Scissors: Shorts III
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Sunday, October 27, 1:00PM
Bright Family Screening Room, The Paramount Center 559 Washington Street, Boston (T: Boylston or Downtown Crossing) A fascinating showcase of seven short films exploring the human experience through the lens of identity, career, friendship, love, and family. Featuring: || SO ARE YOU CHINESE? (dir. Yvonne Ng) || KEYE LUKE (dir. Timothy Tau) || || WILD WILD WEST (dir. Todd Seligman) || AT YOUR CONVENIENCE (dir. Raymond C. Lai) || || ...OR DIE (dir. Gregory Bonsignore & John Petaja) || COLOR THEORY (dir. Minhae Shim & Daniel Roth) || ADVANTAGEOUS (dir. Jennifer Phang) || |
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So Are You Chinese? A Story from the Boston Busing Crisis
2013 | 4 mins | Documentary Directed by Yvonne Ng Cynthia Yee is an alumnus and was a teacher at the Josiah Quincy School. During the Boston Busing Crisis, children from different communities were forced to learn outside of their own in the name of desegregation. This story shares an experience of how students bused to Chinatown were able to understand their new community. |
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Keye Luke
2012 | 12 mins Directed by Timothy Tau "A mix of stage play, Hollywood re-enactment and historical lesson" as well as "a quality short film, period" (Film Threat), KEYE LUKE is an examination and celebration of the life and early career of Keye Luke, an artist, painter and pioneering actor most known for playing the original Kato in the 1940s Green Hornet, the All-American "Number One Son" in the Charlie Chan films, and Detective James Lee Wong in the Phantom of Chinatown. |
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Wild Wild West
2013 | 6 mins | Music Directed by Todd Seligman Nuyorasian bad girl music project "Slanty Eyed Mama"'s first music video explores the divide between families of immigrants whose transfer to the West causes a split in identity between them and their relatives in the Eastern World. |
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At Your Convenience
2011 | 22 mins | Comedy Directed by Raymond C. Lai When Randall Bang begins to suspect that his best friend Dwayne Lewis might be drifting away, he resorts to extreme measures to get him back. |
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...Or Die
2012 | 14 mins | Comedy Directed by Gregory Bonsignore & John Petaja A trio of brown actors are excited to make a comic internet video with a leading producer... until they learn just what it entails... |
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Color Theory
2013 | 5 mins | Experimental Directed by Minhae Shim & Daniel Roth COLOR THEORY weaves together concepts of memory, visuality, and racial identity through the lens of one couple’s relationship. The film emerges from a 33-day cross-country road trip through the United States, and subsequent aftermath of reconstructing the experience. |
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Advantageous
2012 | 23 mins | Sci-Fi Directed by Jennifer Phang Gwen is a spokeswoman for a radical new technology that allows people to overcome their natural disadvantages and begin life anew. But when her job and family are in crisis, will she undergo the procedure herself? |
