Past Event

Apr 15 | 7:30 pm

MEET AND EAT AT LEE'S GARDEN

44 min / Directed by Day's Lee

Co-presented by
Boston Asian American Film Festival Logo
Boston Jewish Film

Filmmaker Day’s Lee recalls her memories of her family’s restaurant Lee’s Garden, one of the first Chinese restaurants to open outside of Montreal’s Chinatown in the 1950s. As Chinese restaurants and the food they serve continue to evolve, it is these early restaurants and their cuisine that has captured the hearts and memories of people everywhere. Through interviews with former customers and families who owned other restaurants, MEET AND EAT AT LEE’S GARDEN explores how these early restaurants played an important role in the social history of Chinese and Jewish communities.

Meet and Eat with us! Join us for a post-film conversation on the food connection between the Jewish and Chinese communities. Enjoy Chinese (vegetarian) appetizers after the film and panel.

Info

Venue

Emerson Paramount Center
Bright Family Screening Room
559 Washington St
Boston, MA 02111



Dates

Apr 15, 2023 | 7:30 pm


Post Film Q&A

Live post film conversation with:

Lisa Gossels
Documentarian and Artistic Director, Boston Jewish Film

Olivia Wong
Vice President of Marketing & Communications, American Public Television (APT)

Jessica Wong Camhi
Former Managing Director, Chinese Historical Society of New England

Susan Chinsen
Moderator; Creative Producer, Arts Emerson and Establishing Director, BAAFF

Details

44 minutes

Pick Your Own Price ($10-$25)

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Tickets

Saturday, Apr 15, 2023

7:30 PM