Full CREDITS

and Acknowledgments

 

Producer and Director
James Q. Chan

Producer
Corey Tong

Director of Photography
Jeff den Broeder

Miniatures Cinematographer
Michael Palmieri

Editor
Michael Palmieri

Assistant Editor
Donal Mosher

Original Music
Thomas Lauderdale
Pink Martini

Sound Designer
Jeremiah Moore

Sound Effects and Dialogue Editor
Tanvi Phadke

Associate Producer
Penelope Wong

Researcher
Dorothy G. C. Quock

HD Finishing
ZAP Zoetrope Aubry
Productions – San Francisco

Colorist
Leo Hallal

Online Editor
Ashley Pagán

Post Production Supervisor
Kim Aubry

Additional Camera
James Q. Chan
Daniel Gorrell

Title Design
Lindsay LoChan
Mikali Palamila

Transcribers
Yvonne Kong
Tigerfish

Music Clearances
Nancy Meyer

Additional Archival Researcher
Rosemary Rotondi

Production Accountant
Amber Cady

Graphic Designer
James DiRito

Production Assistants
Joy Enomoto
Kim Compoc
Taylor Fujimoto
Tim Kulikowski
Marie Morohoshi

Legal
Pamela Kong
Justine Jacobs

Advisors
Santhosh Daniel
Rob Epstein
Jeffrey Friedman
Melanie Ide
Chi-hui Yang

The Filmmakers Thank
Frank Wong
Peter Kenichi Yamamoto
Bing Zhu
Jeremy Zhu
Wendy Zhu

Special Thank You
Greg Chew
Stephen Gong
Melody Hom
Thomas Lauderdale
John Lightfoot
Sue Lee
Tere Romo
Susan Weeks and David Coulter
Penelope Wong and Tim Kochis
Vicky Wong
Donald Young

Chris Chung and John Mallory
Bavo and Yves DeFurne
Angelica Dongallo
Carlton Evans
Nanette Fok
Norman Fong
Virginia Gee and Connie Gee
Laura Hardin
Melanie Ide
Pamela Kong and Ajay Kapur
Lenora Lee
Makai Motion Pictures
Wilma Pang
Armin Rosencranz
Kris Samuelson
William Tennant
Phuong Thi To
Valerie To
Leanora Tong
Hoa Vinh Tran
Thomas Tran
David Tran
Tammy Tran and Long Ly
Alta and Susan Yip

Thank You
Ronald Aguilera
Claire Aguilar
Kim Aubry
Janice Anderson-Gram
Justine Armen
Aspiriant LLC
Tina Bartolome
Harry Chuck
Joshua Chuck
Michael Ehrenzweig
Elyse Eng
David Eisenberg
Nancy and Sid Ganis
Gloria and Saul Feldman
Linda Fitz
Kitty Fong
A. Huckleberry Greenlee
Tim Hall
Isaac Hager
Nancy and John Hahn
Tommy Huie
Simmone Kuo
Julie Ho, Sam Wo Restaurant
Judy Ho-Lam, Great China Herb Co.
Marcus Hu and Ross Nakasone
Vince Johnson, Larsen Assoc.
Kris and Jennifer Kapur
Richard Kashnow
Michael Kossman and Luis Orrico
Lynna Kwok
Andrew Lam
Karen Larsen, Larsen Assoc.
Patrick Lem
John Lau
Alex Lee
Kari Lee
Emma Miller
Jimmy Ng
Masashi Niwano
Jean Parker Elementary School
Georgene and Stanley Pasarell
Flora Pereira
Dan Shanan
Elena and Al Smith
Zulema Renee Summerfield
Sadie Tillery
Barbara Tomber and Don Mathews
Jeff and Shelby Tsai
Matt Volla

Chinatown Community Portraits
Jennifer Leong Addiego
Lonnie K. Chin
Willard Chin
Ju Deng
Hanley Fong
Lotus Fong
Terry Hall
Michael Lee
Terry Lee
Willard “Mo” Lee
Mow Lee & Co
Andrew Leong
Alexander Lock
Helen Yip Ong
Hon’s Won Ton Noodle House
Patricia Sei
Niu Mei Yu
Xiang Ru Yu

