Local Sightings Film Festival 2023

Closing Shorts: She Marches in Chinatown + Wok Hei + xīn nī 廖芯妮

Expired September 25, 2023 6:59 AM
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Wok Hei
An Asian-Canadian mother reconnects with her cultural roots through the restoration of a rusty family wok.
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xīn nī 廖芯妮 (understanding you)
xīn nī 廖芯妮 (understanding you) is an auto ethnographic moving-portrait where a dancer’s movement is made up of her family’s ancestral artifacts, and responds to a recorded inter-generational conversation with her father, reaffirming her identity while navigating and trying to understand more within her Hakka diaspora.
She Marches in Chinatown
In 1952, Asian American girls had no extra-curricular activities until Ruby Chow created the Seattle Chinese Community Girls Drill Team, the only one of its kind in the world. Despite gentrification, Title IX, and a global pandemic, seventy years later the drill team continues to define, represent and celebrate the evolving Asian American experience of its dedicated multigenerational participants.

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!



Watch this program in person at NWFF, Sep. 23 at 6:30pm, with an encore screening on Sep. 24 at 4pm. VIRTUAL, IN-PERSON, and HYBRID (virtual AND in-person) Festival Passes and Individual Tickets are available!


⚠️ Please note: NWFF patrons will be required to wear masks that cover both nose and mouth while in the building. Disposable masks are available at the door for those who need them. We are not currently checking vaccination cards. Read full Covid policies here.

xīn nī 廖芯妮 (understanding you) is an auto-ethnographic moving-portrait where a dancer’s movement is made up of her family’s ancestral artifacts, and responds to a recorded inter-generational conversation with her father, reaffirming her identity while navigating and trying to understand more within her Hakka diaspora.

  • Year
    2022
  • Runtime
    7 minutes
  • Language
    English, Hakka Chinese
  • Country
    Canada
  • Premiere
    U.S. Premiere
  • Subtitle Language
    English
  • Director
    Jasmine Liaw
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