The Last Mayor of Chinatown

Name: The Last Mayor of Chinatown
Start: 2025-01-15
End: 2025-01-15
Location: Virtual

The Last Mayor of Chinatown tells the story of the rise, decline, and rediscovery of Pittsburgh’s Chinatown. Yuen Yee collected one of the largest archives of Western Pennsylvanian Chinese history. Told through images, documents, and artifacts, the film interweaves excerpts from Yee’s memoir with his daughter Shirley’s contemporary commentary.

Lena Chen

Lena Chen is an artist and PhD student at the University of California, Berkeley in the Department of Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies. Her work has been supported with grants from the Sundance Institute and Pittsburgh Foundation. She is a co-founder of JADED, an AAPI arts and cultural platform.

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Credits

Lena Chen

Documentary Subjects: Yuen Yee, Shirley Yee / Voice Actors: Jonathan Tai, Lena Chen

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The Last Mayor of Chinatown

Presented as Part Of Virtual – Reflections on Lived Experiences International Short Doc

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