Journey of a Thousand Miles

when zhu shen’s husband changyou dies of cancer, she throws herself into a five-year odyssey to help their young son perry produce a film memorializing his dad. this personal documentary is both a media-strewn and behind-the-scenes meditation on the making of changyou’s journey, a 2019 oscar-qualifying animated short. in order to help her prodigy son fully grieve and grow, zhu must reclaim her own artistic prowess and transform from a “tiger mom” to a “zen mom”.