Liminal Space/Crossings

Directed by Chihiro Wimbush and Jim Choi

Shorts / USA / 2017 / 16 mins

Precedes:

Power in Unity

San Francisco Public Library
May 23, 2018 6:30 pm Not Available

Description

Identity and immigration issues emerge as filmmakers Chihoro Wimbush and Jim Choi document the installation of artist Summer Mei-Ling Lee’s work, “Liminal Space/Crossings,” a piece commissioned by the Chinese Cultural Center in San Francisco.

— Lansia Wann

Precedes

Power in Unity

James Q. Chan / CAAMunity Screenings / USA / 2017 / 32 mins
San Francisco’s high-flying economy comes at the cost to low-income residents. Many longtime, immigrant, communities are being displaced by profit-driven developers, but Chinese seniors in Chinatown find renewed spirit as they fight the injustice by organizing and building coalitions with the Community Tenants Association.
Preceded by: Chinatown, Liminal Space/Crossings