Doc Film 'Photographic Justice: The Corky Lee Story' Official Trailer

"I don't think people need to remember who I am, it's [more] important that they remember the images." An official trailer is available for a documentary titled Photographic Justice: The Corky Lee Story, made by journalist Jennifer Takaki. This film is an intimate portrait of a Chinese-American photographer named Corky Lee, whose pioneering work documented the richness and complexity of the Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) experience for half a century. Lee's fascinating photographs of daily life, culture, and social justice movements reveal a rare record of a community often overlooked by mainstream media – and demonstrate the power of photography as a tool for advocacy and social change. Corky Lee was born in 1947 in New York City to Chinese immigrants who owned a laundry in Queens. Lee's photographs over 50 years documented the birth & growth of the Asian American movement for social justice and he became known as "The Undisputed, Unofficial, Asian American Photographer Laureate." His passing in 2021 at the age of 73 due to Covid was mourned in the press worldwide. This fascinating doc is set to debut in theaters this April. // Continue Reading ›

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