Jodie Chan and Jia Li say they made their short documentary 'Invisible Seams' to make the point that the Asian community is populated by real stories, and not just gruesome news headlines. Read more:
the documentary Li directed about a Chinatown noodle shop fighting to stay open during the pandemic. Chan reached out to Li about creating something similar about the fashion industry.
“What really drew me to these women is they work in the garment district here — which is in Midtown Manhattan, where a lot of these crimes or violence has been happening — and they have to go to work every day,” Li said. “It's one of the first questions I've asked each of these women. And they all have different responses. Some of them are more affected than others. It's interesting to me how everyone sort of deals with it.
Bianca Romero has been fighting to literally take up space and attract awareness with her large-scale murals.Bianca Romero has been fighting to literally take up space and attract awareness with her large-scale murals., who is half Korean, has been fighting to literally take up space and attract awareness with her large-scale murals. She was born and raised in New York City, and said that when she began seeing stories about attacks targeting Asian women, she couldn’t stand by.
Bianca Romero's best-known work, “Spread Love, Stop Asian Hate,” hovers on the side of a Chinese church on Delancey and Eldridge.Bianca Romero's best-known work, “Spread Love, Stop Asian Hate,” hovers on the side of a Chinese church on Delancey and Eldridge.“Honestly, a lot of curators literally told me they don't have space for that,” Romero said. “They don't want anything political.
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