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Screening - Honor and Duty: The Mississippi Delta Chinese
Honor and Duty: The Mississippi Delta Chinese is a documentary that examines a little known aspect of the Chinese American experience. Writer, director and producer E. Samantha Cheng will be on hand to introduce the film and conduct a Q&A following the screening.
When:
November 17, 2016 7:00pm to November 20, 2016 4:00pm
Where
Honor and Duty: The Mississippi Delta Chinese is a documentary that examines a little known aspect of the Chinese American experience. Writer, director and producer E. Samantha Cheng will be on hand to introduce the film and conduct a Q&A following the screening.
Cheng is based in Washington, D.C. and has hundreds of broadcast and non-broadcast programs to her credit. She created the Asian Pacific American History Project and is co-founder of TPS, Inc., a television production services company. She also co-founded Heritage Series, LLC, a firm specializing in interactive educational programs about U.S. history, and is an active member of the Asian American Journalists Association and Women in Film and Video.
Thursday, Nov. 17, 7 p.m.
South Pasadena Library Community Room
1115 El Centro St.
South Pasadena
More information can be found here.
Friday, Nov. 18, 1 p.m.
Shadow Park Clubhouse
12800 South St.
Cerritos, Calif 90703
Part of the Southern Chinese Picnic event. Finding Cleveland will also be screened.
John Jung will introduce both documentaries
Contact Gordon Hom by emailing gcrdcn (at) yahoo (dot) com for more information.
Sunday, Nov. 20, 2-4 p.m.
Monterey Park Bruggemeyer Library
318 S. Ramona Ave.
Monterey Park
More information can be found here.
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