A SONG FOR OURSELVES is an intimate journey into the life and music of Asian American Movement troubadour Chris Iijima. Struggling to make sense of their fatherâs early death, his teenage sons learn that during the 1970s when Asians in America were still considered âOrientals,â Chrisâ music and passion for social justice helped provide the voice and identity an entire generation had been in search of. Through animated photographs, intimate home movies, archival footage of Chrisâ introduction to nationwide television by John Lennon and Chrisâ own songs, their fatherâs life takes on bigger meaning than they had ever dreamed of.