 | Tea and Justice
| World Premiere |
| Crew: | Director-Writer: Ermena Vinluan -
Executive Producer: Ermena Vinluan -
Editor: Sandrine Isambert -
Co-producer: Alicia Ng -
Director Of Photography: Keiko Tsuno -
Original Music By: Jason Kao Hwang -
Story Consultant: Fernanda Rossi -
Cartoonist: Andy MacDonald -
Graphics Designer: Lucy Blackwell & Upsidedownit Studio | | Web: | www.teaandjustice.com |
synopsis
3 Petite Immigrant Women -- defying stereotypes, changing law enforcement: Committed to building a bridge between the Asian community and the police, Agnes Chan, a 20-year old college student and immigrant daughter of a Chinatown garment factory worker, became NYPD's first Asian female officer in 1980. Intrigued by women in non-traditional careers, filmmaker Ermena Vinluan explores her own mixed feelings about cops while honoring the challenges these women embraced and the changes they accomplished.
In Tea and Justice, Officer Ormsby and Detectives Chan and Leung share stories about their careers, their personal lives, the stereotypes they defied and how they persevered. Intrigued by the image of Asian women in a non-traditional career, filmmaker Ermena Vinluan explores her own mixed feelings about cops while honoring the challenges these women embraced and the changes they accomplished. Squad carTea and Justice includes interviews with ordinary New Yorkers and anti-police abuse activists - some of whom believe that reducing police abuses will require hiring more women cops, since they tend to avoid using excessive force. The film’s humorous cartoons, lively graphics and original music enhance the three women’s stories and its complex look at race, gender and power.
biography
Ermena Vinluan produced the award winning 16mm dramatic short, "Frog Baby"(John Outcalt, director). She was script consultant for Su-City Pictures then worked as Kuzui Enterprises' office manager, assisting in film acquisitions for Japan and in post-production for the company’s 35mm feature, "Tokyo Pop" (Fran Rubel Kuzui, director). She also produced concerts and records for Paredon Records (now in the Smithsonian Institute collection); was Associate Director of the U.C. Berkeley Jazz Program; and Artistic Director for California-Hawaii-based Sining Bayan community theatre group. She is on the board of directors of FilCRA/Filipino Civil Rights Advocates.
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