STAYING PUT: STORIES OF CHINATOWN’S RESISTANCE

This short documentary focuses on the ways in which the residents of Philadelphia’s Chinatown have organized and introduces the construction of Eastern Tower Community Center, which is being built in hopes of creating a vital shared community space. This film includes original footage from John Lum’s Save Chinatown (1973). Staying Put was produced as part of Scribe Video Center’s Precious Places Community History project.

Content Advisory: Gentrification, Community Culture

Credits
Production Team: Ailin Cao, Jintong Jiang, Raymond Shi, Dallas Teng, Rosalie Yang, Selena Yip
Production Facilitator: Ana Gonszales
Humanities Facilitator: Heather Levy
Writer: Chinatown CDC
Producer: Chinatown Community Development Corporation (Philadelphia) and Scribe Video Center
Executive Producer: Scribe Video Center
Director of Photography: Ailin Cao, Jintong Jiang, Raymond Shi, Dallas Teng, Rosalie Yang, Selena Yip
Editor: Ailin Cao, Jintong Jiang, Raymond Shi, Dallas Teng, Rosalie Yang, Selena Yip
Production Designer: Ailin Cao, Jintong Jiang, Raymond Shi, Dallas Teng, Rosalie Yang, Selena Yip
Composer: Ailin Cao, Jintong Jiang, Raymond Shi, Dallas Teng, Rosalie Yang, Selena Yip
Sound Designer: Ailin Cao, Jintong Jiang, Raymond Shi, Dallas Teng, Rosalie Yang, Selena Yip
Music: Ailin Cao, Jintong Jiang, Raymond Shi, Dallas Teng, Rosalie Yang, Selena Yip

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