Kristy Choi Explained

Kristy Choi is a Korean American filmmaker and writer. She directed and wrote Herselves, a 9-minute-long coming-of-age documentary which was first shown at the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival in October 2020.[1] The film is experimental and explores the life of Choi's mother, who immigrated to Los Angeles in the mid-1980s.[2] Choi was a 2019 Southern Exposure Film Fellow, a 2019 North Start Fellow at Points North Institute, and a Directing Fellow at Visual Communications in 2020.[3] Her film Conviction was a 2020 Official Selection for the Wild & Scenic Film Festival.[4] [5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: HERSELVES. 2021-03-11. 2020 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival. en-US.
  2. Mathew. Teresa. "Herselves" Makes Motherhood a Work of Art. 2021-03-11. The New Yorker. en-us.
  3. Web site: Kristy Choi. 2021-03-11. Brown Girls Doc Mafia. en.
  4. Web site: Conviction. 2021-03-11. Wild & Scenic Film Festival. en-US.
  5. Web site: 2020 Wild and Scenic Film Festival: Conviction Blowout. 2021-03-11. wsff2020.sched.com.