A physical statement of place, a personal affirmation of belonging dedicated to the human pillars and community treasures from our beloved neighborhood.
Our stories are our maps and lampposts that connect us to our past and back home to community.
YOU ARE HERE
Launched in October 2020 and showcasing short films seasonally, the series is intended for cross presentations on web, film festivals, and public television with the main goal of digitally archiving and preserving our community stories through an interactive bilingual website (coming soon).
We begin by rooting the project in San Francisco’s Chinatown with future seasons to include portraits from historic Chinatown’s of Oakland, Honolulu, Seattle, Boston, Chicago, Philly, New York and internationally to Johannesburg, Melbourne, Mexico City, Port Louis, Vancouver to name a few.
We partner with local filmmakers and organizations to center the vibrant and specific stories from within the community; bridging us to one another, one short film at a time.
You Are Here, a physical statement and an affirmation, each short film is a specific entry point into a Chinatown nieghborhood and the inspiring contributions community members made in shaping their neighborhood and beyond.
A GOOD MEDICINE PICTURE COMPANY presentation
Series Creator/Producer: James Q. Chan
Associate Producer: Dorothy G.C. Quock
Creative Collaborators (San Francisco): Anna Oh, Jeff den Broeder, Chris Chung, Pamela Kong, Emma Marie Chiang, Henry Liu, Kaitlyn Tran, Anson Ho, Greg Louie, Ying-sun Ho, James DiRito, Karina Denike, Erika Gee, Roy Chan, Jon Jang, Francis Wong, Ivy Yi-Hsuan Wu, Jennifer Low, Jeffrey Chin, Katie Quan, Dan Szeto, Corey Tong, Penelope Wong
Community Partners: Chinatown Community Development Center, Chinese Culture Center, Portsmouth Square Plaza Community Fund, Center for Asian American Media (CAAM)
We are actively curating stories for future seasons. If you have family roots to San Francisco Chinatown or another Chinatown community and would like to be considered for future episodes and/or would like to be considered to join our film team, we’d love the opportunity to get to know you. We highly encourage young persons with interest in documentary film production and interests in the Chinatown community to reach out.
