miseducAsian Podcast

Part 2 with Frank Chi: The Stories that Stick, Politics as Belonging, and What's Next

September 13, 2023 miseducAsian Season 1 Episode 33
miseducAsian Podcast
Part 2 with Frank Chi: The Stories that Stick, Politics as Belonging, and What's Next
Show Notes

In Part 2 of our conversation with Frank Chi, filmmaker, artist, storyteller, and director of 38 at the Garden, we discuss:

  • Finding stories and experiences that resonate across identities and Bend it Like Beckham (0:38)
  • Giving "advice" to the next generation, balancing our dreams and our parents' expectations (9:20) 
  • How Obama's 2004 speech changed Frank's life, his career in politics (20:03)
  • How Frank realized and embraced being an artist and creative (36:38)
  • What's next, the stories he'd like to tell, and elevating more Asian stories  (49:15)