LOS ANGELES, Nov. 8, 2019 /PRNewswire/
-- Chasing the Dream: The New Chinese in
America will premiere at the 5th annual Asian World
Film Festival at the Arclight Cinema in Downtown Culver City on Tuesday, November 12. The documentary, directed
by Harrison
Engle, tells of a number of Chinese men and women who came
to the U.S. with nothing but a dream. They have all built
successful and creative lives in their chosen professions, be it as
an entrepreneur and opera star, businessman and pilot,
businesswoman and traditional embroiderer, art photographer, and
even a space scientist.
Featured in the doc are Shao Kuang
Ting, Mai Sui, Charlie Zhang, Wei
Chen, Yanyu Zhou, Dr.
Yutao He, Steven Yang, Ning
Zhou and Lisa Li. The film is
narrated by Peter Coyote.
Several Chinese and American successful entrepreneurs and
celebrities will attend, including famed Tiawanese actress
GUA AH-LEH.
Director/producer Harrison Engle,
who has made more than 80 films, says, "Our film shows the
extraordinary contributions made by new generations of immigrants
to America." Executive producer Susan
Shu Wang, president of the Chinese American Culture Exchange
Association says, "CACEA is a place where new Chinese and Americans
can exchange ideas. We hope to make the world a better place
together." Yanyu Zhou, co-Executive Producer, adds, "We want
to show Americans some of the great cultural traditions of
China such as fine embroidery."
Renowned TV host Joey Zhou is
Associate Producer of the film. (www.caceaus.com)
(www.harrisonengle.com)
The red carpet will open at 5 pm
with the screening starting at 6
pm. This will be followed by a reception at nearby
Kitchen 51.
For tickets, click here.
Sponsors of the AWFF currently include: Aitysh USA, Hollywood Foreign Press Association,
Arclight Cinemas, Culver Hotel, City Of
Culver City, Snow Leopard Trust, CACEAUS, AKIpress, CJ
Entertainment, Chosun Daily LA, Moredii, MDSUN, Novartizan, WECTAC,
Korean Cultural Center LA, Beijing Genki Forest Beverage, Sakura
Production USA,
Cape, procolo.co, Gaby's, Emporium Thai.
ABOUT THE ASIAN WORLD FILM FESTIVAL, NOVEMBER 6 – 14, 2019
The Asian World Film Festival (AWFF), founded by Kyrgyz public
figure Sadyk Sher-Niyaz, brings the best of a broad selection of
Asian World cinema to Los Angeles
to draw greater recognition to the region's wealth of filmmakers
and strengthen ties between the Asian and Hollywood film industries. Uniting through
cross-cultural collaboration, the Festival champions films from
over 50 countries across Asia,
spanning from Turkey to
Japan and from Russia to India and the Middle East. All films
that participate in the Festival will have a unique chance to be
guided through the challenging awards season, and showcased to
members of the Motion Picture Academy, the Hollywood Foreign Press
Association and all Guilds for enhanced exposure, media attention
and awards consideration. AWFF is a non-profit organization under
Aitysh USA: https://asianworldfilmfest.org/
AWFF is partnered with The Snow Leopard Trust to raise awareness
for the endangered snow leopard and its ecosystem in the high
mountains of Asia. The Film
Festival's main cinematic award is named after the snow
leopard. Snow Leopard Trust
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