Group 5 Introductions
Hello there and welcome to our blog! When’s the last time you read a blog, right? Well feel the nostalgia course through your veins as we inform you of our semester project on San Francisco’s historic Chinatown’s Grandview Theater.
Our group is comprised of Christopher Magana, Zishan Huang, Christine Oh, and McKenzie Hollowell. Our initial Zoom last Friday was productive and fun; an important dynamic to encourage for a long-term project.
After looking into several options, our group decided on researching Chinatown’s Grandview Theater in San Francisco, with the goal of learning more about one of Chinatown’s first modern theaters, rich in Chinese-American film history.
Moving forward, we plan on utilizing on-campus libraries, such as the East Asian Library, to request help locating primary archival material, as well as course office hours. Additionally, we are hoping to visit the theater during the class field trip; However, we plan on reaching out to them if it isn’t one of the planned stops.
As far as division of work, thankfully our group is very collaborative and thus far are working together on collecting research material in order to devise a cohesive direction, writing on a collaborative document, and McKenzie is charged with posting final drafts to the blog.
Hope you enjoy following our progress throughout the semester!
Thank you for your group introduction! We're very excited to see how your group research continues. Here are some follow-up resources based on your post and our group meeting:
ReplyDeleteSF Chronicle available through Berkeley libraries (looks like the Newsbank link has articles up to 2022): https://search.library.berkeley.edu/permalink/01UCS_BER/1ejhl6h/alma991000492659706532
Grandview Theater photos and community tidbits: http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/5128/photos
Asian American Studies collection at our Ethnic Studies Library, try searching through the pdfs of the collections listed there for an idea of what's available: http://eslibrary.berkeley.edu/asian-american-studies-collection
PFA's study center which I believe has some resources on Chinatown theaters, refer to Jason Sanders' presentation on our bcourses website: https://bampfa.org/about/film-library-study-center/
Jack Tillmany's book: https://search.library.berkeley.edu/permalink/01UCS_BER/1thfj9n/alma991033268729706532
And also check out those Horowitz flyers at EAL and scans on our bcourses website if you find them helpful.
Great work, and looking forward to hearing your questions and updates.