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PROGRAM 16:
YOURS TRULY,
MISS CHINATOWN

4:00pm - World Premiere Screening Yours Truly, Miss Chinatown
5:30pm - Wine/beer post reception in the DGA atrium.
9:30pm - Official After Party GLAM @ LAX Nightclub (http://www.glamla.com)


Set against the backdrop of glittering crowns, colorful dresses, and lively dance music in one of the oldest and biggest ethnic pageants in the United States, the film is about three women who set out to be Miss Chinatown, and end up finding themselves in the process. Documentary cameras follow the lives of these three subjects for several years, at a pivotal time as they are just starting to find out who they are as women. As the drama of their lives unfold, so do frank conversations about romantic relationships, familial dynamics, body image, mental health, career, and identity. What emerges are some of the rarely heard voices of young Asian American women at the turn of the 21st century. The film was in funded in part Center for Asian American Media (formerly NAATA). For more information, please visit: http://www.yourstrulymisschinatown.com

YOURS TRULY, MISS CHINATOWN is directed by award winning documentary filmmaker Daisy Lin Shapiro. Executive Producer is Stephen C. Liu.

The Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival was established in 1983 as a vehicle to promote Asian Pacific American and Asian international cinema. As the major U.S. showcase for ethnic-based media, the Festival fulfills a unique and valuable mission in illuminating the visions and voices of Asian Pacific peoples and heritage. The Festival is a production of Visual Communications, the nation’s premier media arts organization dedicated to creating, preserving and presenting Asian Pacific American history and culture through the media arts.

Visual Communications has pioneered many vital developments in the national media arts arena. The non-profit organization holds a 35-year track record of producing and preserving award-winning film, video and multimedia works; plays a leading role in arts and telecommunications public policy issues; and promotes media literacy and access through training workshops and seminars in traditional and new media technologies.

For more information, please visit: http://www.vconline.org/festival