A Different Sky

Singapore – a trading post where different lives jostle and mix. It is 1927, and three young people are questioning whether this in-between island can ever truly be their home. Mei lan comes from a famous chinese dynasty but yearns to free herself from its stifling traditions; howard seethes at the indignities heaped on his fellow euroasians by the colonial british; raj, fresh off the boat from india, wants only to work hard and become a successful businessman.