i smile so big when i think of this wonderful and completely serendipitous collab w @maya.cueva_. it seems like just yesterday we both teared up over seeing the very first draft images, cut to the premiere of #onlythemoon #solamentelaluna with its STAR, your dad (in 3D AND 2D!). thank you for trusting me to illustrate & animate alongside you in order to both preserve and reimagine the stories from your father, your family, your roots. it was without a doubt one of the highlights of my year. #Repost @maya.cueva_ ・・・ Thank you to my papi for letting me share his story in my latest film, Only The Moon/Solamente La Luna. Thank you for all that you fought for and the wisdom you instilled in me and Olivia. This is a film dedicated to my father’s immigration story, to the stories that make me who I am today. I am forever grateful that I am a Creative Culture fellow at @jbfc_pville and was able to make this documentary. I want to thank @seanmweiner for the mentorship, @mrawmrawsf who is an incredible animator and filmmaker herself, @dimsumbae for being the best sister and co-producer, @mymom for the support, and @palmermorsefor being an amazing DP. And thank you to all my friends and to everyone who showed up at the @jbfc_pville screening last night. So thankful for all the support and love in the theater! ❤️✨✨✨
incredibly inspiring to see so many engaged citizens w thoughtful questions at tonight’s election forum for D6 supervisor. thank you to @stanthonysf for bringing together the candidates & community. #videoshoot #localelections #worldmentalhealthday
“when my mother asked if i thought my transracial adoption was ‘a good thing,’ i was reminded, again, of the fact that i no longer think of it in terms of good or bad, but realistic versus oversimplified... i will never be able to honestly say i would have fared better with my birth parents, or any other unknown family... for all my wondering and questions as a child, it’s taken me a long time to understand that, as adopters and adoptees, my parents and i will always view my adoption in vastly different ways... ‘i hope that now there is more knowledge and compassion in adoption,’ my mother said to me not long after my reunion, ‘so that more birth parents and adoptive parents can figure out what’s best for them and the kids.’ i nodded, of course; it was like something plucked from my own head, a line i might offer to those considering adoption. only later did it occur to me that this and other discussions with my mother would have seemed impossible before i found my birth family... my birth family’s importance, their place in my life, can never be denied again. but one thing has not wavered or changed: i am still my adoptive parents’ daughter. no matter what, no matter our differences, they will always be my parents, the ones who wanted me when no one else did.” -excerpt from Nicole Chung’s All You Can Ever Know
walking home post-갈비 feast
when you learn how to harvest chestnuts from korean mountains #skillz
when you say goodbye via language barrier #papago #hearts
when you’re an american on the seoul subway 🙈 #brightcolors #loudprint #koreanamerican
so very excited to announce that i am an official filmmaker resident for this upcoming year! thank you to @bavcmedialab for the support in the development of my next short film about the intersection of beloved SF residents + important housing stock in this city. please stay tuned 👀
capturing some footage of these beautiful streets 🤤 #대박
this moment four years ago w @nichka01 @clare0048 ✋🏼🤚🏼
when you're killing it but still need alone time w your phone 😜 #sames #naomiosaka #usopenchampion
#cominghome up at @proxysf this week and weekend. congrats to the @lavamae & ZERO1 teams for making it happen! #weareallneighbors
so proud of this human, one of the most creative & honest souls, as she starts a new life chapter - watch out world @k.homhom #communityweavingproject