Tag: documentary
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The Fear of Coming Forward: A Never-Before-Seen Clip of Paper Birds
Honoring All Parts of the Journey A short never before seen excerpt from my documentary, Paper Birds! Thought I would share in honor of recently watching an updated cut from my editor. Just a few notes regarding colorgrading and I think that might be a wrap! A little interesting fact, which I’ll relay through a…
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Off to Raleigh for National Mental Health Conference
The Grand Premiere of Silent War is Here! Headed off to North Carolina tomorrow for UCA WAVES’ conference, Roots & Resilience: The Power of Data & Stories to Advance AAPI Youth Mental Health. This event has been months in the making, and brings together talented, passionate people from across the country. There, we’ll also be…
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Highlighting Men’s Mental Health During Suicide Prevention Month
Giving Hope A Face In honor of National Suicide Prevention Month, I wanted to repost a story I did back in September of 2023 during my time at Lancaster EMS. One of our drivers, Jeremy, took the digital floor to speak candidly about being a survivor of childhood abuse and his struggles with mental health,…
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Silent War Enters the Film Festival Circuit
Wish Us Luck! For the past four years, I’ve served as the Assistant Director to award-winning filmmaker (and my former professor), Changfu Chang’s upcoming film, Silent War: Asian American Reckonings with Mental Health. After years of production, we’ve finally entered the film festival circuit! Last month, we started strong, learning Silent War was selected for…
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Film Stills In Honor of PTSD Awareness Month
A Short Reflection June is PTSD Awareness Month. In honor of that, I wanted to share a few stills from my upcoming documentary, Paper Birds. I was 20 when I was officially diagnosed with PTSD after a traumatic memory from childhood resurfaced the summer prior. It took me a year and a half to begin…
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Reflecting 5 Years on: Documenting the Pandemic
Has It Really Been 5 Years? While my first step into photojournalism was during my senior year of high school, this was really the event that propelled me into this kind of work. Funnily enough, I don’t think I’ve shared that first photo of Evie on here before, despite it being such a good reflection…
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Silent War Update
Some Candid Thoughts On the Film’s Journey & My Own Some Silent War film stills shot by Dr. Chang that I threw in #Lightroom. Like any project, this has grown and taken longer in ways we didn’t anticipate, but we truly are nearing the end now. Next weekend, I’ll be headed to Maryland to retape…
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Behind the Scenes of Paper Birds
January 16th, 2025 Some behind the scenes shots on the set of Paper Birds last week, courtesy of Amber Stuart. Everything I do is so my future hypothetical children will think I’m cool. Thanks Dr. Chang for serving as the Director of Photography for the retaping of my interview! 📲If you’d like to learn more…
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Visiting My Alma Mater: On the Set of Silent War
January 16th, 2025 Was honored to be welcomed back to Avon Grove High School last Thursday as an alum! I think being featured on AGTV makes me officially canon in the Avon Grove Cinematic Universe (AGCU). I got to give a presentation about the evolution of my work, as well as share some words of…
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Official Paper Birds Posters!
Which Do YOU Prefer? In honor of releasing the first half of Paper Birds last week, I wanted to share the film’s two posters: the original (left) and an alternate (right) I whipped up this weekend. I put a poll on my Instagram and was surprised to find the two were neck and neck as…
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