Additional Thanks
Jeff Adachi
Davin Agatep
Jaron Browne
Rob Buscher
Eugenie Chan
Christopher and Grazyna Cheang
Kenny Chew
S. Leo Chiang
Benjamen Chinn Estate
Subrina Chow
Cece Carpio
Petrina Chi
Philip P. Choy
Noah Cowan
Dara and Matt Cullen
Karina Denike
Dave and Vicky DiRito
Kristina Eng
Susan Furukawa
Vance George
Shaleece Haas
Dean Hamer and Joe Wilson
Dona Hirschfield-White and Mario Trigueros
Dee Hibbert-Jones and Nomi Talisman
Christie Herring
I-Hotel
Kristin Kearns
Melissa and Franz Knupfer
Lukas Kuypers
Anderson Le
Tim Le
Caroline Libresco
Yshel Lok
Phillip Lorenzo
Brian Ly
Megan and McKayla Ly
David Magdael
Anne Misawa
Christina Moretta
Jeannette Paulson Hereniko
Dominic Poon
Rachel Rosen
Brad Tong
Amelia and Jacob Tran
Tucker Sharon
Tracey Snelling
Chung-Wai Soong and Noam Cook
Kaitlyn Tran
Janice Torbet
Umpqua Bank
V.I.P. Transportation, Honolulu
Stephanie Wang-Breal
Vanessa Whang
David Weissman
Joyce Wong
Tomiko Wong
Sharon Wood
Lisa Yadao
Wei Yang
Stan Yogi
Judy Yung
Doug Young and Babs Miyano Young
Geraldine Young
Connie Young Yu
Grace Yu
Kim Yutani

Archival Material
Auntie Mame, Warner Brothers
Flower Drum Song, Universal Pictures
The Keys to the Kingdom, 20th Century Fox
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo, Warner Brothers

The Bancroft Library University of California, Berkeley
Fred Lyon
Getty Images
Stanford Library Archives
Ululu Archives, University of Hawaii
Janel Quirante, Chris Lee, Shavonn-haevyn Matsuda and Team

Music
“But Now I’m Back” (Instrumental)
Music and Lyrics by Alex Marashian and
Thomas M. Lauderdale
Published by Alex Marashian Music (ASCAP) and Thomas Lauderdale Music (ASCAP)
From the Pink Martini album Splendor in the Grass, courtesy of Heinz Records ©℗ 2016

“Everywhere” (Instrumental)
Music and Lyrics by China Forbes and Thomas M. Lauderdale
Published by Wow and Dazzle Music (ASCAP) and Thomas Lauderdale Music (ASCAP)
From the Pink Martini album Hey Eugene, courtesy of Heinz Records ©℗ 2016

“The Folks Who Live On The Hill”
performed by Peggy Lee
Courtesy of Capitol Records under license from Universal Music Enterprises
Words and Music by OSCAR II HAMMERSTEIN, JEROME KERN (ASCAP)
© UNIVERSAL – POLYGRAM INTERNATIONAL PUBLISHING, INC

“BU LIAO QING” (“Love Without End”)
Performed by the Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra
Words and Music by QIN TAO, FOOK LING WONG (CASH, MUST)
© UNIVERSAL POLYGRAM INTERNATIONAL PUBLISHING, INC.
ON BEHALF OF UNIVERSAL MUSIC PUBLISHING LTD. – HONG KONG AND CELESTIAL FILMED ENTERTAINMENT LTD

This project was made possible with support from
ITVS
CAAM
California Humanities
Pacific Pioneer Fund
San Francisco Foundation

Additional Support
DAE Advertising
Penelope Wong and Tim Kochis
Susan Weeks and David Coulter

Fiscal Sponsor
Reflective Image, Inc.

Insurance
Charles Whelan Insurance Agency, Inc.

Chinese Historical Society Museum, San Francisco
Nolan Chow
Amy Lam
Sue Lee
Lenora Lee
Veronica Sese
Francis Wong
Pam Wong
Johnson Zhang

Executive Producer for ITVS
Sally Jo Fifer

Supervising Producer for ITVS
Shana Swanson

Consulting Producer for ITVS
N’Jeri Eaton

Executive Producer for CAAM
Stephen Gong

Producer for CAAM
Donald Young

Forever, Chinatown is a co-production of
GOOD MEDICINE PICTURE COMPANY and INDEPENDENT TELEVISION SERVICE (ITVS) presented in association with the
CENTER FOR ASIAN AMERICAN MEDIA (CAAM)
with funding provided by
CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING (CPB)

This program is produced by
Good Medicine Picture Company
which is solely responsible for its contents

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