Category Archives: Travel

  1. Southern California Fall 2011 Tour Recap

    It’s been two years since we had our first Autumn Gem screening in Southern California at the Pacific Asia Museum. Since then, we’ve had over one hundred screenings around the world, including stops in Australia, Canada, Texas, the Southwest, the Midwest, and the East Coast. This past week, we returned to Southern California for a [...]

    Posted on October 1, 2011 in Media, News, Screenings, Travel | No comments

  2. Hong Kong Feature Film on Qiu Jin to be Released

    A new feature film on Qiu Jin called “The Woman Knight of Mirror Lake” is opening this week in Hong Kong. It’s directed by Herman Yau and stars Huang Yi as Qiu Jin and veteran actor Anthony Wong as a Qing Dynasty official. Check out the trailer here: And here’s our version: Somehow I think [...]

    Posted on August 21, 2011 in General, News, Screenings, Travel | 7 comments

  3. San Diego Chinese Historical Museum Screening Recap

    Two years ago in May 2009, we held our first major public screening at Adam’s alma mater La Jolla Country Day School in San Diego. Over 100 screenings later, we’ve returned to Adam’s hometown for another event at the San Diego Chinese Historical Museum. Early on in our project we had contacted the museum to [...]

    Posted on June 3, 2011 in News, Screenings, Travel | No comments

  4. AAS Conference

    Wednesday night was the start of the Association for Asian Studies Conference, and after our screening at Hawai’i Pacific University we headed over to the Hilton Hawaiian Village Resort to enjoy the welcome reception. The Association for Asian Studies (AAS) is the largest worldwide scholarly professional association for those interested in the study of Asia. [...]

    Posted on April 8, 2011 in Screenings, Travel | No comments

  5. Hawai’i Pacific University Screening Recap and Photos

    We had two events at Hawai’i Pacific University, part of their weekly Viewpoints Film Series. At the first screening Professor William Zanella, who teaches Chinese history and Mandarin, introduced the film and provided historical background for this critical juncture in China’s modernization. We had a full house of students and community members at both screenings, [...]

    Posted on April 7, 2011 in Screenings, Travel | No comments

  6. University of Hawai’i at Manoa Screening Recap and Photos

    We were very excited to show our film in conjunction with the “Rethinking the Chinese Revolution: 1911 in Global Perspective” Conference at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. The event was organized by the Center for Chinese Studies and Confucius Institute and held at the East-West Center on the UHM campus. Hawaii holds a special [...]

    Posted on April 7, 2011 in Screenings, Travel | No comments

  7. Miramar College Screening Recap

    Our first major public screening was at Adam’s high school in San Diego back in May 2009. On Friday we returned to his home turf for another event, this time at Miramar College. We had a fantastic turnout of students, faculty, community members, and even some of Adam’s elementary school classmates from Spreckels! Thanks to [...]

    Posted on March 16, 2011 in General, Screenings, Travel | No comments

  8. Torrance Public Library Screening Recap

    Second stop on our Southern California tour was the Torrance Public Library. Rae was born in Torrance, and the screening was held the day before her birthday, March 9, which happens to be Adam’s birthday! Yes, we’re both Pisces, and this year is also Adam’s Year of the Rabbit, so we’re looking forward to being [...]

    Posted on March 16, 2011 in General, Screenings, Travel | No comments

  9. UC Riverside Screening Recap

    On Monday we headed down to Southern California for another week of screenings. Around this time a year ago we were at UC Irvine, where Professor Hu Ying, one of the scholars in the film, had invited us to show it. This time, we travelled inland to UC Riverside, where we were hosted by the [...]

    Posted on March 14, 2011 in General, Screenings, Travel | No comments

  10. Southern Methodist University Screening Recap

    Our final screening of 2010 tour was at Southern Methodist University in Dallas. SMU was chartered and founded in 1911, the same year that Women’s History Month was started and the fall of the Qing Dynasty in China. Today, the school is home to 11,000 students, and will be the future site of the former [...]

    Posted on November 27, 2010 in Screenings, Travel | No comments

  11. Austin College Screening Recap

    Next stop on our Texas tour was Austin College, located in Sherman, a small town about an hour north of Dallas. Driving there from Texas A&M took 4 hours, passing by several other small towns along the way, including Hearne – home of John Randle, Hall of Fame NFL Player, according to the giant billboard [...]

    Posted on November 21, 2010 in Screenings, Travel | 1 comment

  12. Texas A&M Screening Recap

    Following our great time at Trinity, we made the three and a half hour trek to Texas A&M, the oldest public university in Texas. The university is located in the city of College Station, which is in the middle of the Dallas, Houston and San Antonio triangle. Confirming the theory that everything is bigger in [...]

    Posted on November 21, 2010 in Screenings, Travel | No comments

  13. Trinity University Screening Recap

    Our next stop on our Texas tour was at Trinity University. Since we were staying with Patrick and Nicole in San Antonio, we only had to drive 25 minutes to get to campus instead of three to four hours as we did for our next two screenings to Texas A&M and Austin College. Being able [...]

