What Are You Anyways?

Directed by Jeff Chiba Stearns · Starring Jeff Chiba Stearns, Harry Chiba, Noah Trites, Chynna Trites · 2005

Filmmaker Jeff Chiba Stearns animates his own childhood and youth as a half-Japanese, half-Caucasian kid in Kelowna, BC, and his search for where he fits in.

A funny, heartfelt hand-drawn self-portrait about growing up mixed-race and never fitting anyone's box.

Follow the adventures of the Super Nip as filmmaker Jeff Chiba Stearns explores his cultural backgrounds growing up a mix of Japanese and Caucasian in the small Canadian city of Kelowna, BC. This short classically animat

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