As if there weren’t already enough reasons to love Ping Chong, to love Brooklyn and its communities, to love live theatre, and civic action!
These shots are from Brooklyn ‘63 - a 2013 production by Ping and Talvin Wilks that brought the fight for Civil Rights to the stage. From the Ocean Hill-Brownsville strikes to the legacy of The East in Bed-Stuy.
It’s moving to come across images like these, images that remind you that our collective future is built on a cross-cultural legacy that’s been real, is real, and always will be.
We decided to post this in recognition of Ping’s ties to Brooklyn, ahead of an upcoming event at the Brooklyn Museum on May 2nd, where 13 mins of Untitled Ping Chong Doc will screen as part of the Museum’s AAPI Heritage Month celebrations. Advance tickets are sold out, but more will be released online at 10am on May 1st + be available at the door at 5pm on May 2nd. LINK IN BIO FOR MORE INFO.
TL;DR – 13 mins of Unt. Ping Chong Doc will screen at Brooklyn Museum at 6pm on Saturday, May 2nd!
Advance tix are sold out, BUT
More release online May 1st @ 10am.
+ Limited tix at the door May 2nd 5pm.
Link in bio for more info!
#PingChong #BrooklynHistory #AAPIHeritageMonth #CivilRights #BrooklynMuseum
Kick off the 3rd year of nooks&crannies犄角旮旯🏡🎞️ @brooklynmuseum on 5/2, for AAPI month First Saturday “Spring Tide”🌸🌿
Presenting a very special film program featuring:
- Untitled Ping Chong Documentary🎭 (special 13-min Work-in-Progress Excerpt) @pingchongdocumentary
- Chinatown Cha-Cha女人世界💃🏻@chinatownchacha
Come and join us to celebrate Ping, Coby and Grant Avenue Follies(@grantavenue_follies ), indie doc filmmaker, among a full night programs of dance, music, art making, talks and more!
Director/Producer Melanie Vi Levy and Producer Lou Wang-Holborn(@wangxiaolv ) will be present for intro, and Chinatown Cha-Cha is bringing back director Luka’s book about her research + filmmaking journey, “In Herland她乡舞曲” (@lukayang@te.editions ) and the cutest merch🪭👚☕️
🎟️FREE, RSVP needed:
1st batch - SOLD OUT;
2nd batch - will be added on 5/1 Fri;
Last batch - will be added on the day 5/2 Sat, via website and counter.
⏰Reminders will be posted via story. Please reserve via link in bio, or Brooklyn Museum website
这次的春天，好像等得特别特别漫长，但也终于来了。谢谢陪伴小小的犄角旮旯，慢慢成长。祝大家健康平安💃🏻🪩🌸🌼💐See yall at Spring Tide, 都舞起来！
We’re thrilled to thank Pink Fang for their enthusiastic shout-out at their Hunter College Ping Chong Symposium for our film in progress. Our tribute to Ping Chong reflects the spirit of community that continues to inspire our work.
This project is all about connection—celebrating the artists, friends, and communities that make sharing stories so meaningful. We can’t wait to bring this film to all of you and continue these conversations together.
We’re excited to share archival treasures that capture the incredible people and moments at the heart of this story.
Wishing everyone a joyful holiday season filled with creativity, connection, and inspiration!
Happy New Year!
📸Photo credit: by amazing @liachangphotography
This past year, we had the honor of documenting incredible events celebrating NYC’s arts and community, including Chinatown, My Chinatown: A Literary Evening and a beautiful night honoring Cantonese Opera with @thinkchinatown . From Ping Chong and his family to Ava Chin @ava_chin , Alvin Eng @alvin.eng8 , Henry Chang, SJ Rozan, and Radha Vatsal, these gatherings remind us why this work matters. We’re deeply grateful to all the communities welcoming us into these spaces and can’t wait to share the stories, moments, and archival treasures that make this work so meaningful. Carrying this community-first spirit with us into 2026!
At a moment when public support for the arts is increasingly fragile, stories like Ping Chong’s matter more than ever.
For over five decades, Ping’s work has centered voices too often left out of our cultural record.
As we close out the year, we’re inviting our community to support the completion of this documentary and help ensure his story is preserved and shared with care.
Year-end contributions help us complete the film.
Link in bio to support.
#ThrowbackThursday takes us back to 1994, to a monumental moment in the world of theatre. That year, Perry Yung @perryyungofficial and Ping Chong joined forces for “Deshima,” a revolutionary production performed at the iconic La MaMa Theater
It’s difficult to imagine a world without Ozzie Rodriguez, the beloved director and keeper of @lamamaetc La MaMa Archives. He has been a central figure to our film throughout its process as an ally, a participant, and a dear advisor. He generously trusted us with his beautiful presence on camera, and lit up every frame, enamoring us with his stories and his passion. He was kind and generous, with a true compassion that was profoundly felt. Ozzie, you will be dearly missed, and will remain in our hearts forever. We are forever blessed with your presence both onscreen and off. One of our most treasured moments and memories now in loving memory.
As we reflect on our work in 2024 we’d like to share a personal highlight – gifted dancer, choreographer and frequent Ping Chong collaborator Muna Tseng @munatseng graciously welcomed us to her beautiful creative home to film a conversation together. Hearing Muna’s personal perspective on the pivotal turns of performance artmaking of the 70s, 80s and beyond bring depth and light to a history of experimental artmaking in America – and Ping Chong’s profound journey across societal and cultural change.
How did arts funding change and evolve? How did artists like she and Ping cope and adapt to such changes? How did the AIDS crisis – so beautifully reflected in Muna and Pings’ work for the stage Slut for Art - impact their personal journeys? How did cultural identity impact their careers in artmaking in America?
Finally, can art connect across trauma, grief and memory?
Thank you, Muna, for opening your heart to us. We are excited to share a few beautiful stills from our filming together.
Wishing you warmth and joy this holiday season! As 2024 comes to a close, we’re filled with gratitude for the powerful stories and voices that have shaped Ping Chong documentary journey.
How incredible to sit with our hero Bill T. Jones @billtjonesarniezaneco to talk about Ping’s work, experimental theater and dance in America, “otherness” in the art world, and the importance of experimental art to American expression and democracy. Thank you for generously trusting us with your beautiful presence and perspective. We can’t wait to weave the powerful ideas and stories you’ve shared into the gorgeous tapestry of our film and Ping’s story.
What a weekend! Thrilled to share BTS stills from a very special shoot with Ping three years in the making. Thank you to TipTop props for loaning us those amazing setpieces! (an inspiration for our experimental projections!) Thank you to Ford JustFilms @fordfoundation , Mellon @mellonfoundation and CAAM @caamedia for believing in us and for allowing us to embrace the spirit of play and experimentation in this work. We strive to carry Ping’s beautiful legacy of experimentation forward in our filmmaking! Thank you to our incredible crew - Ed @eddavid.mov , Adrienne, Isaac, Yixin, Matt, and our wonderful supporters at La MaMa and PCC - we couldn’t have done this without you. And for this important step in our filmmaking journey - thank you, as always to Ping. For patiently inviting us into the imaginary worlds he’s created. A joy and a gift for all of us to visit them together.
The good news keeps coming! Our team is beyond honored and excited to share that the Untitled Ping Chong Documentary has received crucial production funding from the Center for Asian American Media (CAAM) Documentary Fund, with generous support from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB)!
CAAM’s support is a testament to Ping’ vision, artistic legacy, and and the power of his story for today’s audiences. Thank you to the folks at CAAM for believing in us! @caamedia
