South Arts: Southern Circuit Tour of Independent Filmmakers | Bluff City Chinese

Join us for a screening of Bluff City Chinese followed by a conversation with the filmmaker, Thandi Cai. Southern Circuit screenings are funded in part by a grant from South Arts, a regional arts organization, in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts. For more information about Southern Circuit please visit www.southarts.org/southerncircuit. Screening time: 44:00:00 Film Synopsis: Two Chinese-American storytellers uncover the untold history of Chinese immigrants in Memphis, Tennessee, across a 150-year tapestry of identity and resilience. About the filmmaker: Thandi Cai (they/them) Director and Creator of Bluff City Chinese identifies as a storyteller of the Asian Diaspora. Cai grew up in Memphis, TN where they learned how storytelling could be used to empower themselves and others across racial, political, gender, ethnic and economic lines. Cai uses visual arts, film-making, and graphic design to begin conversations around critical dialogue. Their goal as an artist is to arouse imagination, pleasure, and improvisation to ideate new paths forward. After earning a BS in Architectural Design, they served for two years as an education volunteer for Peace Corps Lesotho until 2018. From there they were a teaching-artist, exploring the intersection of nonprofit work, art, and community organizing. In 2022, they earned an MFA in Visual Communication Design at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Limited Capacity RESERVE TICKETS NOW