Sat, September 12, 2026, 1:00pmMain Library, Lower Floor, Koret Auditorium Film screening and post-film discussion with Director Felicia Lowe and San Francisco Poet Laureate, Genny Lim. “Chinatown” offers an intimate look at San Francisco’s oldest neighborhood that thrives and survived isolation, racial and social injustice throughout its 160-year history. The film, which features the poetry […]
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Saturday, May 9, 20261:00pm-2:30pmKoret AuditoriumSan Francisco Public Library100 Larkin StreetSan Francisco, CA 94102 Directed by Steven OkazakiCast: Genny Lim, Kelvin Han YeeDocumentary | English | 1983 | 20 Mins. The Only Language She Knows is an intimate portrait of poet and playwright Genny Lim and San Francisco’s Chinatown in the early 1980s. This rarely seen film, […]
Wednesday, April 29, 1:00 – 3:00 p.m.CCSF Chinatown Campus Auditorium, 628 Washington Street Film screening and post-film discussion with Director, Felicia Lowe and San Francisco Poet Laureate, Genny Lim. Through interviews and archival images, Chinatown offers an intimate look at San Francisco’s oldest neighborhood. The film, which features the poetry of Genny Lim received an […]
Clarion Performing Arts Center hosts a special film screening of the 1985 American Playhouse television adaptation of Genny Lim’s Paper Angels (1985) Join Genny Lim, playwright of award winning drama; co-author of Island: Poetry & History of Chinese Immigrants on Angel Island, for a rare archival screening of the 1985 American Playhouse television adaptation of […]
FILM FESTIVAL PROGRAM: Saturday, May 25, 2024, 1 – 11pm. Hosted by Theater for the New City, 155 First Av, New York, NY 10003 LES Lower East Side Festival of the Arts is an annual celebration of the rich artistic culture and ethnic diversity of this area. For three days over Memorial Day Weekend, TNC […]
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CAAMFest 2021: Legacy and Lineage Shorts
Legacy and Lineage is a series of short films profiling the unique journeys of 5 Asian American community artists – Sammay Dizon, Genny Lim, Isabelle Thuy Pelaud, Sami See, Francis Wong – whose works consistently place community at the center. The films explore the reasons that drive these outstanding artists and legacies that may point to […]
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“The Voice”
Genny Lim: The Voice by David Moragne premiered on October 2002 at the 13th Annual Black Filmworks in Oakland. David Moragne, producer/director of Centre City Digital’s mini-documentary on Author, Playwright, Librettist, Performance Artist, Educator and Poet Genny Lim. This piece weaves through several performances and an interview, where Genny traces the origins of her voice. […]