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Hear, Eat, Home: Kinan's Vision

New York-based Syrian clarinetist and composer Kinan Azmeh shares his ideas about home and identity.

  • Hsuan Yu Pan
    Director
  • Hsuan Yu Pan
    Producer
  • Project Type:
    Documentary
  • Runtime:
    2 minutes 52 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    November 4, 2020
  • Production Budget:
    4,435 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Hsuan Yu Pan

Originally from Taiwan, New York City-based documentary filmmaker Hsuan-Yu Pan loves to explore human stories through her camera lens.

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Director Statement

"Hear, Eat, Home: Kinan's Vision" is an introduction to my feature documentary "Hear, Eat, Home". The movie tells the story of NYC based immigrant musicians and artists on how they find joy in life through music, food, and friendship, despite the struggle of being away from their homeland. In this short film, I invited artists from the Silkroad Ensemble. Many of them are immigrants pursuing freedom and art in NYC, a place they now call home.

As an immigrant living in NYC myself, I found Kinan's insights on home and identity very inspiring. I hope it can help those who have migrant experience find comfort.