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Kenneth Eng

Kenneth Eng

American documentary filmmaker

This article is about the Chinese-American documentary film director. For the Asian-supremacist columnist, see AsianWeek § Kenneth Eng.

Kenneth Eng is an American documentary film director and editor.[1][2] He is best known for his work on the documentary films My Life in China, Kokoyakyu: High School Baseball and Take Me to the River.[3][4]

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Life and career

Kenneth was born and raised in Boston, Massachusetts.[5] He graduated from Boston Latin School, afterward moved to New York to study film at the School of Visual Arts in 1994.[6] His thesis film, Scratching Windows, about graffiti writers, was broadcast on PBS nationally.[7]

Kenneth's documentary film, Take Me to the River, about the Maha Kumbh Mela festival in Allahabad, India.[8] In 2006, he directed the feature documentary, Kokoyakyu: High School Baseball, about the Koshien Tournament in Japan, was broadcast on PBS nationally.[9]

In 2014, Kenneth directed My Life in China, a documentary about his father’s history since leaving China and coming to America, premiered at the San Diego Asian Film Festival.[10]

Filmography

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Awards and honors

References

  1. [1]
    "MOCATalks with filmmaker Kenneth Eng". mocanyc.org. Retrieved 2019-10-10.
  2. [2]
    "Kenneth Eng Interview: My Life In China". easternkicks.com. Retrieved 2019-10-10.
  3. [3]
    "Kokoyakyu". archive.pov.org. 23 January 2006. Retrieved 2019-10-10.
  4. [4]
    "Take Me To The River – A documentary film experience". buffalorising.com. Retrieved 2019-10-10.
  5. [5]
    "Meet the Award Winning Chinese American Film Director Kenneth Eng During Celebration of Asian-Pacific American Heritage Mont". windermeresun.com. 27 April 2016. Retrieved 2019-10-10.
  6. [6]
    "KENNETH ENG". gf.org. Retrieved 2019-10-10.
  7. [7]
    "AMERICA REFRAMED UNFILTERED: Kenneth Eng and self-realization through documentary". archive.pov.org. Retrieved 2019-10-10.
  8. [8]
    "FILM SCREENING: TAKE ME TO THE RIVER". rblodge.com. Retrieved 2019-10-10.
  9. [9]
    Gates, Anita (4 July 2006). "In 'Kokoyakyu,' Youth Baseball, Japanese Style". The New York Times. Retrieved 2019-10-10.
  10. [10]
    "MY LIFE IN CHINA". festival.sdaff.org. Retrieved 2019-10-10.
  11. [11]
    "2014 SDAFF winners announced!". festival.sdaff.org. Archived from the original on 2015-09-10. Retrieved 2019-10-10.
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