think the support here is far greater than UK. there are a LOT of us here in Toronto.
Thanks for the updates and I wish Fiona and Ah Man and the two little ones do well here. Look forward to your ongoing projects as I can see you are doing them with your hearts. Truly appreciate it.
Thank you “ONE WAY” crew , I watch part 1 and 2. I hope you still create part 3 of the another family
Thank you, thank you for this very welcome update regarding this fine family, particularly with the excellent news that their visa problems have been resolved. All best wishes to them in their new adventure.
Thank you CNA....you have given me a great comfort in my mind today because i was wondering from time to time on how is the Chow family doing after I watched part I and II. You did an awesome job in documenting the Chow family and I can relate so much from the time that I migrated to USA 30 years ago. All the immigrants are having their own stories and sharing different aspects of life challenges. Stay positive which things will be fine! Very encouraging and meaningful episodes! I can't wait to see part III. Keep it up CNA!! Love it! Good luck to you all!
Nice to see a follow-up of the documentary! As a Hongkonger, I feel extra emotional and sincerely hope that all Hongkongers can settle well no matter where you are. Good luck guys!
Wei Du, the message is loud and clear, your viewers want to see part 3! Please don’t disappoint us, ok? 😬😄🙏🏻
Thank you so much for the updates. For me, it was great to know that Fiona n Ah Man's family received their visas. And I hope to hear good news re: Leon and his cats soon. Thank you again for the updates and the balanced discussions re: the comments from the online community and also behind the scenes narratives ❤️🙏
First of all bravo on such an excellent documentary and thank you for the update on the family. I am so so happy for them that they can now settle in UK. Looking forward to more updates and other documentaries.
Thanks a lot for the update and all the sharing. It's so happy to hearing the family doing well and got settle. Very appreciate you guys made this documentary that inspired lots of us around.
Thank you very much for such amazing documentary. I shall look forward to part three though the process is long. Thumping up!
I am so glad they are doing well in UK. After watching this documentary, they are constantly in my thoughts. They are an inspiration. Knowing that they can thrive in a foreign land, give many people courage to take a leap of faith in their life as well.
Thanks for the update, glad to hear they are doing well. waiting for the 3rd part in a happy ending one. Cheers!
Thank you for all the hard work for the documentary, it’s not just a piece of history but a record of life as well! all the best to Hong Kongers in UK
Great to hear they are doing well in the UK.
UK ? puii...
Fiona is a super women, all the best to her and her family.
This was amazing. Definitely would love to see a part 3 or maybe even just a brief update message from the family. It was so nice to hear that everything is starting to work out for the family. It is always a struggle for anyone to move to a foreign and adapt. Wishing them all the best! Thank you guys for creating this documentary.
Thank you so much for the update. I was wondering how the family were settling in. I am very happy to hear they are doing well. Looking foward to Part 3
Thank you for the documentaries (Part 1 and 2). Very informative, non-bias, and personal (many thanks to the family for been allowed to be documented).
I am looking forward to Part 3......thanks very much for your hard work!
Thanks for update。I watched the documentary about two or three years ago.I am so happy for the family is going batter. Waitting for the part3
Thank you very much for making this show for ppl in Hong Kong and others!
Thank you so much for updating us with the family. I do hope that there is part 3.
1.4 million view for part 2. Well done. Cannot wait for part 3 soon
As a first generation immigrant myself to the US and having lived here, in the US, for about 25 years, setting up a family here, I can appreciate some of the struggles that they have faced. Excellent documentary!
good job to the producers and all the people who put in hard work for this documentary. Excellent work shining light on an issue i wasn't even aware of, and so humanely as well. I can see the compassion that they have for the people they are filming. Kudos to the family too for having so much perseverance. Nothing but respect.
I am so happy for the family, and wish all the best for them too. Thank you for this amazing documentary and their honest sharing. It’s very inspirational.
Thank You So Much for CNA Teams for the chronicles & updates & Everybody who've helped these Families to have a more Freedom of Choice for their Future! 🕯🌷🌿🌍💗🕊
Glad I subscribed & followed Fiona and Ah Man stories. Great job, waiting for Part 3. . . Love from Malaysia.. jia yu
Thank you for doing this update/commentary! Really glad to hear that the family is doing well. Wei Du has such a beautiful way of looking at things from a different perspective and really enlightened me with her comments about how the father has his own strengths and pulls his weight in some other ways that we as viewers may have overlooked. Wishing nothing but happiness for the family!
It is a classic case of Yin and Yang coming together.
Thank you for the documentary. Can't wait for the next ones.
Thank you for this roundup. You are a great production team: insightful yet impartial, compassionate, and most importantly, you have a sense of humour. Applause 👏
Thanks for the update. It was by far one of my favorite documentaries.
Nice documentary ! looking forward for Part 3, Thanks !
