‘Dear Corky’: A Conversation
NEW YORK, May 31, 2023 — Film director Curtis Chin; Virgo Lee, advisor to the Estate of Corky Lee; and Mae Ngai, Asian American Studies Lung Family professor and history professor at Columbia University, discuss the documentary film “Dear Corky,” which captures the late New York photographer Corky Lee’s documentation of his hometown's Chinatown, and Asian American communities across the nation. Chris Kwok, chair of the Issues Committee at the Asian American Bar Association of New York, moderated the conversation. (55 min., 45 sec.)
