Videography
Portraits of the universe in ecstatic motion.
“Our culture will not be erased”: Flying kites for Afghanistan
InfoMigrants (Deutsche Welle, France 24, ANSA)
Seven Afghan women in Berlin reflect on the year since the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan, and the importance of keeping their culture alive in diaspora.
“Fight to the end”: Hongkongers remember Tiananmen massacre 30 years on
Hong Kong Free Press
Huge crowds turned out for a mass candlelight vigil in Hong Kong on Tuesday evening marking 30 years since China’s bloody Tiananmen crackdown, a gathering tinged with symbolism as the city struggles to preserve its own cherished freedoms.
A Place of Laughter
Length: 2:30
Client: Kenan Foundation Asia
Role: Directed, shot, edited
What if those in low-income communities, often left out of the formal healthcare system, self-organized to take care of the elderly? Meet this team of health volunteers in Bangkhuntien, Bangkok. (‘19)
How do arts and culture strengthen a community?
Length: 1:30
Client: Pao Arts Center
Role: Directed, shot, edited
Hear voices from the community on why having an open and flourishing arts space is vital for the Chinatown community. (‘18)
Countdown to Young Makers Contest
Length: 1:08
Client: Enjoy Science Project
Role: Directed, produced, shot, edited
One week until students bring their ‘green innovations’ to the judges at Maker Faire Bangkok 2019. 33K views. (‘19)
Dreams
Length: 2:09
Client: Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center
Role: Shot, edited
Everybody has dreams. Hear from students, youth, teachers, new immigrants and artists in the Chinatown community about their dreams for themselves, their families and their community. (‘18)
Older and Bolder
Length: 2:43
Client: Karen Young, City of Boston Artist-in-Residence
Role: Shot, edited
A group of seniors at Grove Hall in Dorchester learns to play Japanese taiko, feeling powerful and joyful through the large and magnificent drums. (‘18)
Experience Chinatown
Length: 0:30
Client: Pao Arts Center
Role: Directed, shot, edited
From poetry to karaoke to cooking, come see, hear and create Chinatown at the Pao Arts Center during Experience Chinatown week in fall 2018. (‘18)
We Are All Makers
Length: 2:48
Client: Enjoy Science Project
Role: Directed, produced, shot, edited
At Maker Faire Bangkok 2019, the largest in southeast Asia, young and old alike celebrate the joy and challenge of making and its possibilities to build a better world. (‘19)
Innovation Camp for Thai schoolkids
Length: 2:47
Client: Kenan Foundation Asia
Role: Directed, produced, shot, edited
In an education system defined by rote memorization, rarely do Thai elementary schoolchildren get the chance to code robots, build solar cell cars, and solve puzzles together. A glimpse inside an “innovation camp.” (‘19)
I Have A Dream
Length: 1:20
Client: I Have A Future
Role: Shot, edited
In 1965, Martin Luther King Jr. marched through Boston to speak to the people about his dreams. In 2018, youth in Dorchester share a few dreams of their own. (‘18)
This Is Our City
Length: 1:00
Client: The Red Sox, New England Sports Network
Role: Directed, produced, shot, edited
Red Sox fans across the city of Boston come together to celebrate the spirit of baseball. Aired 5+ times on NESN and won me title of "NESN Next Producer" and the prize of $20,000. (Mar '17)
Programmable Droplets
Length: 2:38
Client: Tangible Interfaces Team, MIT Media Lab
Role: Scripting team, one of two shooters
How water-based droplets in our everyday environment can be used for interaction. Won Golden Mouse Award at Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. (Jan '18)
Fangqin Chen
Length: 2:00
Client: Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center
Role: Directed, produced, shot, edited
When Fangqin discovered that BCNC provides resources for families with children with special needs, she sought support because her son has hearing loss. (Jan '18)
Sampaga
Length: 1:48
Client: Tanám
Role: Directed, shot, edited
Featuring a collaboration between chef Ellie Tiglao and rapper Rex Mac, in which each course of the five-course dinner was inspired by one of Rex's tracks "exploring themes of family, coming of age, and our Filipino American identity."
I Have A Future
Length: 2:47
Client: Youth Jobs Coalition
Role: Directed, produced, shot, edited
The youth of the #IHaveAFuture movement speak about the criminalization of poor young people of color. They envision a world in which young people of every economic and racial background have the opportunity to thrive. 12k views, 110 shares. (Feb '17)
The Women of Hayah Jewelry
Length: 3:04
Client: Hayah Jewelry
Role: Directed, shot, edited
From Syrian refugees to craft entrepreneurs, the women of Hayah started their business out of their homes in Istanbul and hope to employ more refugee women in steady creative work. (Nov '17)
Stories From My Parents
Length: 1:19:24
Client: Chinese Students' Association
Role: Co-directed, shot, edited
Both oral history and love story, seven students of Chinese descent at Wellesley College speak about how diaspora and immigration plays out across our families and our lives. Premiered in Collins Cinema. (April '17)
Hammerfist:
Power to Protect
Length: 4:00
Client: New England Sports Network
Role: Directed, shot, edited
Evelyn espouses the spirit of the Chinese martial art of wushu -- using your power to defend the weak -- as she attends Harvard Law School with an interest in minority civil rights. Aired on NESN
(Oct '16)
#SalsaShutdown:
Immigrant rights flash mob
Length: 3:21
Client: Movimiento Cosecha
Role: Directed, shot, edited
Hundreds of immigrants and allies broke into salsa dance in Primark and TJ Maxx of Downtown Boston. They are a national migrant-led movement fighting for the protection and dignity of migrants. 700 views (Dec '16)