    Posted on November 21, 2010 in Screenings, Travel | No comments

  14. University of Texas at San Antonio Screening Recap

    After a night at my relative’s house in Houston, Rae and I drove three and a half hours to San Antonio, Texas, for our second screening at the University of Texas at San Antonio. I was last in San Antonio back in 2001, during which I also visited Austin, Houston, and San Jacinto. Had we [...]

    Posted on November 20, 2010 in Screenings, Travel | No comments

  15. Houston Chinese Community Center Screening Recap

    In September and October of 2010, we embarked on our first international tour, flying to Australia for seven screenings in Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra. In November, we went to our second country for three screenings in Canada. We then headed to Texas, which some would argue is a whole other country in itself! The adage [...]

    Posted on November 17, 2010 in Interviews, Media, Screenings, Travel | No comments

  16. Simon Fraser University Screening Recap

    We’re currently in Texas and getting ready to leave lovely San Antonio for Texas A&M in College Station. Catching up on our screening recaps, we’d like to tell you about the great screening we had at Simon Fraser University last week in Vancouver, British Columbia. As you can see in the photo to the right, [...]

    Posted on November 17, 2010 in Screenings, Travel | No comments

  17. In Texas

    We arrived yesterday in Houston, Texas, following our screening at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver. We had a great screening at SFU and at the Houston Chinese Community Center on Saturday. Now, we are at the University of Texas at San Antonio, where we have a screening at 3:30pm in the Retama Auditorium inside the [...]

    Posted on November 14, 2010 in Screenings, Travel | No comments

  18. Richmond City Council Screening Recap

    The day after our screening at the University of Victoria, we took another ferry — this time from Schwartz Bay to Tsawwassen — to head into Vancouver. Both Rae and I have been to Vancouver once before to attend Expo 86. Yes, twenty-four years ago as kids, we were both attending the same World’s Exposition [...]

    Posted on November 11, 2010 in Screenings, Travel | No comments

  19. University of Victoria Screening Recap

    On November 8, 2010, we woke up very early in the morning to catch the 8:30 am ferry — the only one leaving that day — from Anacortes, Washington to Sidney, British Columbia. Located over 70 miles north of Seattle, the Anacortes Ferry Terminal was quiet and nearly deserted when we arrived at 6:00 am. [...]

    Posted on November 11, 2010 in Screenings, Travel | 1 comment

  20. Pacific Northwest Screening Tour Underway!

    Our final tour of 2010 is underway! Rae has been in Oregon for the past four days, screening at Portland State University, Williamette University and Oregon State University to large student and community crowds. She’s heading up to Seattle to meet with me; I was in New York earlier this week for a business meeting [...]

    Posted on November 5, 2010 in Screenings, Travel | No comments

  21. Bellarmine Forum at Loyola Marymount University

    Our fourth and penultimate screening was held at Loyola Marymount University. Autumn Gem screened as part of the 2010 Bellarmine Forum. This year’s focus was on Women’s Art and Activism and featured a weeklong series of panels, performances, and art exhibits. Our film screened on the opening day in the Ahmanson Theater inside University Hall.

    Posted on November 1, 2010 in Screenings, Travel | No comments

  22. Association for Asian Studies Western Conference Screening Recap

    The 48th annual Western Conference of the Association for Asian Studies was held between October 22-23 at California State University, Northridge. The theme of this year’s conference was “Translating Asia: Past, Present, & Future.” Northridge experienced a large 6.7 magnitude earthquake back in January 17, 1994. I may be mixing up my earthquakes, but I [...]

    Posted on October 24, 2010 in General, Screenings, Travel | No comments

  23. South Pasadena Public Library Screening Recap

    Back in February, 2010, we attended a talk by filmmaker Arthur Dong at the South Pasadena Public Library prior to our film screening at UC Irvine. Following Arthur’s showing of Hollywood Chinese, we spoke with several of the organizers, including City Librarian Steve Fjeldsted, about bringing Autumn Gem to South Pasadena. We gave him a [...]

    Posted on October 24, 2010 in Screenings, Travel | 1 comment

  24. UC Santa Barbara Screening Recap

    Our first stop in our final SoCal tour of 2010 was at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Our screening was arranged by the East Asia Center and held at the Multicultural Center Theater. Rae and I drove down from the Bay Area; we started our drive at noon, since I had an event that [...]

    Posted on October 24, 2010 in Screenings, Travel | 1 comment

  25. Women in Asia Conference Screening Recap

    Our final screening1 while in Australia was held at the Tenth International Women in Asia Conference at The Australian National University in the capital city of Canberra. The theme of this year’s conference was Crisis, Agency, and Change, certainly apt descriptors for the time that Qiu Jin lived at the turn of the last century. [...]

    Posted on October 6, 2010 in News, Screenings, Travel | No comments