A documentary on Corky Lee, an exhibition on Vincent Chin and a conversation with The Chronicle s Soleil Ho are among the best events at 41st annual festival.
Dear Corky For more than 50 years, New York photographer Corky Lee documented his home in Chinatown along with other Asian American communities throughout the country, primarily focusing on social justice issues. Lee died in 2021 from COVID-19 as he was working to document the rise of anti-Asian hate crimes coinciding with the pandemic, but his legacy lives on in the short film Dear Corky. Writer, director and producer Curtis Chin leads a panel discussion following this screening, co-hosted by Eastern Washington University and APIC Spokane, a nonprofit that celebrates and promotes equity and acceptance of the Asian American and Pacific Islander communities. This screening is one of many local events celebrating May as Asian & Asian American Heritage Month; find more at the link below.