Category: Culture
The Rise of Chinese Pan Zhenle from Olympic Gold Winner to Western Media Martyr
From the perspective of a North American immigrant from China, the Western media treatment of Pan Zhenle, a Chinese Olympic gold winner, has ranged from rude to racist. It has been well documented that the American silver winner refused to shake Pan’s hand and some random Australian swim coach (who has nothing much to do with the current Olympics) caused a Western media circus to discredit Pan’s gold medal for unfounded suspicion of doping, which has already been discredited by the Olympics committee and major Western media like The Guardian.
Writer Adi Tantimedh Dishes on His Three Decades of Writing Career
Writer Adi Tantimedh and I first met at the 1995 Vancouver International Film Festival through British film critic Tony Rayns. Adi was at VIFF with his NYU MFA thesis film while I was there with my “first feature” Flow, a feature compilation of my short films made at UCLA Film School. The fictional filmmaker character in Flow resembled Adi so that many people at the festival thought Adi was me; and hence this doppelganger relationship at a film festival was how we connected. Almost three decades later, I caught up with Adi whose podcast series Sanctuary will be released this month on August 19 by Voyage Media.
Squamish Nation Comedian Keith Nahanee and Canadian Screen Awards Nominee Quentin Lee to Create Rez Comedy
Nine diverse Indigenous comedians from all over Canada will star and perform in the first all Indigenous and all Canadian stand-up comedy feature film “Laugh Proud” and a live comedy event, world premiering and to be shot on Saturday June 15, 2024, at Vancouver’s historic Metro Theatre.
Colette Vosberg Talks about Unusually Normal, Her Documentary on Three Generations of Queer Women in Canada
World premiering at the upcoming Inside Out Film Festival in Toronto, Colette Vosberg’s documentary feature Unusually Norman brilliantly portrays “the gayest family” in Canada that spans three generations of queer women. CHOPSO takes the opportunity to speak with Colette about her queerly brilliant documentary feature before its world premiere
Programmer and Actress Melissa Dawn Johnson Dishes on Yale in Hollywood Fest 2023
On the week of the 4th annual Yale in Hollywood Fest streaming all its programs free and worldwide, I sat down with programmer Melissa Dawn…
Quentin Lee on His First Children’s Book Pumpkin Head Lost His Head
On the day before Halloween, I took the opportunity to chat with filmmaker Quentin Lee on his first children’s book Pumpkin Head Lost His Head,…
First Person: Creating Last Summer of Nathan Lee
When I was going to high school in Montreal as a 15-year-old immigrant from Hong Kong, I remember meeting Nick, a fellow 11th grader, who…
Interview with Quentin Lee on his First Published Play Caliban’s Offspring
On the eve of publishing his first play, multi-hyphenate creator Quentin Lee talked to CHOPSO about writing and getting his debut play Caliban’s Offspring to the world as a book, sold exclusively on Amazon.com.
A Requiem for Dennis Phung
Not only Dennis Phung was one of the first people I met coming to LA, he also turned me away from working in porn, not…
The Slants’ Founder Simon Tam’s Latest Television Series Premieres on AAM.TV
Simon Tam, founder of The Slants and The Slants Foundation, has created his latest television series titled Asian PaCIVICS featuring ten artists from the Asian American and Pacific Islander community who have written a song specifically to drive social change. Each has partnered with a grassroots organization in unique ways to support their chosen causes.
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