miseducAsian Podcast
miseducAsian is a podcast created by 3 Asian Americans hoping to add to the growing chorus of story-telling about the richness, complexity and boldness of the Asian American experience. The hosts, Albert, Brian and Tommy, are mid-life, mid-career educators who came of age in the 80’s and 90’s, who share their experiences of the joys and struggles of being Asian in America. They bring friends and colleagues into the conversation to share their stories in a space that is meant to be positive, fun and affirming. We hope to dismantle the prevailing stereotypes of Asian Americans as the docile “model minority” and to tear down the biases of the “perpetual foreigner” by painting the richness of our American experiences. And through all this, we hope to inspire other Asian Americans to share their stories within their own networks as well.
miseducAsian Podcast
Part 1 with Frank Chi: Hoops, Storytelling and Impossible Moments
In this episode, we connect with Frank Chi, filmmaker, artist, storyteller, and director of 38 at the Garden, the award-winning documentary about Jeremy Lin and Linsanity. In part 1 of this 2-part conversation, we discuss:
- The two "impossible moments" that inspired and transformed his life and career (2:00)
- The process for making 38 at the Garden, getting Jeremy Lin on board, and the challenges of telling an Asian story in Hollywood (16:28)
- What he remembers from the night Jeremy dropped 38 at MSG (25:21)
- Using stereotypes and finding loopholes so our stories can take root, why the doc is only 38-minutes long (39:00)
