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2018 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival

CHING CHONG BLUES

Directed by Joshua Fu

USA / 2018 / Comedy, Satire / 10 mins / English, Mandarin with English subtitles / World Premiere

Plays In:
#AsAmCreatorRollCall – The Episodics

David Henry Hwang Theater @ East West Players
Sunday | May 6, 2018 12:00 pm

Description

A woman terrified of being unseated as the token minority, an Asian filmmaker whose movies aren’t Asian enough, a “Seeking Asian Men” dating site that breaks up interracial couples… this is CHING CHONG BLUES, a darkly comedic anthology web series that examines Asian-American identity.


Director's Bio

Joshua Fu is a writer/director from Los Angeles.  He attended NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, where he received a BFA in Dramatic Writing. As a filmmaker, he’s participated in NBCUniversal’s Late Night Writers Workshop, and has written and directed for Super Deluxe, Concord Music Group, Cadillac, and more. He has also worked extensively in film distribution with companies such as Oscilloscope, A24, IFC Films, Cohen Media Group, and Cinetic.


Credits

Director: Joshua Fu
Writer: Nelson Cheng, Joshua Fu
Producer: Sarah Winshall
Director of Photography: Hana Kitasei
Production Designer : Bobby Guard
Editor: Patrick Lawrence
Cast: Nelson Cheng, Deedee Magno Hall, Josh Fadem


Plays in

  1. #AsAmCreatorRollCall – The Episodics

    Special Presentations / 75 mins
    A panel of Asian American filmmakers present their latest episodic projects and discuss this new and exciting avenue for content creators. After the screening, the conversation will center on developing and pitching episodic content, and panelists will share key insight for activating pilot screenings.

    In This Program: SUSANELAND, FIRST WORLD PROBLEMS, CHING CHONG BLUES, TWO SENTENCE HORROR STORIES


Dates & Times

Plays In:
#AsAmCreatorRollCall – The Episodics

David Henry Hwang Theater @ East West Players
Sunday | May 6, 2018 12:00 pm