"In The Heights" but it's Asian
Here's our recreation of the "In The Heights" opening but it's a little different.
Directing my friends in this project was an incredible experience. Although we were recklessly inspired fresh off of watching the movie, we sought out ways that we could really make the idea work. In The Heights is indisputably a story about Latinx immigrants in the US, so rewriting the lyrics and shifting the narrative was an important step to respecting the source material and recognizing an opportunity for representation. From this, Usnavi became a second generation Chinese American who owns a boba shop.
AAPI stories and actors are among the most underrepresented in Hollywood, with exceptions that are more harmful than constructive: we are a main character's smart sidekick, a fetish, a quirky foreigner, a virus. So, while this video does not represent nearly as many groups as the title warrants (majority of the cast is Chinese), I hope that it would at least shed light on the community I've had the privilege of growing up with.
Original "In The Heights" Opening: https://youtu.be/8HAR3QBuiiU
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zhang_films/
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@sokkathefirebender/
Видео "In The Heights" but it's Asian канала Daniel Zhang
Directing my friends in this project was an incredible experience. Although we were recklessly inspired fresh off of watching the movie, we sought out ways that we could really make the idea work. In The Heights is indisputably a story about Latinx immigrants in the US, so rewriting the lyrics and shifting the narrative was an important step to respecting the source material and recognizing an opportunity for representation. From this, Usnavi became a second generation Chinese American who owns a boba shop.
AAPI stories and actors are among the most underrepresented in Hollywood, with exceptions that are more harmful than constructive: we are a main character's smart sidekick, a fetish, a quirky foreigner, a virus. So, while this video does not represent nearly as many groups as the title warrants (majority of the cast is Chinese), I hope that it would at least shed light on the community I've had the privilege of growing up with.
Original "In The Heights" Opening: https://youtu.be/8HAR3QBuiiU
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zhang_films/
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@sokkathefirebender/
Видео "In The Heights" but it's Asian канала Daniel Zhang
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