Event
Film and Discussion with Curtis Chin
Friday, April 24, 2026 15:00to16:30
IGSF. 3487 Peel Street, 2nd floor. Montreal, Quebec H3A 1W7
Film and Discussion with Curtis Chin
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Date: April 24th, 3-4:30pm
Location: IGSF, 3487 Peel Street, 2nd Floor,听Montreal, QC H3A 1W7, CA.
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Description of Event:
Please join us for a conversation with writer and filmmaker听Curtis Chin, co-founder and former Executive Director of the Asian American Writers' Workshop in New York City.听Maria Hwang听(East Asian Studies, Institute for Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies) and听Jeremy Tai听(History and Classical Studies) will lead a discussion of Chin's career, exploring diasporic identity, creative work, and social justice activism.
The event is part of Chin's Building Bridges book tour for his recent memoir听Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant听(2023) about growing up Asian American in Detroit and coming out to his working-class immigrant family. We will hold an advanced screening of his latest film听Warren King: King of Cardboard听as well.
Sponsored by the Centre for Global Chinese Studies and the Institute for Gender, Sexuality and Feminist Studies.