Tiny, intimate splinter stories from major metropolises, set against their local cityscapes. A timeout from the buzz of the big cities to sit with their inhabitants.
Content warning: Distressing scenes of pica (Ship of Fools)
Accessibility: Closed captions available
Thank you to our screening partner: SIFTMedia215 Collective
Depicting the last days of Detroit’s Chinatown, 16-mm outtakes reverberate across a history of forced displacement and violence present in the broader Chinatown project. Emerging from these outtakes is the unelaborated story of the filmmaker’s grandmother, a former Detroit Chinatown restaurant worker.
Tiny, intimate splinter stories from major metropolises, set against their local cityscapes. A timeout from the buzz of the big cities to sit with their inhabitants.
Content warning: Distressing scenes of pica (Ship of Fools)
Accessibility: Closed captions available
Thank you to our screening partner: SIFTMedia215 Collective
Depicting the last days of Detroit’s Chinatown, 16-mm outtakes reverberate across a history of forced displacement and violence present in the broader Chinatown project. Emerging from these outtakes is the unelaborated story of the filmmaker’s grandmother, a former Detroit Chinatown restaurant worker.