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We’re releasing a new clip every Thursday starting May 7th from our film, Far East Deep South, the entire month of May to mark AAPI Heritage Month. These roughly 2-minute clips give people a quick history lesson introduced by our director, Larissa Lam or producer, Baldwin Chiu and a preview of our film. We’ll also be sharing the videos on our social media channels. Check back here or on our social media every week for a new clip and please share!

Here’s the 1st clip about the impact of segregated schools on the Chinese in the Mississippi Delta featuring Carolyn Chan, (Chinese American Citizens Alliance Past National President), Martha Wing, Baldwin Chiu, Edwin Chiu and Emily Jones, curator of the Mississippi Delta Chinese Heritage Museum at Delta State University.

Due to ongoing concerns related to coronavirus, our Mar 20 & 22 screenings at Oxford Film Festival are postponed. Here’s the official statement from the festival:

“The Oxford Film Festival Board of Directors and staff announced today that because of public health concerns regarding the coronavirus (COVID-19), the 2020 Oxford Film Festival, scheduled for March 18 – 22, has been postponed.

Sparky Reardon, chair of the Oxford Film Festival board stated, “We have concluded that the only responsible decision is to postpone the 2020 festival until later in the year. While we are heart-broken to have to make this decision, our first priority must be the health and safety of our community, our attendees, our supporters, and our filmmakers.

Tickets and passes will be honored at the rescheduled Festival.

“It is our intention to present the full slate of exceptional films, speakers and panels at a later date when the festival may be held under conditions deemed safe by governmental and health authorities,” stated Reardon.

No specific dates are currently announced for the rescheduled festival. The festival organizers will be in contact with all participants.”

Our Mar 7 & 8 screenings at Cinequest are going on as scheduled but due to ongoing Coronavirus uncertainty, our Mar 14 screening in San Jose has been postponed until August. Tickets for Mar 14 will be honored for the August screenings TBD. Here’s part of the official statement from Cinequest co-founders, Kathleen J. Powell & Halfdan Hussey:

“Here’s where we’re at: The NBA, NHL, and Cinequest will remain open this weekend (through March 8) to continue providing confidence and inspiring relief to the Bay Area. The Mayor made it clear to me yesterday that we had to make some changes. In consultation with him, Cinequest has decided to reschedule the second week of this year’s Cinequest Film & Creativity Festival to occur August 16-30, 2020. This will allow Cinequest to provide the joyful and celebratory 30th anniversary edition all deeply deserve. “

You can also this Variety article on this decision.

We apologize for any inconvenience and appreciate your understanding. For updates on future screenings, please subscribe to our email newsletter here and follow us on social media.

(UPDATED 3/5/20) We’re excited to see our film being spotlighted in many press outlets. We’ll update this post with links as we see more news stories and please let us know if you see our film mentioned in press as well.

Asian America: The Ken Fong Podcast

AsAm News – A Poignant Story of Chinese Families during Segregation Era of the Deep South

SF Weekly

Beyond Chron – Cinequest Preview

DingDing.tv Silicon Valley Innovation Channel

KTSF 26 News (in Chinese)

There are 140 films making their US or World Premieres at Cinequest Film Festival next month. We were just named one of the top 15 films people should see in the San Francisco Examiner. What an honor to be mentioned in the same article as films starring big stars such as Mira Sorvino, Christina Ricci and Mykelti Williamson. You can read the article here.

We are thrilled that we are taking Far East Deep South back to where we our journey started, Mississippi! There will be two screenings our film on March 20 & 22 at this year’s Oxford Film Festival in Oxford, MS. We look forward to seeing all our Mississippi friends and people involved in our film at this event.

For more details and ticket information, visit our official Oxford Film Fest page or our screenings page.

We are excited to finally announce that Far East Deep South will be making its World Premiere at the Cinequest Film and Creativity Festival. There will be three screenings on March 7, 8 & 14 of our film through the course of the festival taking place in San Jose, CA and Redwood City, CA. This is the 30th anniversary of Cinequest, which was previously voted the #1 film festival by USA Today.

Visit our official page Cinequest or check our screenings page for additional details and ticketing information.

We are honored to have award-winning film composer, Nathan Wang, working on a wonderful score for Far East Deep South. He recently scored the John Cena comedy, Playing with Fire and has worked on a long list of films such as Kung Fu Panda 3 and The Game Plan starring Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. He’s also composed music for Television, Video Games, Musical Theater, Opera, and the Concert Stage.

He has scored nearly 300 films and television shows [spanning 4 of the 6 habitable continents], including projects in the U.S. for Steven Spielberg, Disney, Dreamworks, and Sony Pictures, and for Jackie Chan, PolyBona, Perfect World, China Film Group, EMP, Wanda, and Huayi Brothers in Asia. His compositions have been performed by the Los Angeles Philharmonic, San Francisco Symphony, Shanghai Philharmonic, Los Angeles Opera, and ChicagoSymphony. Mr. Wang is a Recipient of 2 Emmy Awards (Reefer Madness, Showtime 2005; Pancho Barnes, PBS 2011), a 1993 Singapore Grammy for Faye Wong’s hit song Wo Yuan Yi (I’m Willing), and is a 2014 Taiwan Golden Horse Award nominee for his film score to director Ning Hao’s No Man’s Land.