RANDOM ACTS OF LEGACY A film by Ali Kazimi National Premiere on AMERICA REFRAMED Tuesday, May 15, 2018 at 8 p.m. on WORLD Channel “…a haunting, essential document that, for all its specificity, comments on the universal human condition.” – Glenn Sumi, Now Magazine, Toronto April 17, 2018 – (New York, NY) – In RANDOM ACTS OF LEGACY filmmaker Ali MEDIA RELATIONS Kazimi finds a rare cache of deteriorating 16mm home movies spanning from 1936 to 1951. What emerges is a rare portrait of a creative and enterprising Neyda Martinez Chinese American family in Middle America during the Depression years. 917 656 7846
[email protected] RANDOM ACTS OF LEGACY, a documentary by Ali Kazimi, will make its U.S. broadcast premiere on Tuesday, May 15, 2018, at 8 p.m. on WORLD Channel AMERICA REFRAMED 20 Jay Street (check local listings) as part of the new season of AMERICA REFRAMED, Suite 940 public media’s award-winning documentary series. Free streaming will begin Brooklyn, NY 11201 on May 16, 2018 on worldchannel.org and all station-branded PBS platforms P: 212-989-8121 including PBS.org, and on PBS apps for iOS, Android, Roku, Apple TV, Amazon F: 212-989-8230 Fire TV and Chromecast. americareframed.com When filmmaker Ali Kazimi discovered the treasure-trove of 16mm home movies at an internet auction, he bought the whole lot -- sight unseen. The filmmaker learned the work belonged to Silas Henry Fung and his desire to understand the material led him to Irena Lum, Mr. Fung’s daughter. Fung’s footage is extraordinary for the representation of his family’s life, at home, church and play.