2015 Guest Appearances
Saturday, October 10, 6:30PM Operation Babylift @ VietAid, Dorchester, MA
Jared Rehberg is a Vietnamese Adoptee born in Saigon in 1974. After nine months at An Lac Orphanage, he came to America on Operation Babylift. Jared is an Associate Producer on the documentary Operation Babylift: The Lost Children of Vietnam. He currently lives in New York City. Click here to read more of his bio here.
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Jared Rehberg is a Vietnamese Adoptee born in Saigon in 1974. After nine months at An Lac Orphanage, he came to America on Operation Babylift. Jared is an Associate Producer on the documentary Operation Babylift: The Lost Children of Vietnam. He currently lives in New York City. Click here to read more of his bio here.
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Thursday, October 22, 7:30PM Seoul Searching @ Brattle Theatre, Cambridge, MA
Benson Lee is an award-winning filmmaker with over 15 years of experience. In 1998, with his first feature film, ‘Miss Monday’, Lee became the first Korean-American filmmaker accepted into the Dramatic Competition of the Sundance Film Festival where his film was awarded a Special Grand Jury Prize. His first documentary Planet B-Boy was one of the top-grossing US theatrical documentaries of 2008, which was later adapted for Sony Pictures in 3D as Battle of the Year. His work has aired on HBO, MTV, the Sundance Channel, and has been theatrically distributed to over 100 countries worldwide. Did you know? Planet B-Boy was screened at the 1st annual BAAFF. CLICK TO READ MORE INFO
Benson Lee is an award-winning filmmaker with over 15 years of experience. In 1998, with his first feature film, ‘Miss Monday’, Lee became the first Korean-American filmmaker accepted into the Dramatic Competition of the Sundance Film Festival where his film was awarded a Special Grand Jury Prize. His first documentary Planet B-Boy was one of the top-grossing US theatrical documentaries of 2008, which was later adapted for Sony Pictures in 3D as Battle of the Year. His work has aired on HBO, MTV, the Sundance Channel, and has been theatrically distributed to over 100 countries worldwide. Did you know? Planet B-Boy was screened at the 1st annual BAAFF. CLICK TO READ MORE INFO
Thursday, October 22, 7:30PM Seoul Searching @ Brattle Theatre, Cambridge, MA
Uatchet J Juch is an identical twin who is working hard at being a true Triple Threat Performer! Uatchet has performed with seven AEA casts in theatrical productions, as a principal supporting character in 4 feature films (including Owen Long's Seeds and Sundance Film Festival's Infinitely Polar Bear, starring Mark Ruffalo and Seoul Searching by Benson K Lee), and much more! Outside of acting, Uatchet is a full time freshman at Beverly High School in Massachusetts along with her twin sister, Nekhebet Kum Juch. CLICK TO READ MORE INFO
Uatchet J Juch is an identical twin who is working hard at being a true Triple Threat Performer! Uatchet has performed with seven AEA casts in theatrical productions, as a principal supporting character in 4 feature films (including Owen Long's Seeds and Sundance Film Festival's Infinitely Polar Bear, starring Mark Ruffalo and Seoul Searching by Benson K Lee), and much more! Outside of acting, Uatchet is a full time freshman at Beverly High School in Massachusetts along with her twin sister, Nekhebet Kum Juch. CLICK TO READ MORE INFO
Thursday, October 22, 7:30PM Seoul Searching @ Brattle Theatre, Cambridge, MA
Nekhebet Kum Juch and her identical twin Uatchet Jin Juch have been theatre and film goers all of their lives, but a chance encounter with a leading lady at an installation about human rights in Burma changed their preteen and early teen years! They went to that young lady's show during Harvard Arts First 2010 festival and got inspired! Shortly afterwards they had their first ever audition and were cast as Uncle Jocko Contestants in North Shore Music Theatre's Gypsy and have been acting ever since! CLICK TO READ MORE INFO
Nekhebet Kum Juch and her identical twin Uatchet Jin Juch have been theatre and film goers all of their lives, but a chance encounter with a leading lady at an installation about human rights in Burma changed their preteen and early teen years! They went to that young lady's show during Harvard Arts First 2010 festival and got inspired! Shortly afterwards they had their first ever audition and were cast as Uncle Jocko Contestants in North Shore Music Theatre's Gypsy and have been acting ever since! CLICK TO READ MORE INFO
Friday, October 23, 7:00PM My Life in China @ Paramount Center, Boston, MA
Kenneth Eng is a Boston native (BLS, JQS) who moved to New York City to study filmmaking at the School of Visual Arts in 1994. Ken’s last film Kokoyakyu: High-School Baseball, a documentary film about baseball in Japan, premiered on July 4th, 2006 as part of POV’s 19th season, PBS’s award-winning documentary film showcase. In 2007, Ken was awarded the Guggenheim Fellowship to launch My Life In China. In 2001, Ken also directed/edited Take Me To The River, a feature length documentary about the Maha Kumbh Mela, the largest gathering in history shot in India.
