INDUSTRY:

FILM

CLIENT:

EST Media

YEAR:

2021

ROLE:

Director | Producer | Cinematographer | Editor

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Asian Hate Crime Series

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In this short documentary series, I explored hate crimes targeting Asian people that happened in New York City. I have interviewed hate crime victims, the hate crime task force, and activists/lawyers who are fighting to find justice for the victims.

Episode 1: MY WIFE WAS KILLED IN AN ASIAN HATE CRIME

Episode 2:  WHY HASN'T ANYONE HEARD OF THE ANTI-ASIAN HATE CRIME TASK FORCE?

According to the NYPD, 176 Asian hate crime incidents have been reported since 2020. As the Asian community in NYC cries out for solutions from their imminent community and protection from their elected officials, the NYPD Anti-Asian Hate Crime Task Force was formed to give Asian hate crimes special attention to a community. While this has great potential, the current Anti-Asian Hate Crime Task Force is run by volunteers. When the regular Hate Crime Task Force is a team of paid investigators, do you think NYPD is giving enough attention to this matter? Karen King, the co-Chair of the Pro Bono Committee for Asian American Bar Association says “There are many task forces around, NYPD as well as the hate crimes units in the prosecutor's offices and different politicians have their own task forces designed to address hate crimes. The biggest problems are the accessibility and the lack of transparency.”

Episode 3:  WHEN LAW ENFORCEMENT FAILS, ASIANS IN NYC ARE PROTECTING EACH OTHER

When the government fails to protect, you turn to each other. This has always been the case, and in the 60s and 70s, the Asian civil rights movement was gaining momentum. Young Asian people were demanding equal rights, promoting anti-war and anti-imperialism during the Vietnam War, and building community with Black, Latinx, and Indigenous people of the United States. Since the Black civil rights campaigns that sparked the civil rights discourse, New Yorkers like Sunny Moy used his voice to fix issues in Chinatown. Sunny says that his era of civil rights protestors knew each other because there weren’t many Chinese Immigrants in Chinatown. When it comes to the difference between the 60s vs. now Sunny says, “We got more Asian kids who are highly educated, more than any other time in America. They should speak up more, and organize rallies.” Current day New York - Asians like Jack Lang and Oliver Pras are leading Stop Asian Hate rallies and redirecting politician’s attention to priorities Asian lives. Jack and Oliver felt that seeing Asian Hate crimes in their Chinatown - a safe haven for Asians- radicalized them. Young New Yorkers are banding once again to build a collective that won’t be overlooked by politicians that are supposed to be in their best interest.

Global perspective. Community-centered thinking. Creative that connects.

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ALISON SUN ©2024

Global perspective. Community-centered thinking. Creative that connects.

Available for work & collaboration

boyasun96@gmail.com

All rights reserved, YUYA ©2024

Global perspective. Community-centered thinking. Creative that connects.

Available for work & collaboration

boyasun96@gmail.com

All rights reserved,

ALISON SUN ©2024