5 Lessons and 9 Questions About Chinatown

  • Shelly Silver
  • 2009
  • United States
  • 10 minutes
  • English

On a black screen, words and images segue to the sound of synthetic voices giving a high-speed lesson on the history of Chinatown, immigrant experience and political memory. Hijacking a certain type of educational discourse, the film questions what is left unsaid and invisible, both at school and in a daily life that takes notice of only a tiny fraction of the world.

  • Editing : Shelly Silver
  • Sound : Ian Stynes
  • Photography : Shelly Silver
  • Production : Karin Chien
  • Print source : House Productions