Event


The Stephen A. Levin Family Dean's Forum: Jon Chu in conversation with Professor David Eng

Mar 17, 2022 at

Harrison Auditorium at the Penn Museum

PENN ARTS & SCIENCES PRESENTS The 2022 Stephen A. Levin Family Dean’s Forum 

Crazy Determined Asians: Jon M. Chu and the Power of Representation

Jon M. Chu, Storyteller, Filmmaker & Director in conversation with David L. EngRichard L. Fisher Professor of English and Asian American Studies

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Filmmaker Jon M. Chu joins David L. Eng to talk about artistic passion and the power of representation. Chu’s blockbuster Crazy Rich Asians, the first film by a major Hollywood studio to feature an all-Asian cast in more than 25 years, is a visual feast that helps to counter racial animus at a time when violence against AAPI communities is on the rise. He followed it with his adaptation of Lin-Manuel Miranda's musical In the Heights, and is in pre-production on Wicked. As one of Hollywood’s most sought-after filmmakers, Chu’s coming of age also signals a national coming of age for Asian Americans in the arts.

The 2022 Stephen A. Levin Family Dean’s Forum will take place on Thursday, March 17 from 4:30 -6:00 PM (doors open at 4:00 PM).The event will not be livestreamed, but we will record it for internal distribution.

 

Check highlights of the event here:

Director Jon M. Chu talks to Professor David Eng about his earliest beginnings in film and gaining the support of his family as a filmmaker. 

https://vimeo.com/694512109/9d710a2b81 [vimeo.com] 

Director Jon M. Chu talks to Professor David Eng about social change and addressing violence towards AAPI communities. 

https://vimeo.com/694507064/d21ce351f5 [vimeo.com] 

Director Jon M. Chu discusses his response to #OscarsSoWhite and his motivation to make Crazy Rich Asians. 

https://vimeo.com/694506649/0c0c8fbea5 [vimeo.com]  

Director Jon M. Chu talks about overcoming the polarization around issues of race. 

https://vimeo.com/694505870/7a640566fb [vimeo.com]