In this interview, Law Chen speaks about his background having grown up in both the United States and China, how COVID compares to his experiences in China with the SARS pandemic, and what it has been like facing both a health and discrimination epidemic as an Asian American. He also speaks about film-making during the pandemic, with his first film about delivery workers, deemed essential workers, and his second film about a restaurant that started donating food to hospital workers
Motion picture producers and directors; COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-; COVID-19 (Disease)--Social Aspects; Epidemics--Social Aspects; Motion picture industry--United States; Food service; United States Race relations 21st century; Chen, Law, 1987-
Format
oral histories
Genre
Interviews
Date
2021
Physical Description
31 pages
Note (Biographical)
Law Chen is a New York City-based director of Asian American cinema. Born in the United States, Chen is the son of Chinese immigrant parents. He grew up in America and Beijing and moved to New York City after college
Note
Interviewed by Denise Milstein on February 4, 2021
Note (Provenance)
Law Chen, Gift, transferred from Columbia Center for Oral History Research 2023