Tks both of you to record this missing piece for the hongkongers. It was an amazing documentary and it means a lot to us!
It’s a very good documentary. Real people facing real struggles. Similar personal experience. Brought tears to my eyes.
I feel very emotional watching the documentary and can really relate to the family’s challenges as I am an immigrant myself in the early 90s in Toronto, Canada from Hong Kong. I consider myself lucky that I get to live a free and happy life here!
Not if Trudeau has his way.
So free they banning guns, meaning they dont trust their citizens
Canada free and happy 😅 NOT TO NATIVE CANADIANS who are the REAL TAXPAYERS to make the Canadian government work. Always foreigners want to lie to themselves about the REAL CANADA! So many Canadians ran away to live in LOW TAX HAVEN, Hong Kong, China, I wonder why!
Free and happy. It is environmental. Tiny and congested HK and the open and spacious Canada.
There are the differences of the familiar and unfamiliar. Not everything is positive.
I am a British born Chinese and it is the first time I have seen a film documenting the migrant journey made by my parents In the 60s from HK and the same journey being made now by thousands BNO migrants. It’s fabulous that this documentary is made as it reflects what a normal family has to go through when trying to establish roots in such an unfamiliar environment. Hats off to the families who volunteered to take part in this documentary and well done to the CNA Producers and Directors for creating such a valuable, realistic and accurate series.
Hey keep it up !! Fellow expats shall be supported. Like my post or contact me to be in a whatsapp group thanks.
yea i happen to know some old hong kong migrants in uk and their stories never cease to fascinate me and make me appreciate their toughness.the ones i know are also very welcoming and helpful to the new immigrants, especially in uk when before they didn't really have a big hong kongers community there compared to like canada
60's were times of abundance. Brit was somebody than & a centre for learning. They just discovered oil in their North seas. They actually do manufacturing than. I was there in the 70's for my o & a levels and University education.
Sadly it's all too expensive now. I remember the
@@andrewwong2605 I remember those days when fish and chips was only 20p!. My parents ran a fish and chips shop when they first arrived in the UK, catering was the only profession that most Hong Kongers of that generation did. But it provided a livelihood and income to support the whole family in the UK and in HK. My parents were proud back then and felt that the move to the UK in the 60s was the right thing to do. I see that the times have changed but the struggles still remain, but with determination and persistence the new HK arrivals will also thrive and do well in the UK. I have always known the migrant community to be extremely resilient much more so than the native population. Gai Yao! and do your best!
@@guy3555 . The 60's were the age of abundance. The Chinese restaurants & take out were a main source of income for many Chinese students from all over the world. You guys gave them hope, food and money for their fees and lodging. God bless you guys.
Marvelous production! Very inspiring, enlightening and touching. Reminds me of my own struggle over the past two decades. Thank you!
Great documentary. 👍 Glad to get an update. I feel their situation and struggles as I immigrated to Canada from HK with my parents in the early 90s .
Well done, Wei and Matt. Looking forward to more good documentaries. Thank you.
Thank you so much for doing this update episode, it's so good to hear that the family are doing well in UK. I had to move to UK for work during the time when the documentary was published and I could totally relate to the struggles especially in terms of culture shock. More than anything, I felt that the entire journey taught me a lot more about myself than the change. I sincerely wish Ah Man and family well and I hope CNA Insider continue producing great documentaries like these. A big thank you to Wei Du and Matt!
It was one of the best documentary that I have ever watched. Looking forward to episode 3.
Thanks for updating! Congratulations on the successful documentary film!
It is so glad to see the Chow family overcome all their difficulties and get better. On the other hand, may God guide Leon the best way to move to UK with his beloved pets. All the best to all of them!
Thanks for the updates. Part 3 please.
A brilliant production that depicts realism authentically! Documenting HK diaspora is not only heart-warming, it is also a meaningful way to capture history, Thank you Matt and Wei!
Wow appreciate the update, I do find Fiona's tenacity in adjusting to a different country & work environment really awe-inspiring. I see how she really just planted roots and I'm so glad to hear they got their Visas! And now she's helping MORE HK people get jobs! I've also been wondering when will there be a part 3, so yea, thanx for this video!
Yes when is part 3? My husband and I thoroughly enjoyed the documentary. It was very inspiring, a little emotional at times thinking of their struggles and tribulations but we cant wait to see more!
Thanks for making such detailed documentary and updating the stories. Hope Leon will get enough money and move to England soon! Really looking forward to watch the Part 3! 😊
Thank you for sharing the update. I'm glad they are doing well. I also like how you defended both of them and how their differences are a good thing.
Finally. Been waiting for ages!
This is the 2nd documentary I watched from Du Wei after walking the line.
It’s really good product that you and the team created without prejudice and from human prospect.
Truly one of the best documentary to date. Keep up the great work !
I’m looking forward to watch Part 3 too. I wish the family well and hope to see how they are doing now.
