Mon., April 8 | 7-9 p.m. Rothschild Performing Arts Center The Harker School | Upper School Campus 500 Saratoga Ave., San Jose Reserve Your Seat Today! The Harker Speaker Series is proud to present Harry Chuck and Josh Chuck, filmmakers of the highly acclaimed “Chinatown Rising.” The Chucks will be joined by community activist Lucinda Lee Katz. The movie will be screened at 7 p.m., and a discussion/Q&A will follow from 8:30-9 p.m. There will be light refreshments and an opportunity to meet the panel after the Q&A. This event is free to the public but reserved tickets are required. Against the backdrop of the Civil Rights Movement of the mid-1960s, a young San Francisco Chinatown resident armed with a 16mm camera and leftover film scraps from a local TV station, turned his lens onto his community. Totaling more than 20,000 feet of film (10 hours), Harry Chuck’s exquisite unreleased footage has captured a divided community’s struggles for self-determination. Chinatown Rising is a documentary film about the Asian American Movement from the perspective of the young residents on the front lines of their historic neighborhood in transition. Through publicly challenging the conservative views of their elders, their demonstrations and protests of the 1960s-1980s rattled the once quiet streets during the community’s shift in power. Forty-five years later, in intimate interviews these activists recall their roles and experiences in response to the need for social change. More info. “My entire family came out to see Chinatown Rising. I specifically flew to San Francisco to watch it with them, and we cannot stop talking about it. The film tells so many untold stories of life in Chinatown, and because my father has passed away, it for me, offered a very revealing window into his childhood. For some people, Chinatown is just a tourist destination where you can buy slippers and paper lanterns. For my father and many other Chinese people who grew up in San Francisco during that era, it was home.” -Ali Wong, comedian, actor, director The Harker Speaker Series launched in 2008 to bring leaders and visionaries from a wide variety of fields to share their expertise or unique experiences with the community. The Harker Concert Series launched in 2010-11 as part of the school’s ongoing commitment to share thoughtful, entertaining and engaging events with the greater Bay Area community. Social Media facebook.com/harkerschool instagram.com/harkerschool youtube.com/harkerschool Contact Us 500 Saratoga Ave., San Jose 95129 communications@harker.org Copyright © The Harker School 2024. All Rights Reserved.