For the sixth consecutive year, Asia Society hosts conversations honoring Asian, Asian American, and Pacific Islander talent at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival. Find us at Filmmaker Lodge on Tuesday, Jan 23, 2:00 - 3:30 p.m. MT for an engaging panel discussion on the nuances of "voice" - directorial voice, artistic voice, and the pain and joy of reclaiming one's voice in the face of obstinate systems. Our speakers include Sean Wang, Shiori Ito, the conversations will be moderated by Margaret Conley.

This year we uplift the feature film Black Box Diaries, a documentary about Journalist Shiori Ito's courageous investigation of her own sexual assault in an improbable attempt to prosecute her high-profile offender. We also uplift the feature film Dìdi (弟弟), an ode to first-generation, Asian teenagers navigating the beauty and pain of cultural heritage in a sea of conformity.

Sean Wang is a filmmaker from Fremont, California, Google Creative Lab 5 alum, former Sundance Ignite fellow, and 2023 Sundance Screenwriters and Directors Lab fellow. His film "Dìdi (弟弟)" is a 2024 Sundance Film Festival crowd favorite.
Shiori Ito is a courageous journalist, documentary filmmaker, and writer, Asia 21 Next Generation fellow (2019), and one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time magazine in 2020 for her contribution to Japan's #MeToo movement.

Margaret Conley (moderator) is the Executive Director of Asia Society Northern California.

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