Pacific Asia Museum Screening Recap

Rae and I returned last night from Pasadena, where we screened AUTUMN GEM at the Pacific Asia Museum. The museum had been holding a weekly film series for the past few months, and we were the last film on its summer schedule. PAM’s Becky Sun (Community Outreach Coordinator) and Amelia Chapman (Curator of Education) organized and advertised the event to PAM members. Along with our marketing efforts, we estimated about 70-80 people were present at the nighttime showing in the museum’s lovely courtyard. The weather was great and the screen and projector were in fine form; if only every screening could be held in such ideal conditions!

We had a great time meeting new people, along with friends and family. Thanks to Marc, Li Jing, and Rae’s cousins for attending the screening and bringing their friends. We got a number of good contacts for future screenings in Southern California.

On Thursday and Friday, we were interviewed by several newspapers, television and radio stations. Elis Lu’s review of the event was posted in the Friday, August 21, 2009, edition of the Sing Tao LA Daily Newspaper. We had another article about the film posted in the World Journal on Friday too. On Friday, we were interviewed by Lynn Tso from TVB Super Channel and Tim Xiao from Radio Free Asia. When these clips air, we’ll let you know!

We have two upcoming screenings in the Bay Area in the next month. We’ll be screening at the US-China Friendship Conference in San Francisco in early September. At the end of September or beginning of October, we’ll have a public screening at Santa Clara University. We’ll be advertising and marketing the SCU screening more heavily, so stay tuned for more information!

Here are photos from our trip down to Pasadena. Enjoy!

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*Rae outside the Pacific Asia Museum, where we held a screening of Autumn Gem on August 21, 2009. *Rae stands outside the entrance to the Pacific Asia Museum in Pasadena, California. *Ask me about the Autumn Gem screening on Thursday night! *Rae speaks with Amelia Chapman, Curator of Education at the Pacific Asia Museum. *Here’s a poster promoting the Autumn Gem screening at the Pacific Asia Museum. *Elis is a reporter for the Sing Tao Daily Newspaper. She interviewed us and attended the screening of Autumn Gem. *Rae gets in some last-minute emails before the Autumn Gem screening at the Pacific Asia Museum. *Rae is hard at work before the screening. *A view from the back. The Pacific Asia Museum is a fantastic venue for film screening! *The entrance to the Pacific Asia Museum. *Outside the Pacific Asia Museum. *The Pacific Asia Museum. *Autumn Gem Poster outside the Pacific Asia Museum. *Rae with her cousins Andy and Irene. *Panorama of the Pacific Asia Museum courtyard where Autumn Gem was screened. *This Epson projector rendered the colors on Autumn Gem quite well. *Talking with Andy and Irene before the screening. *Precipice Leaning Against the Sky. *We put Autumn Gem flyers on every seat at the Pacific Asia Museum. *Panorama of the Pacific Asia Museum courtyard where Autumn Gem was screened. *A view from above. The screening at the Pacific Asia Museum was held outdoors. *A small Koi pond in the Pacific Asia Museum courtyard. *Lions adorn the Pacific Asia Museum courtyard. *Autumn Gem flyer. *Talking with Franklin Fung shortly before the screening. *About twenty minutes before the screening. *Rae is ready to get the show on the road! *Adam and Rae with lead actress, Li Jing. *With Li Jing and Shi Yan Liang. *Getting interviewed by Lynn Tso from TVB Superchannel. *Adam and Rae with Lynn Tso from TVB Superchannel. *We also did an interview with Tim Xiao from Radio Free Asia. *Thanks to Becky and Amelia for organizing our successful screening at the Pacific Asia Museum! *Adam, Rae, Becky and Amelia in the Pacific Asia Museum Courtyard, the day after the Autumn Gem Screening. *Becky, Amelia, Rae, and Adam at the Pacific Asia Museum.