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May 19 Project<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Solidarity is\u2026seeing each other, joining together, and acting as one. Asian America is an idea rooted in solidarity with each other and other communities. We grow stronger when we work for the common good. The May 19th Project created these videos and posts to remind us of our proud shared history, and to inspire us to imagine and forge a better future together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Yuri and Malcolm<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Two icons of American history, Yuri Kochiyama and Malcolm X, share a birthday\u2014May 19\u2014and a passion to change the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Credits: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Juan Mejia – Producer
Gentrix Shanga – Co-Producer
Juan E. Yepes – Production Coordinator and Post Supervisor
Marshall Rose – Director of Photography
Brandon Regina – Camera Assistant
Esteban Jimenez – Production Assistant
Luke North – Editor 
Renee Tajima-Pe\u00f1a – Executive Producer
Jeff Chang – Executive Producer
Meerkat Media – Additional Footage<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thank you for sharing your photos, videos, and memories: Kochiyama family, Corky Lee, Robynn Takayama, Peter Druck<\/p>\n\n\n\n

THE MAY 19 PROJECT TEAM
Renee Tajima-Pe\u00f1a \u2022 Jeff Chang \u2022 Janet Chen \u2022 Kana Hammon \u2022 Eurie Chung \u2022 Annie To \u2022 Rebecca Shea \u2022 Karin Chan \u2022 Hannah Joo \u2022 Diana Khong \u2022 Hannarei Kinsey \u2022 Gwen Phagnasay Le \u2022 Teja Foster <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Frederick Douglass and Wong Kim Ark: Who Can Be An American?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Abolitionist Frederick Douglass and a restaurant worker named Wong Kim Ark fight for immigrants and the right to become Americans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Credits: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jun Stinson \u2014 Director\/Producer
Leah Nichols \u2014 Animator
Michaelle Stikich McGaraghan \u2014 Editor
Tijana Petrovi\u0107 \u2014 Director of Photography
Hannah Joo \u2014 Researcher
Maz Ali \u2014 Interviewee 
Sita Bhaumik \u2014 Interviewee 
Maria Termanini \u2014 Interviewee 
Maz Ali \u2014 Stills
Equally American \u2014 Stills
Sita Bhaumik \u2014 Stills
Albert Cheng  \u2014 Stills
Natasha Florentino \u2014 Stills
Tuakuturua Hijarunguru \u2014 Stills
S. Nadia Hussain \u2014 Stills
Kimberly Mej\u00eda-Cu\u00e9llar \u2014 Stills
Alex Mitchell \u2014 Stills
Gabriel Tajima-Pe\u00f1a \u2014 Stills
Maria Termanini \u2014 Stills<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thank you Harry Franqui-Rivera for the research<\/p>\n\n\n\n

THE MAY 19 PROJECT TEAM
Renee Tajima-Pe\u00f1a \u2022 Jeff Chang \u2022 Janet Chen \u2022 Kana Hammon \u2022 Eurie Chung \u2022 Annie To \u2022 Rebecca Shea \u2022 Karin Chan \u2022 Hannah Joo \u2022 Diana Khong \u2022 Hannarei Kinsey \u2022 Gwen Phagnasay Le \u2022 Teja Foster <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Bruce Lee<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Bruce Lee takes on students of all races and influences millions to stand up against hatred and violence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Credits: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shannon Lee \u2014 As herself
Bo Mirhosseni \u2014 Producer\/Director  
Bobby Lam \u2014 Cinematographer
Destiny Farrant \u2014 Sound Recordist
Victoria Chalk \u2014 Editor
Trisha Chakraborty \u2014 Karate Girl
Essien Gagnon \u2014 Karate Boy
Renee Tajima-Pena \u2014 Executive Producer
Jeff Chang \u2014 Executive Producer<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thanks to Kenpo Dojo Arnott Kenpo Karate
Thank you to the Bruce Lee Foundation<\/p>\n\n\n\n

THE MAY 19 PROJECT TEAM
Renee Tajima-Pe\u00f1a \u2022 Jeff Chang \u2022 Janet Chen \u2022 Kana Hammon \u2022 Eurie Chung \u2022 Annie To \u2022 Rebecca Shea \u2022 Karin Chan \u2022 Hannah Joo \u2022 Diana Khong \u2022 Hannarei Kinsey \u2022 Gwen Phagnasay Le \u2022 Teja Foster <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The Delano Grape Strike<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Farm workers Larry Itliong, Philip Veracruz, Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta join forces to spark a global labor movement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Credits: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Juan Mejia \u2014 Producer
Juan E. Yepes \u2014 Co-Producer and Editor
Olivia Heffernan \u2014 Script Writer
Ruby Ibarra \u2014 Narration
La Pajara Pinta \u2014 Graphics
Renee Tajima-Pe\u00f1a \u2014 Executive Producer
Jeff Chang \u2014 Executive Producer<\/p>\n\n\n\n

THE MAY 19 PROJECT TEAM
Renee Tajima-Pe\u00f1a \u2022 Jeff Chang \u2022 Janet Chen \u2022 Kana Hammon \u2022 Eurie Chung \u2022 Annie To \u2022 Rebecca Shea \u2022 Karin Chan \u2022 Hannah Joo \u2022 Diana Khong \u2022 Hannarei Kinsey \u2022 Gwen Phagnasay Le \u2022 Teja Foster <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Grace Lee Boggs and James Boggs Change the World<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Grace Lee Boggs and James Boggs emerged in Detroit to lay the intellectual foundations for one of the most important movements for racial justice in the 20th century.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Credits: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Grace Lee \u2014 Director\/Producer
Victoria Chalk \u2014 Editor
Timo Chen \u2014 Music Composition
Wayne State \u2014 Archival Media
Renee Tajima-Pen\u00e3 \u2014 Executive Producer
Jeff Chang \u2014 Executive Producer<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This film is excerpted from American Revolutionary: The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs – Directed by Grace Lee<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thank you to the James and Grace Lee Boggs Foundation<\/p>\n\n\n\n

