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Local Sightings 2023 - Closing Shorts: She Marches in Chinatown + Wok Hei + xin ni [Hybrid]
SOLD OUT! Sat Sep. 23 at 6:30pm
Encore! Sun Sep. 24 at 4pm
$14 General Admission
$10 Student/Child/Senior
$7 Member
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Festival - Local Sightings Film Festival 2023: Short Film Programs
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(51 min TRT)
Join us for three powerhouse short films from the Chinese diaspora, each about (meta-)physical artifacts that have been passed down through generations.
** Co-presented with Wing Luke Museum! **
Shorts included in this program:
Wok Hei
(Joel Salaysay, Canada, 2022, 11 min, in English)
The program kicks off with the life-affirming Wok Hei, in which a first-generation Chinese-Canadian mother endeavors to restore a rusty wok. As she works, she reflects on the intangible essence of all the mealsand eldersthat came before.
xin ni
(Jasmine Liaw, Canada, 2022, 7 min)
xin ni is a hypnotic, dreamy dance-film from interdisciplinary artist Jasmine Liaw, incorporating Google Earth images, archival materials, and motion capture. As her Hakka father describes immigrating to Vancouver, the meaning of xn n shifts inexorably from language to language, and from generation to generation.
She Marches in Chinatown
(Della Chen & Amy Benson, US, 2023, 33 min, in English)
We close with She Marches in Chinatown, a loving portrait of Seattles groundbreaking Chinatown Girls Drill Team, the only drill team in the world to combine traditional Chinese dress with military-style precision. At a time when it feels like old Seattle is vanishing, come celebrate a fixture of the CID thats lasted 70+ years. As one drill team superfan puts it, "Please don't go away - Seattle needs you!"
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LocationNorthwest Film Forum (View)
1515 12th Ave.
Seattle, WA 98122
United States
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