forever, chinatown
FOREVER, CHINATOWN
Documentary Short | 32 min
Artist Frank Wong’s exquisitely detailed dioramas of the Chinatown of his childhood serve as portals to the past in a rapidly changing San Francisco. ‘
Directed and Produced by: James Q. Chan
Producer: Corey Tong
Director of Photography: Jeff den Broeder
Editor, Miniature Cinematography: Michael Palmieri
Assistant Editor: Donal Mosher
Original Music: Thomas Lauderdale and Pink Martini
Sound Design: Jeremiah Moore
Associate Producer: Penelope Wong
Researcher: Dorothy Quock
Poster Art: James DiRito
AWARDS and OFFICIAL SELECTION (partial list)
NOMINEE: Emmy® Award, 2017 (Regional, Documentary-Cultural/Historical)
WINNER: Gold Telly Award 2018 (Television: Craft-Directing)
WINNER: Gold Telly Award 2018 (Television: Cultural)
NOMINEE: Best Short Doc, Camerimage International Film Festival of the Art of Cinematography 2016
WINNER: Audience Award + Jury Award Best Short Doc, Seattle Asian American Film Festival 2018
WINNER: Jury Award, Best Cinematography, Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival 2017
WINNER: Audience Award, Best Short Doc, Austin Asian American Film Festival 2017
WINNER: Audience Award, Best Short Doc, Boston Asian American Film Festival 2016
American Film Showcase 2017+
San Francisco Film Society Doc Stories 2016
Hawaii International Film Festival 2016
CAAMFest, 2016
Full Frame Documentary Film Festival 2016 *WORLD PREMIERE*
“A beautiful love letter to Chinatown... heartbreaking, tender, evocative”
— B. Ruby Rich (Author; Professor; Editor, Film Quarterly)
“...lovely, rich...a complex portrait of a man and his memory“
— Sandip Roy (Journalist, NPR, Huffington Post; Author, "Don't Let Him Know")
“…masterfully directed…beautifully shot”
— Cindy Maram (Digin Magazine)
A co-production of GOOD MEDICINE PICTURE COMPANY and INDEPENDENT TELEVISION SERVICE (ITVS) presented in association with the CENTER FOR ASIAN AMERICAN MEDIA (CAAM), with funding provided by CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING (CPB)
National Public Television Broadcast May - June 2017:
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"…the most enchanting and salutary documentary film I have ever viewed…explores the remarkable psychological and physical embodiment of 'sense of place’…”
— The Gerontologist Journal