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Kenneth Eng is a Boston native (BLS, JQS) who moved to New York City to study filmmaking at the School of Visual Arts in 1994. Ken’s last film Kokoyakyu: High-School Baseball, a documentary film about baseball in Japan, premiered on July 4th, 2006 as part of POV’s 19th season, PBS’s award-winning documentary film showcase. In 2007, Ken was awarded the Guggenheim Fellowship to launch My Life In China. In 2001, Ken also directed/edited Take Me To The River, a feature length documentary about the Maha Kumbh Mela, the largest gathering in history shot in India.
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Saturday, October 24, 6:15PM The Killing Fields of Dr. Haing S. Ngor @ Paramount Center, Boston, MA
Arthur Dong has a 30-year track record of creating compelling documentaries that focus on personal stories to examine moments of history, social prejudice, and public policy concerns. He produced “Stories from the War on Homosexuality,” a trilogy on anti-gay prejudice and documented “Stories from Chinese America” through the films Sewing Woman, Forbidden City, U.S.A. and Hollywood Chinese. His films have screened theatrically in the U.S. and have been broadcast globally. Arthur’s film awards include an Oscar® nomination, three Sundance awards, a Peabody, five Emmy nominations, Taiwan’s Golden Horse Award, and two GLAAD Media awards. CLICK TO READ MORE INFO
Arthur Dong has a 30-year track record of creating compelling documentaries that focus on personal stories to examine moments of history, social prejudice, and public policy concerns. He produced “Stories from the War on Homosexuality,” a trilogy on anti-gay prejudice and documented “Stories from Chinese America” through the films Sewing Woman, Forbidden City, U.S.A. and Hollywood Chinese. His films have screened theatrically in the U.S. and have been broadcast globally. Arthur’s film awards include an Oscar® nomination, three Sundance awards, a Peabody, five Emmy nominations, Taiwan’s Golden Horse Award, and two GLAAD Media awards. CLICK TO READ MORE INFO
Saturday, October 24, 9:00PM Crush the Skull @ Paramount Center, Boston, MA
Chris Dinh is an actor, writer, and producer. He and Viet Nguyen co-wrote Crush the Skull, Crush the Skull 2, and Things You Don’t Joke About. He was also a co-writer on a number of viral and award-winning sketches and web-series through his work with Wong Fu Productions. He recently produced and co-wrote Wong Fu’s first feature film, Everything Before Us and Cherry Sky Film’s feature version of Crush The Skull which was awarded the Nightfall Award at the Los Angeles Film Festival. CLICK TO READ MORE INFO
Chris Dinh is an actor, writer, and producer. He and Viet Nguyen co-wrote Crush the Skull, Crush the Skull 2, and Things You Don’t Joke About. He was also a co-writer on a number of viral and award-winning sketches and web-series through his work with Wong Fu Productions. He recently produced and co-wrote Wong Fu’s first feature film, Everything Before Us and Cherry Sky Film’s feature version of Crush The Skull which was awarded the Nightfall Award at the Los Angeles Film Festival. CLICK TO READ MORE INFO
Sunday, October 25, 5:00PM Miss India America @ Paramount Center, Boston, MA
Meera Simhan was born in London and raised in India and Southern California. After attending the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art Meera worked as an actress in England. She received several lead roles in British Theatre including ROMEO AND JULIET and A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM and a variety of great roles on British television. In the US, Meera has had numerous recurring and guest starring roles in television, including ANGER MANAGEMENT, NEW GIRL, TOUCH, THE MENTALIST, HOUSE and LAW AND ORDER CI. Her film credits include HELLO I MUST BE GOING which opened the 2012 Sundance Film Festival, the indie darling RASPBERRY MAGIC, and THE 5 and HOMECOMING- two award winning shorts. CLICK TO READ MORE INFO
Meera Simhan was born in London and raised in India and Southern California. After attending the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art Meera worked as an actress in England. She received several lead roles in British Theatre including ROMEO AND JULIET and A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM and a variety of great roles on British television. In the US, Meera has had numerous recurring and guest starring roles in television, including ANGER MANAGEMENT, NEW GIRL, TOUCH, THE MENTALIST, HOUSE and LAW AND ORDER CI. Her film credits include HELLO I MUST BE GOING which opened the 2012 Sundance Film Festival, the indie darling RASPBERRY MAGIC, and THE 5 and HOMECOMING- two award winning shorts. CLICK TO READ MORE INFO
