JOURNEY TO THE EAST
Directed by Eve Liu- USA
- Adventure, Arthouse, Drama, Experimental, Fantasy, History, International, Romance, Student, Women
- English, Mandarin Chinese
- 2020
- 12 mins
- West Coast premiere
Filmmakers in attendance. Film program will be followed by Q&A
On the verge of death, a Woman with No Name falls into a mystical land between the East and West. There, she encounters a gang of mythical Chinese cowboys known as “The Chinamen,” gatekeepers for the bones of all Chinese Americans who have died in the West.
CREDITS
Director: Eve Liu
Writer: Eve Liu
Producer: Alex Bendo, Grant Hyun
Executive Producer: Sean Park
Director of Photography: Mingjue Hu
Editor: Eve Liu
Production Designer: Eve Liu
Composer: Bryan Patrick
Sound Designer: Paul Hsu
Cast: Karen Zheng, Jonathan Ohye, Craig Ng, Mao Sun
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