One Big Hapa Family is Jeff Chiba Stearns' 44-minute high definition live-action with animation documentary that highlights a Japanese-Canadian family reunion. The documentary explores why over 95% of Japanese-Canadians are in interracial marriages, the highest of any other ethnicity in Canada, and how their children perceive their multiracial identities. Animation and narration are used to transition from narrative story structures to interview formats while exploring a unique outlook on Canadian multiculturalism from the perspective of Japanese-Canadian children of mixed descent, interracial couples, and opinions from Japanese elders who lived through WWII.

Jeff Chiba Stearns is an award-winning Canadian independent animation filmmaker, writer and artist, born in Kelowna, BC, of Japanese and European heritage. His film work incorporates various techniques - animation, documentary, and experimental.

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