Your day is my night = Ni de bai tian shi wo de hei ye
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Immigrant residents of a "shift-bed" apartment in the heart of New York City's Chinatown share their stories of personal and political upheaval. As the bed transforms into a stage, the film reveals the collective history of the Chinese in the United States through conversations, autobiographical monologues, and theatrical movement pieces. Shot in the kitchens, bedrooms, wedding halls, cafs, and mahjong parlors of Chinatown, this provocative hybrid documentary addresses issues of privacy, intimacy, and urban life.
Credits
- Cast
- Featuring/casts: Yi Chun Cao, Linda Y.H. Chan, Chung Qing Che, Ellen Ho, Yun Xiu Huang, Sheut Hing Lee, Kam Yin Tsui and Veraalba Santa as Lourdes; with additional participation by Ted Hunt, Wai Ying Lim, F.W. Leong, Kok Soon Tay and The Wu Lao Dance Troupe; Argot Pictures (Firm) (film distributor); Sachs, Lynne, film director, screenwriter, film producer (cinematographer); Rojo Robles (screenwriter); Hanley, Sean (Film producer), film producer (film editor); Ethan Mass (cinematographer); Vitiello, Stephen, composer (expression) (sound designer); Jenifer Lee (translator); Catherine Y. C. Ng (translator); Chun Cao Yi (cast); Linda Y. H. Chan (cast); Qing Che Chung (cast); Yun Xiu Huang (cast); Kam Yin Tsui (cast)
Complete catalog record
Alternate title: Ni de bai tian shi wo de hei ye | 你的白天是我的黑夜 | Your day is my night = 你的白天是我的黑夜 / a film by Lynne Sachsa.
Original source: Accompanying booklet inserted in container. | Director, Lynne Sachs ; producer, Lynne Sachs ; monologues writer, Lynne Sachs ; co-writer, Rojo Robles ; co-producer, Sean Hanley ; cinematographer, Sean Hanley and Ethan Mass ; super-8mm photography, Lynne Sachs ; music and additional sound design, Stephen Vitiello ; film editor, Sean Hanley ; translators, production managers, Jenifer Lee and Catherine Y.C. Ng ; additional editing, Bryan Chang ; production assistance, Madeline Youngberg ; sound reccording, Amanda Katz and Jeff Sisson ; sound mix, Damian Volpe ; clarinet, Molly Berg ; booklet and cover design, Adrian Curry ; 16mm color negative hand-processing, Joshua Lewis ; titles, Rachel Melman ; [Argot Pictures].
Release: [New York?] : https://www.yourdayismynight.com/, 2013
Physical description: 1 videodisc (65 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (20 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 19 cm) | polychrome | video file DVD video
Subjects: Chinese Americans -- New York (State) -- New York -- History | Asian Americans -- New York (State) -- New York -- History | Chinese -- United States -- History | Immigrants -- United States -- History | Biographical films | Chinese | Documentary films | Immigrants | United States
Country: United States
Language note: In Mandarin/Chinese dialogues with Cantonese dialects, and some Spanish and English, subtitles in English.
Ucla location: Instructional Media Library Stacks DVD | ID23617
Original source: Accompanying booklet inserted in container. | Director, Lynne Sachs ; producer, Lynne Sachs ; monologues writer, Lynne Sachs ; co-writer, Rojo Robles ; co-producer, Sean Hanley ; cinematographer, Sean Hanley and Ethan Mass ; super-8mm photography, Lynne Sachs ; music and additional sound design, Stephen Vitiello ; film editor, Sean Hanley ; translators, production managers, Jenifer Lee and Catherine Y.C. Ng ; additional editing, Bryan Chang ; production assistance, Madeline Youngberg ; sound reccording, Amanda Katz and Jeff Sisson ; sound mix, Damian Volpe ; clarinet, Molly Berg ; booklet and cover design, Adrian Curry ; 16mm color negative hand-processing, Joshua Lewis ; titles, Rachel Melman ; [Argot Pictures].
Release: [New York?] : https://www.yourdayismynight.com/, 2013
Physical description: 1 videodisc (65 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (20 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 19 cm) | polychrome | video file DVD video
Subjects: Chinese Americans -- New York (State) -- New York -- History | Asian Americans -- New York (State) -- New York -- History | Chinese -- United States -- History | Immigrants -- United States -- History | Biographical films | Chinese | Documentary films | Immigrants | United States
Country: United States
Language note: In Mandarin/Chinese dialogues with Cantonese dialects, and some Spanish and English, subtitles in English.
Ucla location: Instructional Media Library Stacks DVD | ID23617
Sources
- UCLA Library Catalog · record ↗ — title, creator, length, format, color, sound, genre, description, credits, catalog record
Record added 2026-11-08 20:56:10