❤️ watching your documentaries. Hope we can have more of this. 🇸🇬
great job guys! well researched and documented. sets the benchmark for similar topics! thanks from Malaysia.
This is really nice documentary. Thank you for your providing their recent life. You guys were filmed well and put the best effort to describe their story. Finally Fion and Ah man achieved their goal and bought a house. 👍👍👍😎😎😊👏👏🏻👏👏🏻👏
Really like this documentary! If there is going to be a part three, do also plan for a part four to be shot 10 or 15 years down the road. Such well-received documentary deserves a follow up. At least 2 million viewers would be want to know what happened to them then.
Thank you for the authentic and touching story telling! I look forward to more stories about the HK immigrant experience.
Thanks for the update. I am glad the family doing well. All the best in their future~
Thank you for the update! 💗
Thank you Wei and Matt and the whole team for telling us this wonderful story! And more
importantly, documenting this massive Hong Kongers ‘ exodus, showing our courage, resilience and struggle for democracy and freedom! Hong Kong spirit never dies, 香港人加油！
Thank you for filming One Way. Instead of focusing on just financially well-off middle class families that move to the UK as the mainstream media in the UK usually do, you choose a more grassroot family and told the story about the struggles, that can break the "Hong Kong immigrants doesn't need help" stereotype and would allow HongKongers to get more help in settling into new life in Britain.
小朋友，要好好感恩，因為你地有個勇敢，堅強既媽媽守住家庭。
Fiona 好利害，好叻。
Well done, guys! I am a hongkonger myself in HK but I could relate to Fiona’s family. Love love love how u guys portrait the family and presented yourselves! I wish Fiona’s family all the best, and I am sure they would be able to settle down in UK!
Thank you for making this documentary. It makes me cry. I am from Singapore.
Thank you for making this documentary!
While Hong Kong media is almost 100% one-sided, it is delightful to see oversea media shred on the light on something no one do in Hong Kong. Thank you.
Singapore Media is also almost 100% one-sided
Great show. Hope for part 3 coming soon.
Love it. Looking forward to the next update!!!
thank you so much for documenting this once again, it's a difficult time for every hongkonger, no matter leave or stay, we all feel the same
This is a very good documentary so far,keep it up,will be waiting for the part 3 and I have since subscribe as I eagerly await part 3.Thanks for the documentary
A very welcomed update, thank you!
Hi, an audience from the mainland of china. Thank you for providing such a pinhole for me to know about how an individual from Hong Kong is living and going through this tough period.
I'm not making political comments on whether the government is doing right or wrong, actually, the livings of common people tell the truth. So a critical thing I thought was to record it with fewer political biases as possible (as oneway), which is rarely seen in Today's media.
Wish you guys safe and healthy in the pandemic and bring us more high-qualified productions like oneway and anti-hate of ESEA.
I watched twice, the doc was edited and deleted some contents, it is a shame!
@@dumabel3351 Thank you for pointing it out. I'm curious about what they've deteled?
@@kyang3689 at the end of the part two, I remember that the little girl told her father she would go back hong hong and the father said he did his best to take her live in UK, but she just want to go back……
Tbh i have not seen the entire documentary because it hits too close to home but this video and the update on the family, thank you so much.
You guys did a very good job. I am very expect to watch the part 4 . CNA in my heart is the best reporter always.
Thanks for making this video… it will be part of our history 😢
Thanks for the update. I am so glad they got their visas and hope Ah Man will overcome the language barrier and git back to his profession as a commercial driver.
So glad about the updates!!!
Thanks to the production team and hope all BNO visa holders live well in the UK, other HKers in other countries as well.
Well done CNA and the team. It is one of the best documentary I have ever seen
i subscribed to CNA insider and only started to watch the other documentaries here because of this series. please part 3 now!! :P
It was a superb documentary , pretty objective and balanced too that covers the motivations , the challenges , the difficulties why the family embarked on such a life changing migration , more of such themes , CNA
So delighted to know they are doing fine , i applaud the whole family for their courage , yes all of them
Well done CNA. This is the life of risk takers for a better life for their children.
........just plain naivers !
Dancer全家都是加拿大藍屍 佢愛國決定回流芝國南深圳發展 最後比龍崗組件劈 這是天意
Can’t agree more !
@@jimmylam9846 they will laugh at you for being a naiver if all your assets are frozen by the glorious CCP gov one day
@@jimmylam9846 ji
amazing to know they have received their visa! I even tried googling out to find how they are doing, lol... so thanks for the update!
Brilliant documentary series with the humanistic, social, political angles all well covered. Great to see this follow up too.
Thanks for giving updates on the Hong Kong family. I am really excited that they have adapted the living in U.K.
well done, Matt and Wei, as a hongkonger, i very much appreciate your efforts on telling this story. Excellent choice on the song too ... 情感不切合時代曲，誰無情地摧殘？