THE MAY 19 PROJECT TEAM
Renee Tajima-Pe\u00f1a \u2022 Jeff Chang \u2022 Janet Chen \u2022 Kana Hammon \u2022 Eurie Chung \u2022 Annie To \u2022 Rebecca Shea \u2022 Karin Chan \u2022 Hannah Joo \u2022 Diana Khong \u2022 Hannarei Kinsey \u2022 Gwen Phagnasay Le \u2022 Teja Foster <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Sugar Pie DeSanto Rocks<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In the 1950s Sugar Pie DeSanto and Etta James grew up in a racially mixed neighborhood of San Francisco, where they created musical friendships that changed the direction of R&B.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Credits: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Featuring Sugar Pie DeSanto
PJ Raval \u2014 Director\/Producer
Editor \u2014 Victoria Chalk
Vatsala Goel \u2014 Director of Photography & Field Producer
Crazybridge Studios \u2014 Motion Graphics
Apryl Berney \u2014 Associate Producer
Jim Choi \u2014 Sound Recordist
Craig Smith \u2014 Gaffer
Ellie Wen \u2014 Camera Operator & Production Assistant
Dennis Mendez \u2014 Assistant Editor
Renee Tajima-Pena \u2014 Executive Producer
Jeff Chang \u2014 Executive Producer<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Archival Materials provided by John Goddard and James Moore Sr.
Featuring the music of Sugar Pie DeSanto<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Special Thanks
James Moore Sr.
Jasman Records<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thanks:
A-DOC
Melany De La Cruz
Carolyne Jurriaans
Elizabeth Pepin
Lewis Watts
The residents of Satellite Central<\/p>\n\n\n\n

THE MAY 19 PROJECT TEAM
Renee Tajima-Pe\u00f1a \u2022 Jeff Chang \u2022 Janet Chen \u2022 Kana Hammon \u2022 Eurie Chung \u2022 Annie To \u2022 Rebecca Shea \u2022 Karin Chan \u2022 Hannah Joo \u2022 Diana Khong \u2022 Hannarei Kinsey \u2022 Gwen Phagnasay Le \u2022 Teja Foster <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Youa Vang Lee Mourns George Floyd<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Youa Vang Lee’s 19-year old son was killed by Minneapolis police. When she saw George Floyd murdered, she called upon Asian Americans to stand in solidarity to support the Floyd family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Credits: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stephen Maing \u2014 Director\/Producer\/Cinematographer
Joua Lee Grand \u2014 Co-producer
Trina Rodriguez \u2014 Editor
Serena Hodges \u2014 Camera Operator
Ian Chen \u2014 Composer
Renee Tajim- Pena \u2014 Executive Producer
Jeff Chang \u2014 Executive Producer<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thanks
Bo Thao Urabe
Shoua Lee
Seng Vu
Hmong 4 Black Lives
Archival Courtesy Of
Melody Vang
Harry Vue<\/p>\n\n\n\n

THE MAY 19 PROJECT TEAM
Renee Tajima-Pe\u00f1a \u2022 Jeff Chang \u2022 Janet Chen \u2022 Kana Hammon \u2022 Eurie Chung \u2022 Annie To \u2022 Rebecca Shea \u2022 Karin Chan \u2022 Hannah Joo \u2022 Diana Khong \u2022 Hannarei Kinsey \u2022 Gwen Phagnasay Le \u2022 Teja Foster <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The Concentration Camp Law: Fighting the Emergency Detention Act<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In the late 60s, civil rights leaders and Japanese Americans joined forces to repeal the Emergency Detention Act, a law that could have rounded up Black activists in concentration camps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Credits: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tadashi Nakamura \u2014 Director\/Producer\/Editor
Sean Miura \u2014 Producer\/Writer
Ally Maki \u2014 Narration
Travis Atreo \u2014 Recording Engineer
Sabzi \u2014 Music
Travis Hatfield \u2014 Graphics
Karen Ishizuka \u2014 Advisor
Sho Tanaka @shonolyfe \u2014 Advisor
Renee Tajima-Pe\u00f1a \u2014 Executive Producer
Jeff Chang \u2014 Executive Producer<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Visual Communications Archival courtesy of JANM
Archival courtesy of Alex Nauta Additional Footage<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eurie Chung \u2014 Thanks
Alexandra Margolin \u2014 Thanks
Annie To \u2014 Thanks
Janet Chen \u2014 Thanks
Charles Berkowitz \u2014 Thanks
Zen Sekizawa \u2014 Thanks
Gidra \u2014 Thanks
Daryn Wakasa \u2014 Thanks<\/p>\n\n\n\n

THE MAY 19 PROJECT TEAM
Renee Tajima-Pe\u00f1a \u2022 Jeff Chang \u2022 Janet Chen \u2022 Kana Hammon \u2022 Eurie Chung \u2022 Annie To \u2022 Rebecca Shea \u2022 Karin Chan \u2022 Hannah Joo \u2022 Diana Khong \u2022 Hannarei Kinsey \u2022 Gwen Phagnasay Le \u2022 Teja Foster <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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