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For over 50 years, New York native Corky Lee photographed his hometown’s Chinatown and Asian American communities around the country. With a strong sense of social justice, he captured activists, celebrities, and everyday heroes with equal passion, taking over 100,000 photos. Sadly, while documenting the latest rise of anti-Asian hate crimes, Corky fell to COVID. Through his own words and pictures, DEAR CORKY reveals the man behind the camera.
Director Curtis Chin
A graduate of the creative writing program at the University of Michigan, Curtis Chin has received awards from ABC/Disney Television, New York Foundation for the Arts, National Endowment for the Arts and more. Chin has screened his films, Vincent Who? and Tested, with over 600 entities in sixteen countries including the White House, Amnesty International, and the Government of Norway. A co-founder of the Asian American Writers’ Workshop, he is writing a memoir, “Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant." as well as completing a short documentary on photographer Corky Lee. He can be found at CurtisFromDetroit.com. @curtischin
- Year2022
- Runtime15 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUnited States
- DirectorCurtis Chin
- ScreenwriterCurtis Chin, Adam Harris Wolman
- ProducerKenneth Eng, Curtis Chin, Adam Harris Wolman
- CastCorky Lee
- CinematographerKenneth Eng
- EditorKenneth Eng
This program has 6 films. Toggle between film descriptions by clicking on the buttons at the top right.
For over 50 years, New York native Corky Lee photographed his hometown’s Chinatown and Asian American communities around the country. With a strong sense of social justice, he captured activists, celebrities, and everyday heroes with equal passion, taking over 100,000 photos. Sadly, while documenting the latest rise of anti-Asian hate crimes, Corky fell to COVID. Through his own words and pictures, DEAR CORKY reveals the man behind the camera.
Director Curtis Chin
A graduate of the creative writing program at the University of Michigan, Curtis Chin has received awards from ABC/Disney Television, New York Foundation for the Arts, National Endowment for the Arts and more. Chin has screened his films, Vincent Who? and Tested, with over 600 entities in sixteen countries including the White House, Amnesty International, and the Government of Norway. A co-founder of the Asian American Writers’ Workshop, he is writing a memoir, “Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant." as well as completing a short documentary on photographer Corky Lee. He can be found at CurtisFromDetroit.com. @curtischin
- Year2022
- Runtime15 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUnited States
- DirectorCurtis Chin
- ScreenwriterCurtis Chin, Adam Harris Wolman
- ProducerKenneth Eng, Curtis Chin, Adam Harris Wolman
- CastCorky Lee
- CinematographerKenneth Eng
- EditorKenneth Eng
