Suffolk University’s Ford Hall Forum, Rosenberg Institute for East Asian Studies, and Communication, Journalism & Media Department present:
An afternoon with acclaimed filmmaker Kenneth Eng
Join us as we screen Eng’s award-winning documentary My Life in China. “Who am I?” Kenneth Eng once asked himself. He started finding answers by making this documentary about his father’s perilous flight from China during the Cultural Revolution to pursue the American Dream. This is a story of how migration is passed down from father to son, and ultimately asks the question, what does it mean to be both Chinese and American? The screening will be followed by a discussion with Eng and will be moderated by Micky Lee, PhD, associate professor, Communication, Journalism & Media Department, Suffolk University.
Thursday, February 6, 2020
3:05-4:20 pm
Samia Academic Center, Room 414
20 Somerset Street, Boston
Kenneth Eng is a director, editor, and executive producer. After graduating from Boston Latin School, Ken left for New York in 1994 to study film at the School of Visual Arts. His thesis Scratching Windows, a short documentary film about graffiti writers, was broadcast as part of the documentary series REEL NY on New York PBS. In 2001, Ken directed and edited Take Me to the River, a feature length documentary about the Maha Kumbh Mela festival in Allahabad, India. Kokoyakyu: High School Baseball, his film about the famous Koshien Baseball Tournament in Japan was nationally broadcast on PBS and continues to play in Japan. In 2007, Ken was awarded the Guggenheim Fellowship to launch My Life In China. Recently, he edited Tested for director Curtis Chin, and is currently collaborating with him on a film Our Chinatown about the challenges Chinatowns across America face. Ken is also involved in “The Great China Baseball Hunt,” a film about the rise of baseball in China.
THIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
