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Oct 26

Special Presentation: Interior Chinatown 2PM & 6:30PM

Q&A with Series Creator/Executive Producer Charles Yu follows screenings
(Tickets for both screenings include access to reception)



Interior Chinatown

Directed by Charles Yu

50 mins | English

Hula Original Series, Interior Chinatown, Episode 11. Based on Charles Yu’s award-winning book of the same name, the show follows the story of Willis Wu, a background character trapped in a police procedural called Black & White. Relegated to the background, Willis goes through the motions of his on-screen job, waiting tables at the Golden Palace and dreaming about a whole world beyond Chinatown. When he inadvertently becomes a witness to a crime, Willis begins to unravel a criminal web in Chinatown, his family’s buried history, and what it feels like to be in the spotlight.

Director Bio: 

CHARLES YU is creator and showrunner of Interior Chinatown (Hulu/20th) based on his novel of the same title, which was a New York Times bestseller and won the National Book Award for Fiction. The book was named a best book of the year by numerous publications and organizations, including The New Yorker, NPR, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, Vanity Fair and Vulture. He has been nominated for three WGA awards and has written for Hulu, FX, AMC and HBO, as well feature film projects for Searchlight Pictures and Warner Bros. His writing has appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, Harper’s, Timeand Wired, among other places. He lives in southern California with his family.

Info

Venue

Emerson Paramount Center
OCT 26, 2024
@ 2:00 PM & 6:30 PM



Dates

Oct 26, 2024


Tickets

Ticket includes reception at Empire Garden, 690 Washington Street, Boston at 4:30PM. Patrons may attend 2:00 screening, followed by reception or reception followed by 6:30 screening. Tickets are required for entry to reception.

NOTE: This screening is NOT included in the Festival Pass.

$30
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Details

Ticket holders are invited to join us for a special conversation with Series Creator/Executive Producer Charles Yu following screenings