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  Wednesday, Jun 4, 2008 11:17AM / Members only

  
  
  Hello everyone, heretofore is my first blog entry AnD. 
  
  Just wanted to thank Patrick Lee and Terence Yin for coming to the June 3rd Los Angeles premiere of a feature film documentary I produced entitled YOURS TRULY, MISS CHINATOWN.  I been associated with Patrick Lee and Stephen Wang for quite a number of years when I was an strategic advisor to www.rottentomatoes.com These are guys are amazing! I've also hung out with Terence on a number occasions and also admire him (as well asConroy, Daniel, Andrew) for his activism, passion and dedication to artists.
  
  Though I've supported and promoted quite a few Asian American films in LA through www.apex.org and www.drinkschatter.com, this is the first one that I am formally involved with. I'm really proud of the director, Daisy Lin Shapiro, who took FIVE YEARS to make this puppy! It's essentially about three women who aspire to be Miss Chinatown and somehow end up finding themselves (or who they are not) in the process. As they go through three years of their life -- issues of Chinese identity, family expectations and along with interracial relationships come up. We premiered at the LA Asian Pacific Film Festival and have applied to a variety of other festivals.
  
  If you want to check out the trailer go to www.yourstrulymisschinatown.com
  
  P.S. I was in HK when AnD launched in April 2007 and was lucky to be in HK again, a year later, for the AnD 1-year Anniversary party. I'm just amazed at the dedication of the AnD folks. You guys have really built a strong following globally. Happy birthday again AnD!
  
  

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  Wednesday, Jun 4, 2008 10:54AM / Members only

  PRESS RELEASE   

  World Premiere of "Yours Truly, Miss Chinatown" at the Los Angeles Asian American Film Festival on May 3rd
  
  Feature documentary paints intimate portraits of the women behind the icon on the fiftieth anniversary of the Miss Chinatown pageant.

  (Hollywood) –  "Yours Truly, Miss Chinatown," a feature documentary five years in the making, will debut at the Los Angeles Asian American Film Festival, the most prestigious festival of its kind in Southern California, on Saturday, May 3rd, at 4p at the Director's Guild on Sunset Blvd. in Hollywood.
   
  Set against the backdrop of glittering crowns, colorful dresses, and lively dance music in one of the oldest and biggest ethnic pageants in the United States, this documentary features the intimate stories of some unforgettable young women who vie for the title Miss Los Angeles Chinatown, while struggling to find themselves in two cultures with different values and expectations.  The crown is a link to the past, while the women's lives are a sign of the changing times.

  A beautiful and poised teacher is the perfect candidate but a disappointment in her father's eyes because her boyfriend is African American; a half White, half Chinese tomboy joins the pageant because she thinks it will make her more Chinese. Meanwhile, a Miss Chinatown imposter shows up around town - she wears a sash and gown, but sports a cigar, granny glasses, and tells bad jokes.  Turns out she is really performance artist Kristina Wong, who grew up in the shadow of Miss Chinatown but found that she could never live up to this ideal image.   If she couldn't beat them, she figured she'd join them.

  Documentary cameras follow the lives of these three subjects for several years, at a pivotal time as they are just starting to find out who they are as women.   As the drama of their lives unfold, so do frank conversations about romantic relationships, familial dynamics, body image, mental health, career, and identity.   What emerges are some of the rarely heard voices of young Asian American women at the turn of the 21st century.

  "Yours Truly, Miss Chinatown" is directed by award winning documentary filmmaker Daisy Lin Shapiro.  Executive Producer is Stephen C. Liu.  To purchase tickets, go to http://www.vconline.org/festival/program.cfm?program_id=15  More info on the film is at  http://yourstrulymisschinatown.com/ 
  

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