Alumna Janet Chen’s Film Has World Premiere at Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival


Portrait of Janet Chen
Portrait of Janet Chen

Janet Chen’s Film, Asian Bitches Speak, will have its world premiere at the 40th VC Film Festival/Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival 2024 on May 5, 2024. It tells the story of a mother-daughter journey that explores mental health and healing from intergenerational trauma amidst the rise in anti-Asian hate. The film was prompted by a violent verbal anti-Asian hate incident that Chen’s immigrant mother, Diana, survived on 4th of July, 2020 at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Chen earned her MFA in Social Documentation in 2023.

Last modified: Sep 06, 2024