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Take a Look: NYC Chinatown Post 9/11

06.07 - Posted by Editor
"Take a Look: NYC Chinatown Post 9/11"
Documentary 4.3 mb, 4 minutes, DV color, 2001
Directed by Kevin Lee
Synopsis
 
"Take a Look: NYC Chinatown Post 9/11" captures the thoughts and feelings of the residents of New York City's Chinatown after the World Trade Center disaster of September 11, 2001. Speaking in their own language (Mandarin, Cantonese and English), Chinatown merchants and residents describe the impact of the disaster on their neighborhood, located only 10 blocks away from the former World Trade Center site. The final series of U.S. flag imagery, underscored by a merchant's singing, illustrate a community's self-discovery through disaster, one of resounding patriotism mixed with commercial need.
 
Filmmaker Bio
 
Kevin Lee is a filmmaker living and working in New York. He has written and directed two narrative shorts, including "Banana", a story of illegal Chinese immigrants living in New York performed by a non-professional, all-immigrant cast. He is now finishing a feature-length comedy script as well as developing projects dealing with the routines and interactions of everyday people. This is his first documentary. He can be reached at alsolikelife@yahoo.com.
 
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Hi

I would like to view these videos but I can't. For some reason, it does not load on my computer! Is this a quicktime or realplayer file?
Please help! Thanks.

Posted by: on December 6, 2005 07:55 PM

Below are the old comments for this film. Please feel free to add your own! -- Editor
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Name: mark

amazing. incredible to watch. great contribution. thanks! mc

12/06/03 20:20

Name: CY

I thought this is very poignant. As an Asian student in Boston I felt quite disconnected with the whole 9/11 deal, but to see it from NY Chinatown residents' eyes was refreshing. It made these more subtle personal emotions more accessible. Fantastic work!

11/21/03 04:53

Name: Kev
Web Page: FizGigs.com

Hi!

04/24/03 13:47

Name: Daphne

I really enjoyed the documentary. It was a good look at a perspective that I had not thought of. I mean so many people were impacted by that day and it's good to see reactions from different regions, people, culture, etc. Good work!

03/05/03 23:26

Name: Jake The Snake
Web Page: Fantasy Wallpaper

12/17/02 14:43

Name: girl vid
E-mail: videorapstarz@hotmail.com

documentary video is the BOMB! and this short piece was just that. even if it was centered around a totally diff topic than 9/11 which has been talked about up the arse to the point where it gets annoying, it would still be great. GREAT VIDEO WORK, great personal observations and interviews from the Chinese community in NY. great, great, great!!! ;)

08/09/02 08:14

Name: Kevin Wong
E-mail: kevinwong233@hotmail.com

It was great about the World Trade Center.

06/18/02 19:10

Name: Kevin Wong
E-mail: kevinwong233@hotmail.com

It was great about the World Trade Center.

06/18/02 19:10

Name: Bampinoy
E-mail: Bampinoy@aol.com
Web Page: RP63

Good work here! After 9/11, I often thought of how the AA perspective has been lost. AFter seeing so many Asian faces amoung the victim's missing flyers plastered along NYC streets, I wondered why the media has neglected us. I like how you interviewed Cantonese speakers. I'm sure that mainstream media would have failed to ask them what they thought and it was refreshing to hear what they thought, especially the one who was going to go there with his family. I did however feel that you could have used a little more b-roll shots and cutaways to what they were refering to. Great work..I was touched too.

02/21/02 13:07

Name: Chris lasco

Very touching. I really enjoyed the short.

02/14/02 02:47

Posted by: Editor on June 7, 2004 02:30 PM

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