The Dragon head
Following the dragon
Sean and RJ about to chase the dragon
What does a DP do while recording an interview? Shoot production stills. Naturally.
Photo by R.J. Lozada (Director of Photography), Christine Kwon (Producer holding the boom), Ben Wang (Director, kneeling), and Karolyn Wong (Production Assistant, translating). Eddy interviews his mother on her birthday. More to come.
(Oakland, 2011)
We are currently in the midst of production for BREATHIN’: THE EDDY ZHENG STORY, with about 60 hours of footage filmed to date. Some of my personal highlights were filming Eddy’s efforts to open a community center in San Francisco’s Bayview District, the birthday celebrations of both of Eddy’s parents, presentations at high schools and colleges, reunions with formerly incarcerated friends, and a national reentry conference in Los Angeles. Huge thanks to our dedicated team, especially Christine Kwon (Producer), R.J. Lozada (Director of Photography), Deann Borshay Liem (Executive Producer), Geraldine Ah-Sue (Associate Producer), Momo Chang (Writer), and Production Assistants Sean Totanes, Karolyn Wong, Manh Hakchareun, Aaron Nakai, and Alun Lee! We look forward to finishing up production on the documentary in Spring 2012, with post-production to follow. Stay tuned…
We are extremely grateful to all of our generous supporters who contributed to the Kickstarter campaign and donated towards the project through other avenues! Be on the lookout for our revamped website in early 2012 for more updates and don’t forget to like us on Facebook! www.facebook.com/pages/Eddy-Zheng-Story/251322981559649
Happy New Year!
– Ben Wang, Director/Producer
Thanks to everyone for a tremendous show of support. With your generosity, we surpassed our Kickstarter goal and can now go into production!
This is a truly community driven project, and we hope to hear more from you over the process of making this film.
Please continue to spread the word about the film and share the trailer:
We have raised 25% toward our Kickstarter goal with 33 days to go! THANK YOU to everyone who has donated already.
Please visit the Kickstarter page and check out all the cool rewards including a copy of the finished film, a private sneak peek of the film, dinner and karaoke with Eddy, the film Director and Producer, and more!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/1218354395/breathin-the-eddy-zheng-story
Welcome to the website of BREATHIN’: THE EDDY ZHENG STORY! This documentary film will share one man’s struggle for redemption after two decades of incarceration. Stay tuned for the full website and features shortly.
Please support this documentary by visiting our Kickstarter page at: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1218354395/breathin-the-eddy-zheng-story.
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