Spofford Alley

4:17 mins  S-8mm/video  color  2008/1994



PRODUCER/DIRECTOR/CAMERA/EDITOR  Anita Chang
ORIGINAL MUSIC  Lim Giong
PRODUCTION ASSISTANT  Scott Tsuchitani
PHOTOGRAPHS  Gerald and Helen Chan
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE  McCrae Parker, Ron Toledo

In truth, there is no foundation at all, but alleyways, crevices one steps across all the time. – Toni Morrison, Jazz

Using present day footage and turn-of-the-century photographs of San Francisco’s Chinatown, this film is a statement about cultural tourism and historical amnesia.

Exhibitions
Echo Park Film Center Outdoor Festival, SF Cinematheque, Kearny Street Workshop, Imagining Place, Boston Tour (MIT, Emerson, Museum School of Fine Art, Tufts U., U. Mass in Amherst), SF Exploratorium, SF Immigrant Pride Day, Federal Asian Pacific Heritage Month, SF Int’l Asian American Film Fest, Women of Vision/KCSM-TV, HiOctane TV

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