Light, A Movie Screening

Conceived & Produced by Lenora Lee Directed & Edited by Tatsu Aoki SYNOPSIS

Inspired by the life of Bessie M. Lee, who, after migrating to New York City, spent two years in indentured servitude, “Light” is a film in which dance, memory, music and poetry collide in a visual and aural landscape; a meditation on women being propelled into the unknown by courage and faith to risk their lives and everything they have for freedom. In “Light”, Aoki and Lee highlight the lives of women, including Bessie M. Lee, who through the resilience and triumph over unimaginable experiences, were grounding forces in the creation of the New York Chinatown community in the early 1900s. FOLLOWED BY TALKBACK WITH

Tatsu Aoki, filmmaker/musician Lenora Lee, choreographer/dancer Francis Wong, composer/saxophonist DISCUSSANTS:

David Henry Hwang, Associate Professor of Theater Arts, Columbia University Karen Shimakawa, Associate Professor Performance studies, New York University Learn more