Boston Chinatown Banquet - From 5'6" to 6'6"

Asian Americans have grown physically taller than those generations that preceded them. As the Chinatown community grew in height, tastes shifted from predominantly Chinese sports and activities to American versions. Before the 1960's, volleyball, widely played in China, was the most popular Chinatown sport. In recent decades, basketball has become equally popular. This is a story of the Boston Chinatown community literally growing up.

Storyteller: Reggie Wong

Video footage: Mike Blockstein, Victor Fong

Interviews: Mike Blockstein, Eun-Joung Lee

Images courtesy of: Chinese Historical Society of New England, Reggie Wong

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/

Category:

Nonprofits & Activism

Tags:

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

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Miss you Reggie! RIP