Foreword to the “Foreword to #12” One unassuming evening as I was writing up documents at my corporate job, riffling though loads of paperwork, I was tapped for a sudden task. …

“If my introduction to film was for the sake of self-therapy, I’ve now been thinking about how I can make films for others.” — I first encountered Seunghee Kim’s work in her latest piece for The New York Times, Tiger and Ox, a riveting op-doc about her relationship with her mother, aptly represented by a tough-headed tiger bashing heads with an introspective ox. …

“After all, how many Asian dads — when at church or golfing — can proudly say that their son has won two Grammy Awards?” — David Yungin Kim is a multi-platinum, two-time Grammy-winning audio engineer from LA. His work for the late Nipsey Hussle on “Racks in the Middle” and Kendrick Lamar’s “To Pimp a Butterfly” has landed him two Grammy Awards. …

“My YouTube channel is essentially my journey to becoming a better person.” — I met up with Jay inside a bustling local brunch cafe overlooking the Han River, just days after Covid-19 social distancing restrictions were lifted in Seoul. He sat across a wooden table, having already ordered an iced coffee, clad in an oversized shirt that matched his enthusiasm. Both of us…

“I felt compelled to play and replicate each of these instruments — Eastern, Western, Hawaiian — with only my voice.” — Jason Tom is an American beatboxer and slam poet who has represented Hawaii at the sixth International Human Beatbox Convention and the first and fifth American Beatbox Championship in Brooklyn. He received the Hawaii Scene Choice Award for Best Solo Human Beatbox Performer, TEDx Presenter Award for his “Vocal Groove”…

“As classical musicians, we don’t lip sync. We don’t have fancy smoke machines. We’re delivering it live every single night.” — Violinist Sarah Chang has for long astounded audiences across the world with her now-signature Romantic flair, technical precision, and full-arm bow flourishes. …

Originally published in Harvard Political Review [October 29, 2020] Charles W. Mills is a Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at The Graduate Center, City University of New York. Born in the U.K. and raised in Jamaica, he is a leading thinker in social and political philosophy as it centers on class…

HarvardWood Alumni Profile — Originally published in Harvardwood [October 1, 2020] Kenneth S. Williams AB ’78 began our hour-long conversation with a flip-side marketing pitch on why film school students should consider returning to a virtual fall: having a firm grasp of collaborative software solutions and non-in-person digital tools could well-position a job-market candidate…

““Yellow Rose is a story of perseverance. Rose is almost as old as the film took to make by the time I made it — almost 17 years old.” — Diane Paragas is a Filipino-American documentary and narrative film director who produced the 2011 documentary, “Brooklyn Boheme,” a portrait of the Black arts movement in Fort Greene during the mid 1980s through the 90s. …