Admission is Free | Open Wed–Sun

Admission is Free | Open Wed–Sun

Man holding red silk fabric with embroidered dancing figures in a textile storage room
Screening

Screening: Oriental Silk

October 17, 2018 | 7:00PM - 8:00PM

Dir. Xiaowen Zhu, 2015, 30 minutes

Oriental Silk explores the worldview of Kenneth Wong, the owner of the first silk importing company in Los Angeles. In this intimate portrait, he shares how his parents, first-generation Chinese immigrants, realized the American dream through the store and how he came to be the owner and caretaker of the family legacy. Director Xiaowen Zhu and Kenneth Wong will participate in a Q A following the screening.

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