Paul Wong does what few have done-create a meandering narrative that seems fitting in tone and pace to its Eastern subject. Visiting his extended family in a rural village of the People's Republic of China, Wong has fashioned a poetic, personal documentary that luxuriates in simple, episodic moments. His attention to the importance of family and work as social mortar dissolves the distance between Oriental exoticism and Occidental purpose. Ordinary Shadows Chinese Shade embraces cultural differences as the glaze upon a common humanity.