Boston Chinatown Banquet - Recreation in the 50's

Compiled by A Chinatown Banquet student Andrew Tong, these stories provide insight into Chinatown during the 1950's though basketball, kick the can, hide and go seek, the movie theaters in Boston, and record hops. By focusing on recreation and play, the stories offer a new historical twist on the lives of first generation Asian Americans, many of whom continue to work in and shape Chinatown today.

Storytellers: Caroline Chang, Richard Chin, Florence Soo Hoo, Richard Soo Hoo, Reggie Wong

Video footage: Mike Blockstein, Victor Fong, , Kim Szeto, Andrew Tong, Johnny Yong

Interviews: Mike Blockstein, Eun-Joung Lee, Kim Szeto

Images courtesy of: Reggie Wong

Narrative: Andrew Tong, Eun-Joung Lee

Producer: Mike Blockstein

Editor: David Lawrence

A Chinatown Banquet is a series of short educational films about Boston Chinatown, sparking learning and dialogue across generations, disciplines and geography. The Banquet offers an unprecedented glimpse into the history, culture, and character of the neighborhood. This multimedia project highlights the Asian American experience and Chinese culture in Boston and was created as an educational tool by youth in the Asian Community Development Corporation (ACDC or AsianCDC) Young Leaders Network (YLN) which has grown to become A-VOYCE (Asian Voices of Organized Youth for Community Empowerment). These "courses," offering a rich view of the forces that shaped and continue to influence Chinatown, consist of audio and video interviews with community members and others who offer insight into specific issues, interspersed with contemporary and historic footage, images and information, music and ambient sounds. As a part of the Chinatown Heritage Project, the Banquet is a compendium of Chinatown's history, political struggles, culture and physical environment and living conditions.

http://www.chinatownbanquet.org/index2.html
http://www.asiancdc.org/heritage/home.html
http://www.asiancdc.org/

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Nonprofits & Activism

Tags:

• Boston
• Chinatown
• Asian
• American
• Chinese
• Culture
• Education
• Community
• Development
• Corporation
• ACDC