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The Way We Are

Amanda Ann-Min WONG

Canada
2020
Korean Premiere
16min
color/black and white

Korean Premiere

documentary / queer / asian women

SYNOPSIS

The Way We Are shares excerpts of stories from audio interviews with 4 queer Asian women: Katherine Chun, Wenda Li, Kobayashi Tamai, and Nancy Seto. Told in the present-tense, these stories are arranged in a way that explores the past as the present, and in doing so, immersing viewers into the real-life experiences of a different generation.

PROGRAM NOTE

8mm home video footage and photos are shown, and audio of an interview with four Asian queer women is heard. Although it is a recollection of childhood, it is stated in the present tense as if describing a photograph or painting. This statement is experienced and remembered as both “Asian (and diasporic)” and “female” and “queer,” and the film evokes an emotionally lasting impression. [HWANG Miyojo]

Director

Amanda Ann-Min WONGAmanda Ann-Min WONG

Amanda Ann-Min Wong (she/they) is an award-winning Toronto-based film director, writer, sound artist, and musician. Her work explores themes of loss, nostalgia, and memory, as well as finding purpose and community through the arts.

Credit

ProducerAmanda Ann-Min WONG
Cast Tamai KOBAYASHI, Wenda LI, Katherine CHUN, Nancy SETO
Screenwriter Amanda Ann-Min WONG
Editor Amanda Ann-Min WONG