Counting on Community

client: Art+Action

role: editor

Using self-filmed footage from artist and chidren’s book author Innosanto Nagara, I edited this video reaching out to children in an effort to spread the word about the 2020 Census.

A Leader Who WIll Beat The Virus 0:30

client: Asian Americans Against Trump

role: co-producer/director, editor, motion graphics

For the 2020 presidential election, I helped create an 30-second ad laying out how the incumbent’s response to the novel coronavirus failed Asian American communities. In addition to English, the VO and on-screen text was also translated to Korean, Cantonese, and Mandarin with both traditional (TW) and simplified (CN) script.

Celebration of Justice - 50 years

client: Chinese for Affirmative Action

role: cinematographer, photo editor, co-editor, co-animator

CAA marks its fiftieth year by honoring its founders at their Celebration of Justice annual banquet. Along with my production partner, Kevin Wong, I was involved in all aspects of this project from conception to final delivery.

Learning to Share

client: Colorful Mamas of the 99%

role: field producer, cinematographer, location sound, editor

I was contacted by the Colorful Mamas of the 99% to cover their planned action at Wells Fargo during Occupy Oakland. Aside from their activism, many Mamas were teachers, journalists and community organizers so were quite media savvy; they wanted a video to ensure the lessons of the day would be shared with more than just their children.

Sitting on Cash

client: SEIU-USWW

role: videographer, editor

In the wake of Occupy, janitors march for fair compensation in Palo Alto, California. I shot and editing this video in under 24 hours from the start of the demonstration to the video's release on social media as part of the unions effort to rally its members before a potential strike.