[2] Following in the footsteps of her previous work like Double Happiness, Meditation Park highlights director Shum's Chinese ancestry.

Shum's Meditation Park questions traditional gender roles and reveals difficulties associated with the immigrant experience.

It debuted to positive reviews at the Toronto International Film Festival and opened in selected theatres on 9 March 2018.

On her husband's 65th birthday, which coincides with their move to Canada, Bing, an accountant, is called away to work with a client and returns home late.

Realizing that her entire life has been spent catering to her husband, Maria decides to find work to try to have some financial freedom.

After they are almost caught by the police, Maria and Gabriel bond as he reveals that he is lashing out at his neighbours to cover the fact that he is struggling over his wife's terminal illness.