APEX Mentoring Pairs to Create Short Films for the Museum of Chinese in America with the Asian American Film Lab

Under the guidance of dedicated Asian American Film Lab mentor/directors, three APEX high school mentoring pairs will direct and produce a short film as part of the Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA)'s Chinatown Film Project. Each short film will offer insight into the little-understood experience of teens living in Chinatown and will be featured in the Chinatown Film Project's inaugural exhibit at MOCA. The films will also be broadcast on the MOCA YouTube Channel.

Youth will learn the basics of film-making and create meaningful memories with their mentors as they collaborate with experienced Asian American filmmakers from the Asian American Film Lab.

APEX thanks Peter Chin and Matte Chi from the Asian American Film Lab and MOCA's Karin Chien for this wonderful opportunity!

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Chinatown Youth Mentorship Program
by Matte Chi

The AAFilmLab is proud to announce that we are partnering with MOCA and APEX on a 3-month filmmaking mentorship program for Asian American High School students. APEX, a nonprofit in New York City dedicated to providing mentoring and educational services to Asian American youths, will provide a mentor and a student to work with a filmmaker from the AAFilmLab. The AAFimLab and APEX mentors will guide the student through the process of creating a 3-7 minute short film from inception of story to final cut. The final product will be displayed at the Museum of Chinese in America and will also be broadcast on the MOCA YouTube Channel.

The Chinatown Youth Mentorship Program had its first meeting on January 29, 2009 and will continue until May 2009, when the final short films will be presented for inclusion into the Museum of Chinese in America's opening ceremony. Peter Chin and Matte Chi from the AAFilmLab are the volunteer filmmakers who will be participating in the program. We thank MOCA's Karin Chien and APEX's Amanda Ing for the opportunity to work with these bright young students.

AAFilmLab: http://www.aafilmlab.org/index.php/weblog/read/chinatown_youth_mentorship_program/

MOCA - http://www.mocanyc.org/