NOWNESS: Chasing Light
DIRECTOR Geoff Sean Levy EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Ian Kaplan PRODUCTION COMPANY Grand Crew 1STAD Eva Minemar DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Konstantin Lyubimov STUDIO ASSISTANT / SOUND MIXER Mariana Urrego CREATIVE DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANT Bella Savignano ADDITIONAL CINEMATOGRAPHY Chris Tharp 1ST AC: Sunnie Kim GAFFER SWING Adrian Reyes PRODUCTION ASSISTANTS Maurice Guadalupe Matthew Morales FEATURING Wellington Chen, Chinatown Partnerships Sio Wai Sang, Golden Jade Jewelry Dr. Warren Chin, MD Yanyun Kin & Jose Pacheco Chinatown B.I.D. Suemei Leung Bayer Lee, First Chinese Baptist Church Khanh Tran & Spencer Okada, Artbean Coffee Roasters. POST-PRODUCTION: Cross Cut Pictures Editors: Ali Mao, Rill Causey Color: Jared Rosenthal Sound Design/Mix: Hansdale Hsu Original Score: Xander Rodzinski Post Production Supervisor: Jenni Loo GRAPHICS & TITLES: Sunday Afternoon Co-Founder & Partner: Juan Carlos Pagan Co-Founder & Partner: Ahmed Klink Executive Producer & Partner: Audrie Poole Production Manager: Lizzie Brightly Senior Designer: Xiaoyu Xue Designers: Aarman Roy, Kee Wei Chin, Simon Freour, Ruiqi Zhou, Yuan Zhang Interns: Rand Rivera, Ariana Gupta PHOTOGRAPHY Geoff Sean Levy Wellington Chen ARCHIVAL IMAGERY Artbean Coffee Bettmann Collection CC Langill Chinatown Bid Dr. Warren Chin Edmund Gillond Getty Images (Bettmann, Archive Photos) Inna Xu Jami Gong Lost Years Media Museum of Chinese in America Museum of The City of New York New York Public Library Paul Calhoun Periscope FIlm LLC Peter Van Wijk Robert Iulo Shorpy / Juniper Gallery Wallach Collection Wellington Chen William C. Greene SPECIAL THANKS 168 Centre Street 183 Centre Street ds Cindy Loo Chinatown Partnerships / Chinatown B.I.D. Derong Li Handheld Films Jack Newton James / haiPOWER Phil Chong / Canal Street Market
Within the cultural landscape of Manhattan’s Chinatown, six business owners and community leaders reflect on the neighborhood’s evolving identity, the imperative to document its change, and the importance of bolstering future generations while honoring heritage in sustaining the neighborhood’s future.