The Magical Life of Long Tack Sam, 2003

"Repping an important addition to fast-fading history of vaudeville, The Magical Life of Long
Tack Sam doesn't answer all of its own questions but raises a lot of interesting ones along the way. Ann Marie Fleming's first feature documentary (she's best known for experimental shorts) examines the mysterious life of her own great-grandfather in playful and personal ways combining animation, archival shots and interviews with people who knew the influential Chinese magician and acrobat."
-Ken Eisner, Variety

"Canadian filmmaker Fleming - who is of mixed Chinese-Caucasian background - has always demonstrated a fascination both with the illusionary properties of filmmaking and the complications
of race. So it's perhaps no surprise that her curiously unremembered great-grandfather is a figure of intense fascination. And her film, which combines documentary, animation and persona
investigation to frequently mesmerizing effect, reflects the breadth and depth of this fascination."
-Geoff Pervere, Toronto Star

"Years of leg-work by Vancouver animator/documentary filmmaker Fleming, and a terrific subject, make this a delightful look at just how wide one life can spread."
-Liam Lacey, The Globe and Mail

"Ann Marie Fleming's The Magical Life of Long Tack Sam -- a playful, speculative documentar
about Fleming's once-famous great-grandfather, a chinese stage magician who toured around
the world -- tells the story of his life by telling the history of the 20th century."
-Jonathan Rosenbaum, The Chicago Reader

Director: Ann Marie Fleming

Genre: Documentary
Colour, 93 minutes, Canada

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